STUYVESANT, PETER, 1602-82, b. Holland; in early manhood entered the mili tary service of the Dutch in the West Indies, and in 1034 was made director of the colony of Curacao. In 1047 the Dutch West India company appointed him director general of their American colonies. He soon gained the confidence of the colonists, and reconciled the Indian tribes who had been made hostile by former unjust treatment. He also succeeded in arranging with the English commissioners, in 1630, the boundaries. between their respective territories, A convention of delegated colonists in 1053 de manded for the people, among other things, a confirming voice in the appoiutmen of local officers. Stuyvesant, with characteristic boldness, ordered them to disperse forthwith, claiming that his authority was not from the people, but from God and the Dutch West India company. The people submitted, but with mingled feelings of chagrin and dis content. The protracted contentions of the Dutch and the Swedes, dwelling near the Delaware river, about governmental jurisdiction, became more critical in 1054 when the Swedish governor seized the fort built by the Dutch, where Newcastle now stands. To end this trouble, Stuyvesant with 600 men sailed up the Delaware, re-captured the fort, and established the Dutch authority over the entire territory. After ten years of undisturbed quiet, 'in 1604 an English vessel arrived with an armed force under col. Nicholls, who demanded a surrender of the government, on the ground that the whole territory was given by royal charter to the duke of York. Stuyvesant at first refused, but finding the people anxious to exchange rulers, he yielded to the English demand. Thus abruptly terminated the Dutch control over the New Netherlands, and both the town and the territory was thenceforth called New York. Stuyvesant reported personally to the authorities in Holland, but soon returned to New York for the remainder of his life. Ile cultivated an extensive farm called the Bouwerij, giving its name to one of the busy streets of the city. A pear tree in his garden, which he brought from Holland,
bore fruit more than 200 years. As an interesting relic of the past and of the man co highly and so justly honored, the city authorities for many years .protected this pear tree by a tall iron railing. Stuyvesant died in 1682, aged SO years. Ile was buried where St. Mark's church now and the elaborately inscribed stone that covered Lis grave is built into the eastern wall of the church.
6772, or STY, is the popular name for a minute boil occurring at the edge of the eyelid, and known to surgeons under the term hordeolum It begins as a small, red, tense swelling, accompanied with considerable itching, and a feeling of stiffness. As the inflammation goes on, the lid may become so swollen as to keep the eye closed. In a few days, matter forms, a white point appears at the apex of the swelling; and when the cuticle gives way, pus and a small slough of connective tissue escape, after which. there is a general remission of the symptoms, and the eyelid soon resumes its mammal state.
This common affection is chiefly confined to scrofulous and delicate children, but it is sometimes observed in persons of more advanced age. The best local treatment con sists in the application of warm-water dressings with lint and oiled silk; and if any hard ness remains after the discharge of the matter, dilute nitrate of mercury ointment may be applied. The stye should never be rubbed (notwithstanding the common prejudice in favor of rubbing it with a gold ring), nor, in general, is it necessary to puncture it. To prevent the recurrence of these little boils, attention should be paid to the diet, which should be abundant and nourishing, to the state of the bowels, and to the general health; and tonics may usually be prescribed with advantage. The old form of the word was etian. See Holland's Mille. book xxviii. ch. xi.