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 | | While anchored in the Hudson on lower Manhattan, fire destroyed his ship, forcing him and men to spend the winter in Manhattan. |
 | | Over the winter, he and men, with help from the Lenape, built a new ship, the Onrust (Restless), in which they explored the East River and Long Island Sound in the spring of 1614. |
 | | Returning to Europe, they left behind Jan Rodrigues, a mulatto from San Domingo, to organize trade with the Indians until the next voyage returned. |
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