Massacre of Lenni Lenape Depicted by Schoolchildren, 1910

This scene depicts events of the night of February 25, 1643. A Mohawk attack had caused some Lenni Lenape, of the Algonquin nation, to flee through the snow and take shelter with the Dutch in Pavonia. Dutch Governor William Kieft ordered an attack in which at least 80 men, women and children were savagely slaughtered. The reprisals for this attack left the area depopulated by Europeans. Kieft's succsessor, Peter Stuyvesant, would only permit resettlement in a walled village, which led to the establishment of Bergen. In October, 1910 Jersey City celebrated the 250th Anniversary of its founding... Mehr ...