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Article Contradicts Itself

First it says (emphasis mine):

The existence of the little colony was short, for the Indians came down upon it in revenge for an arbitrary act on the part of Hosset, and it was destroyed, with no Dutch escaping to tell the tale.

but later it says:

de Vries sailed to Virginia, where was successful in obtaining provisions for the colonists in Zwaanendael, to which he returned.[5] He subsequently took the colonists to New Amsterdam.

How could he relocate them if they were all dead?

Another strange thing is this statement:

The details of the attack were recounted to Dutch observers by Nanticoke Indians

Observers of what? Not the attack, obviously. Clearly, if everyone was killed, the details would had to be gathered later by Dutch investigating the colony's disappearance.

Can anyone clarify this muddle?TheCormac (talk) 15:42, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Delaware Bay Vinckeboons 14.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Delaware Bay Vinckeboons 14.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on April 29, 2011. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2011-04-29. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! howcheng {chat} 18:36, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of the day

A nautical map of Zwaanendael and Godyn's Bay, a Dutch settlement founded by Samuel Godyn in 1629 in the modern U.S. state of Delaware. Godyn made his land claim to the Dutch West India Company under jurisdiction of the Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions. After a short time, the initial 32 inhabitants were murdered by local Nanticokes and Godyn sold his land back to the company.Map: Johannes Vingboons; Restoration: Lise Broer

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