Early Memoirs of the Stilwell Family Comprising the Life And Times of Nicholas
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Nicholas Stilwell had been negotiating with the neighboring Indians to bring about an amicable and satisfactory adjustment of all their causes of com- plaint, and particularly to satisfy all claims which the savages fancied they had to the lands within the bounds of the town, and covered by th(^ Patent.
The Indian title to these lands had, long befon^ been extinguished in the usual manner by Gov- ernor Kieft, who had purchased the same for the company, before the original location, thereon, of ...Lady Moody and her associates. But the Indians had since learned that land had an actual value, of which they had before been ignorant, and be- lieving that they had been overreached in the transaction, were not satistied. In their . Various contests with the natives, the whites had shown their ability to maintain their titles by force, but 158 LIFE AND TIMES OF the experience of Nicholas Stilwell had taught him that the reputation of being their friend, and of always dealing justly with them, was a better protection against the Indians than arms or pal- isades.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Nicholas Stilwell had been negotiating with the neighboring Indians to bring about an amicable and satisfactory adjustment of all their causes of com- plaint, and particularly to satisfy all claims which the savages fancied they had to the lands within the bounds of the town, and covered by th(^ Patent.
The Indian title to these lands had, long befon^ been extinguished in the usual manner by Gov- ernor Kieft, who had purchased the same for the company, before the original location, thereon, of ...Lady Moody and her associates. But the Indians had since learned that land had an actual value, of which they had before been ignorant, and be- lieving that they had been overreached in the transaction, were not satistied. In their . Various contests with the natives, the whites had shown their ability to maintain their titles by force, but 158 LIFE AND TIMES OF the experience of Nicholas Stilwell had taught him that the reputation of being their friend, and of always dealing justly with them, was a better protection against the Indians than arms or pal- isades.
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