Such an introduction was
hardly likely to inspire a great
amount of confidence at the start,
even should sanguine conjecture
as to the future seem to warrant

f o . .
if AN it. The arrival of the Governor
Ly

in a Dutch man-of-war of two
hundred and eighty tons burden
and twenty guns, accompanied by
a Spanish caravel, captured on the
way from Holland’s old enemy,
was naturally a significant event.

So far as Kieft’s present rela-
tions with the Province were con-
cerned, he stood in every respect
as the superior of Van Twiller.
Small in stature, fussy, and of fiery
disposition and avaricious in tem-

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