In 1646, however, the blood-stained confederates, after nearly a half-century of opposition, consented to a peace which lasted spasmodically for almost twenty years; until in 1665 the French government found itself strong enough to threaten the chastisement of the New York tribesmen, and thereafter the Iroquois opposition, while not altogether quelled, was of a far less threatening character.
SYNOPSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS, CHIEFLY
MILITARY, BETWEEN CHAMPLAIN’S BATTLE
WITH THE IROQUOIS, 1609, AND
THE CONQUEST OF THE
PEQUOTS, 1637
1609. Henry Hudson ascends the Hudson River.
1610. Henry Hudson explores Hudson Bay.
1614. The Dutch erect a Fort on Manhattan Island.
1619. A colonial assembly is convened at Jamestown. Negro slavery is introduced into Virginia.
1620. Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth.
1622. The Dutch West India Company take possession of New Netherlands. Indian massacre in Virginia.
1623. Settlement of New Hampshire.
1624. Dissolution of the London Company. Virginia becomes a Crown Colony.