HI-04 Land or Death: The Second Esopus War
Start Date
31-3-2023 10:30 AM
End Date
31-3-2023 12:30 PM
Document Type
Poster
Abstract
By the mid seventeenth century, several European nations had established a foothold in the Americas. The Dutch Republic in particular, founded New Netherland (centered in modern New York State) in 1614.
This colony soon became a hub for trade and raw materials. One problem for the settlers was that the population was spread thin, and there was a limited military force to keep the settlers safe from potential conflict with earlier inhabitants of the region. One of these people, the Esopus lived in what is now the Kingston area some ninety miles north of Manhattan. The Dutch settlers and the Esopus were involved in warfare on more than one occasion during the seventeenth century. This poster examines how the Esopus were unwilling to accept the growing territorial domination of Dutch settlers and how they took up arms to drive off the foreign inhabitants who had settled on their indigenous lands.
One conflict in particular, the Second Esopus War, highlights this long-lasting resistance by the Esopus. This poster focuses on a contemporary account of this war, the "Journal of the Second Esopus War" written by Captain Martin Kregier.
HI-04 Land or Death: The Second Esopus War
By the mid seventeenth century, several European nations had established a foothold in the Americas. The Dutch Republic in particular, founded New Netherland (centered in modern New York State) in 1614.
This colony soon became a hub for trade and raw materials. One problem for the settlers was that the population was spread thin, and there was a limited military force to keep the settlers safe from potential conflict with earlier inhabitants of the region. One of these people, the Esopus lived in what is now the Kingston area some ninety miles north of Manhattan. The Dutch settlers and the Esopus were involved in warfare on more than one occasion during the seventeenth century. This poster examines how the Esopus were unwilling to accept the growing territorial domination of Dutch settlers and how they took up arms to drive off the foreign inhabitants who had settled on their indigenous lands.
One conflict in particular, the Second Esopus War, highlights this long-lasting resistance by the Esopus. This poster focuses on a contemporary account of this war, the "Journal of the Second Esopus War" written by Captain Martin Kregier.