ISBN: 9781459095380

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV HOW JOHN KING PASSED N the southwest bastion of Fort Amsterdam stood v/ Jan Reyndertsen, the master gunner. His red mustache flared straight out from under his long nose, and his reddish-brown eyes peered through their bristling lashes like frosted hazel-nuts. Unlike frosted hazel-nuts, they had a wicked gleam. Give me the word to fire, he snarled, and I ''ll mend this Englishman''s manners for him with a vengeance. He hath neither asked if he may voyage upstream, nor stricken his topsails to the Dutch flag, as he is bound to do, and all the reply the rogue hath vouchsafed to our polite salute is to fire a beggarly fourpounder not fit to shoot at rats. Just give me the word. I ''ll teach him! I heaved him to with one round shot; I ''ll hull him with the next. I ''ll give him a dish of redhot beans from old Donder-Rooker, here, that will make him think that the black death hath walked through his company four abreast. I ''ll teach him to defy our rightful mastery on this stream, and to flout the flag of Holland as though it were a rag! He blew the half-burnt powder from the touch-hole pan, and smote the cannon across the breech until it fairly rang. I ''ll teach him! We are the masters here.'' For at that time the Dutch in New Amsterdam held the whole North River region in the name of a great trading firm,--the Dutch West India Company,--and knowing that there was nowhere a trade could surpass that of the North River in furs, ship-timbers, and cabinet woods, they were determined to keep the traffic and all of its profits for their own; so they planted their fort at the river-mouth, commanding the only approach, and suffered none but their own ships to pass without a license; and the licenses they did grant were so fenced about with terms as to make... John Bennett, Books, Fiction and Literature, Barnaby Lee Books>Fiction and Literature, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781459095380

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in afforda… More...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Books, Fiction~~General, Barnaby-Lee~~John-Bennett, 999999999, Barnaby Lee, John Bennett, 1459095383, General Books LLC, , , , , General Books LLC<

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