EVENT INFORMATION

15
Sèptèmber
1655

Indigenous attack known as the Peach War reaches New Amsterdam

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📅 15 Sèptèmber 1655 📍

An Indigenous force attacked New Amsterdam in an episode later called the Peach War. The label and surviving accounts reflect colonial perspectives; the violence occurred amid Dutch encroachment and conflicts over land and authority. Indigenous communities acted to defend their interests, not as a faceless threat to settlement.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

Pieter Stuyvesant

Lenape and neighboring communities

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Dutch West India Company

Lenape nations