Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Deposition of Symon Groot

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GLC#
GLC03107.02016-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
1688/07/02
Author/Creator
Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728
Title
Deposition of Symon Groot
Place Written
Albany, New York
Pagination
2p. : docket : Height: 31.4 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
Native Americans

The deposition explains that Symon Groot came to the colony in 1638 to trade with the West India Company, and throughout his time here he has repeatedly endangered himself by fighting with the Mohawks in their war with the French and their Indians. He also explains the practice of taking hostages among the French and Indians, and how the Indians learned to torture prisoners from their experience with the French. Document is marked as a copy.

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