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A35692 A brief description of New-York, formerly called New-Netherlands with the places thereunto adjoyning : together with the manner of its scituation, fertility of the soyle, healthfulness of the climate, and the commodities thence produced : also some directions and advice to such as shall go thither ... : likewise a brief relation of the customs of the Indians there / by Daniel Denton. Denton, Daniel. 1670 (1670) Wing D1062; ESTC R12462 12,404 26

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A Brief Description OF NEW-YORK Formerly Called New-Netherlands With the Places thereunto Adjoyning Together with the Manner of its Scituation Fertility of the Soyle Healthfulness of the Climate and the Commodities thence produced ALSO Some Directions and Advice to such as shall go thither An Account of what Commodities they shall take with them The Profit and Pleasure that may accrew to them thereby LIKEWISE A Brief RELATION of the Customs of the Indians there By DANIEL DENTON LONDON Printed for John Hancock at the first Shop in Popes-Head-Alley in Cornhil at the three Bibles and William Bradley at the three Bibles in the Minories 1670. TO THE Reader Reader I Have here thorough the Instigation of divers Persons in England and elsewhere presented you wi●h a Brief but true Relation of a known unknown part of America The known part which is either inhabited or lieth near the Sea I have described to you and have writ nothing but what I have been an eye-witness to all or the greatest part of it Neither can I safely say was I willing to exceed but was rather willing the place it self should exceed my Commendation which I question not but will be owned by those that shall travel thither For the unknown part which is either some places lying to the Northward yet undiscovered by any English or the Bowels of the earth not yet opened though the Natives tell us of Glittering Stones Diamonds or Pearl in the one and the Dutch hath boasted of Gold and Silver in the other yet I shall not feed your expectation with any thing of that nature but leave it till a better discovery shall make way for such a Relation In the mean time accept of this from him who desireth to deal impartially with every one DANIEL DENTON A Brief Relation OF NEW-YORK With the Places thereunto Adjoyning formerly called THE NEW NETHERLANDS c. THat Tract of Land formerly called The New Netherlands doth Contain all that Land which lieth in the North-parts of America betwixt New-England and Mary-Land in Virginia the length of which Northward into the Countrey as it hath not been fully discovered so it is not certainly known The bredth of it is about two hundred miles The principal Rivers within this Tract are Hudsons River Raritan-River and Delewerhay-River The chief Islands are the Manahatans-Island Long-Island and Staten-Island And first to begin with the Manahatans Island so called by the Indians it lieth within land betwixt the degrees of 41. and 42. of North-latitude and is about 14 miles long and two broad It is bounded with Long-Island on the South with Staten-Island on the West on the North with the Main Land And with Conecticut Colony on the East-side of it only a part of the Main Land belonging to New-York Colony where several Towns and Villages are setled being about thirty miles in bredth doth intercept the Manahatans Island and the Colony of Conecticut before mentioned New-York is setled upon the west-West-end of the aforesaid Island having that small arm of the Sea which divides it from Long-Island on the South-side of it which runs away Eastward to New-England and is Navigable though dangerous For about ten miles from New-York is a place called Hell-Gate which being a narrow passage there runneth a violent stream both upon flood and ebb and in the middle lieth some Islands of Rocks which the Current sets so violently upon that it threatens present shipwrack and upon the Flood is a large Whirlpool which continually sends forth a hideous roaring enough to affright any stranger from passing further and to wait for some Charon to conduct him thorough yet to those that are well acquainted little or no danger yet a place of great defence aga●nst any enemy coming in that way which a small Fortification would absolutely prevent and necessitate them to come in at the West end of Long-Island by Sandy Hook where Nutten-Island doth force them within Command of the Fort at New York which is one of the best Pieces of Defence in the North-parts of America New York is built most of Brick and Stone and covered with red and black Tile and the Land being high it gives at a distance a pleasing Aspect to the spectators The Inhabitants consist most of English and Dutch and have a considerable Trade with the Indians for Bevers Otter Raccoon skins with other Furrs As also for Bear Deer and Elke skins and are supplied with Venison and Fowl in the Winter and Fish in the Summer by the Indians which they buy at an easie rate And having the Countrey round about them they are continually furnished with all such provisions as is needful for the life of man not only by the English and Dutch within their own but likewise by the Adjacent Colonies The Commodities vented from thence is Furs and Skins before-mentioned As likewise Tobacc made within the Colony as good as is usually made in Mary-land Also Horses Beef Pork Oyl Pease Wheat and the like long-Long-Island the west-West-end of which lies Southward of New-York runs Eastward above one hundred miles and is in some places eight in some twelve in some fourteen miles broad it is inhabited from one end to the other On the West end is four or five Dutch Towns the rest being all Engl●sh to the number of twelve besides Villages and Farm houses The Island is most of it of a very good soyle and very natural for all sorts of English Grain which they sowe and have very good increase of besides all other Fruits and Herbs common in England as also Toba●c● H●mp Flax Pumpkins Melons c. The Fruits natural to the Island are Mulberries Posimons Grapes great and small Huckelberries Cramberries Plums of several sorts Rosberries and Strawberries of which last is such abundance in June that the Fields and Woods are died red Which the Countrey-people perceiving instantly arm themselves with bottles of Wine Cream and Sugar and in stead of a Coat of Male every one takes a Female upon his Horse behind him and so rushing violently into the fields never leave till they have disrob'd them of their red colours and turned them into the old habit The greatest part of the Island is very full of Timber as Oaks white and red Walnut-trees Chesnut-trees which yield store of Mast for Swine and are often therewith sufficiently fatted with Oat-Corn as also Maples Cedars Saxifrage Beach Birch Holly Hazel with many sorts more The Herbs which the Countrey naturally afford are Purslain white Orage Egrimony Violets Penniroyal Alicampane besides Saxaparilla very common with many more Yea in May you shall see the Woods and Fields so curiously bedecke with Roses and an innumerable multitude of delightful Flowers not only pleasing the eye but smell that you may behold Nature contending with Art and striving to equal if not excel many Gardens in England nay did we know the vertue of all those Plants and Herbs growing there which time may more discover many are of opinion and the