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fresh water, which was pumped up for the live
stock. In addition to the load of cattle, the ship
carried agricultural implements and "all furniture
proper for the dairy," as well as a number of
settlers.

The year 1625 marked an important event, the
birth of a little daughter in the household of Jan
Joris Rapaelje, the "first-born Christian daughter
in New Netherland." Her advent was followed
by the appearance of a steadily increasing group
of native citizens, and Dutch cradles multiplied in
the cabins of the various settlements from Fort
Orange to New Amsterdam. The latter place
was established as a fortified post and the seat
of government for the colony in 1626 by Peter
Minuit, the third Director-General, who in this
year purchased Manhattan Island from the In-
dians.

The colony was now thriving, with the whole
settlement "bravely advanced" and grain growing
as high as a man. But across this bright picture
fell the dark shadow of negro slavery, which, it is
said, the Dutch were the first to introduce upon
the mainland north of Virginia in 1625 or 1626.
Among the first slaves were Simon Congo, Anthony
Portuguese, John Francisco, Paul d'Angola—