18 examples of kieft in sentences

Once more he bent over the sleeping children Kieft from the ramparts watched the burning wigwams Stuyvesant The squaw, with a yell of fear, wheeled to fly for her life Blanche could not utter a word of consolation Oliver Cromwell "Peter the Headstrong," unable to control his passion, tore the letter into pieces Tomb of Stuyvesant

Governor Kieft demanded the murderer; but his chief would not give him up, saying he had sought vengeance according to the customs of his race.

Next spring (1642) Kieft sent an expedition against the offending tribe, but a treaty disappointed his thirst for military glory.

De Vries thought this a good opportunity to establish a permanent peace with the savages; but Kieft, who still seemed to thirst for blood, made it an occasion for treachery and death.

One dark, cold night, late in February, 1643, when the snow fell fast, and the wind blew loud and shrill, and there was not a star to be seen in the sky, eighty men were sent by Kieft to attack the fugitives at Hoboken and those at "Colaer's Hook," who were slumbering in fancied security.

" [Illustration: KIEFT, FROM THE RAMPARTS, WATCHED THE BURNING WIGWAMS.

Historians state that Kieft, from the ramparts at Fort Amsterdam, watched the burning wigwams.

This treachery and wholesale murder roused the fiery hatred of the savages and kindled a war so fierce that Kieft was frightened by the fury of the tempest which his wickedness and folly had raised, and he humbly asked the people to choose a few men again to act as his counsellors.

Almost the first these eight advisers did was to ask the states-general at home to recall Governor Kieft, which was promptly done, and while on his way to Europe with his ill-gotten gains, his vessel went down, and the governor perished.

[Sidenote: Governor Kieft.]

[Sidenote: Kieft orders the Indians to be killed.]

Kieft and the Indians, 1643-44.The worst of the early Dutch governors was William Kieft (Keeft).

Kieft and the Indians, 1643-44.The worst of the early Dutch governors was William Kieft (Keeft).

Emigrants came over in large numbers, and everything seemed to be going on well when Kieft's brutality brought on an Indian war that nearly destroyed the colony.

Kieft thought it would be a grand thing to kill all these Indian neighbors while they were collected together.

When there were less than two hundred people left in New Amsterdam, Kieft was recalled, and Peter Stuyvesant was sent as governor in his stead.

b. Describe the career of Kieft.

Kieft, Dutch governor.

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