Dutch colonization of the Americas In 1624, the first colonists, mostly Walloons and their slaves-bound servants, arrived to New Netherland by the shipload, landing at Governors Island and initially dispensed to Fort Orange, Fort Wilhelmus and Kievets Hoek. In 1626, Director of the WIC Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from the Lenape natives and started construction of Fort Amsterdam, which grew to become the main port and capital, New Amsterdam. The colony expanded to outlying areas at Pavonia, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Long Island. On the Connecticut River, Fort Huys de Goede Hoop was completed in 1633 at present day Hartford. By 1636, the
Native American peoples of Oregon boarding schools, which were meant to assimilate the children to white settler culture which could be brought back to their home communities. In 1850, Anson Dart was appointed the Superintendent for Indian Affairs in the Oregon Territory. In order to pursue the interests of the United States, Dart worked to craft the Anson Dart Treaties. These treaties promised reservation land, school, medical care, and safety from settler aggression. In return, the United States would absorb a vast amount of land. In particular, Congress was interested in removing native peoples from the fertile land in the Willamette Valley. Congress eventually rejected