Invasion from All Directions—Stolen Lands, Stolen Peoples 1600-1699

1640

Massacre of Raritan (Staten Island)

Eighty-eight Dutch soldiers under Cornelis van Tienhoven attack a village of Raritan on Staten Island over stolen pigs. Van Tienhoven intends only to demand payment, but his men want to massacre the Indians and he eventually consents.

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