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on February 25, 1643, which erupted into a horrific massacre (129 Dutch soldiers killed 120 Indians, including women and children). The Dutch local citizen advisory group had been specifically against such a raid, and were aghast when they heard the details. This was followed by retaliations
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by an unknown Dutch colonist, from the manuscript collections of the National Library of the Netherlands, is an important source for the study of Kieft's governorship, the war, and New Netherland in the
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Jaap Jacobs (2005), New Netherland: A Dutch Colony in Seventeenth-Century America. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers,
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The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America.
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Journal of New Netherland 1647. Written in the Years 1641, 1642, 1643, 1644, 1645, and 1646
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He tried to tax, and then drive out, local Native Americans. He ordered attacks on
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Board of Directors fired him in 1647. He was replaced with
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Willem Kieft was appointed to the rank of director by the
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William Kieft
Wim Kieft

Director of New Netherland
Wouter van Twiller
Peter Stuyvesant
Amsterdam
Princess Amelia
Swansea

New Netherland
Exploration
Fortifications
Fort Amsterdam
Fort Nassau (North)
Fort Orange
Fort Nassau (South)
Fort Goede Hoop
De Wal
Fort Casimir
Fort Altena
Fort Wilhelmus
Fort Beversreede
Fort Nya Korsholm
De Rondout
Settlements
Noten Eylandt
Nieuw Amsterdam
Rensselaerswijck
Nieuw Haarlem

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