In front of Newfoundland he took a course directly southwest ; entered a large river ; there [met] two men clothed in Elk skins, and subsequently arrived safe at Amsterdam. New Netherland being thus discovered, divers traders set about establishing a stable trade here. Wherefore they sought for and obtained a charter in the year sixteen hundred and fourteen, from the States General at the Hague, to trade to New WVetherland to the exclusion of all others. Earnestly, now, was the trade prosecuted. Adriaen Blok and Godyn soon discovered here divers coasts, islands, harbours and rivers. Among the rivers is the Manhattans or Great river, by far the most important, which disembogues into the Ocean by two wide mouths, washing the mighty island Matouwacs. The south entrance was called Port May or Godyn's Bay: Midway lies Staten Island, and a little further up, the Manhatians, so called from the people which inhabit the mainland on the east side of the river. These are cruel and wicked men, enemies of the Dutch, as well as of the Sanhikans who dwell on the west side. Higher up lie the Makwaes and Mahikans, who are constantly at war with each other : in like manner all the inhabitants on the west bank of the Manhattan river frequently make war on those residing-on the east side. And the latter in like manner entertain. constant animosity against the Dutch, with whom the other nations to the west maintain good friendship. On a little island

River Manhattans.