directly in front of the Dutch fort, rendering it useless for defense. The Dutch abandoned the fort in 1651.

Under Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch returned and conquered "New Sweden" in 1655, renaming the colony "New Netherlands."

English

The English in turn conquered the Dutch in 1664, and the tiny colony became part of the 1681 land grant to William Penn. The English called the Susquehannock "Conestogas,"

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