CHAPTER XI.

BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCHES   OF   SEVERAL   OF   THB   EARLY  RESIDENTS  IN  NEW
AMSTERDAM, NOT   ENUMERATED   IN   THE   FOREGOING   CHAPTERS.

Maryn Andriezen originally settled on the patroon Van
Rensselaer's estate, about the year 1632. He subsequently
engaged in the North river trade, and established himself
in New Amsterdam, where he owned a considerable prop¬
erty near the present Pearl and Wall streets. Mr. An¬
driezen was a man of violent passions, and in' comnlon
with many other traders whose pursuits had brought them
in constant commerce with the savages, he regarded that
race with feelings of antipathy. Being a resident of the
city at the time of the Indian war in 1642, he was fore¬
most in counseling violent measures against the savages,
and an efficient minister in their destruction. The de¬
plorable results of that war to the Dutch, raised a high
feeling in the community against the violent counselors
whose impetuosity had brought about so many disasters.
These persons endeavored to shift the responsibility of
their acts from one to another, and the governor (Kieft)
charged Andriezen with the odium of these misfortunes.
The latter, upon hearing this, visited the fort, and present¬
ing himself in the council-room, assaulted the governor,
then sitting in council.    He was seized by those present,