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Causes estranging the Indians from the Dutch, 223.
Charges against the Dutch for betraying the Puritans, falsehood of the, exposed, 86.
Charles I., Dutch ambassadors visit, 132. Charles II., Rev. N. van Rensselaer's prophecy relating to, 122.
Charles V. grants an island in America,26. Charter to the Dutch West India Com- pany, 89, 90, 399 ; its provisions com- pared with those granted by other Eu- ropean powers, 91 ; to Patroons, 112 ; legality thereof admitted, 159: of 1640, 219.
Children of mannmitted slaves not free. 385.
Church at Rensselaerswyck, erection of a, 330 ; promissory note to the deacons of, 471.
Church, site of the first in N. Ainster- dam, 155 ; measures taken to build a new, in Fort Amsterdam, 259 ; in- scription on the front of, 262.
Civil list, estimate of a, for N. N., 351. Coeymans, Barent Pieterse, some account of him, 435.
Cogswell, Robert, protest against, 23I.
Cole, Lenaert, assistant secretary, 103, 124.
Colen-donck, situation and boundaries of the colonie of, 383.
Collision with the Haverstraw Indians. 40; between Dutch and English near Fort Orange, 145.
Colman, John, killed, 36.
Colonies, charter to plant, in N. N., 112. Commissions to attack Indians, 267, 268.
Connecticut, The River, discovered, 73 ; land on purchased, 150; Fort Good Hope erected on, 151; English take possession of, 154; troubles between the Dutch and the English on the, 209.
Consent of the Patroon of Rensselaers- wyek that the Directors of the West India Company should approve of the Rev. Mr. Megapolensis, 450.
Consistory, the first in N. N., 260.
Contraet for building a church at New Amsterdam, 262; for a horse mili, 388 ; between Mr. Van Rensselaer and the Rev. Mr. Megapolensis, 449.
Country produce, prices of, at Rensse- laerswyck, 478.
Coorn, Nicolaus, 343 ; fires at the Hope. 344 ; protests against Van der Hny- ghens and appointed fiscal of Rensse- laerswyck, 345.
Corehaug Indians, location of the, 50.
Corssen, Arent, commissary at Fort Nas- sau, 142 ; purchases land on the Schuyl- kill, 156 ; is drowned, 359.
Corstiaenssen, IIenriek, second voyage to tho Manhattans, 72; erects a fort there, 77.
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Coster, Willem Cornelisz., murdered, 283.
Council-names of Peter Minuit's council,
101 ; of Wouter van Twiller's, 142 ; of Director Kieft's, 180.
Court-day established nt New Amster dam, 184.
Creation, Indians' ideas of the, 64. Croton River, Indian name of the, 278.
D.
Dam Jan Jansen, one of the Twelve Men, 242 ; one of the first consistory, 260 ; signs a letter demanding the at- tack of the Indians, 265 ; elected one of the Eight Men, 284; expelled the board, 285. [See " Names of Settlers in Rensselaerswyck," 434.]
Deacons of the Church at Rensselaers- wyck, note of hand to the, 471.
Debit and credit account of the estate of Kiliaen van Rensselaer at his death, 468.
Deed of sale of the Colonie of Zwanen- dael to the West India Company, 479. De Forest family, some particulars of the, 186.
De Hooges, Antonie, 322.
De Laet, freedoms and conditions submit- ted by Johannes, 192.
Delaware, Hudson anchors in the great hay of the, 34; subdivision of the In- dian tribes on the, 49 ; first settlement of Europeans on the, 100; the Dutch plant a colonie at the mouth of the, 129; the Swedes settle on the, 189; the English attempt a settlement on the, 231.
De Razier, Isaac, 103 ; visits New Ply- month, 108 ; disgraced, 130.
De Vries, Capt. David P., one of the
South River Company, 128; arrives at Zwanendal, 129; returns to the Delaware and finds the colonie de- stroyed, 139 ; makes peace with the Indians, ib. ; quarrels with Van Twil- ler, 147 ; his opinion of the company's servants at Fort Amsterdam, 148.
Dimensions of the first church in Rensse- laerswyck, 330.
Director General of N. N., his powers, 244.
Dismissal of the Rev. Mr. Megapolensis by the Classis of Amsterdam, 449.
Doughty, Rev. Francis, removes to Long Island, 257; appeals from a decision rendered by Kieft, and is fined and im- prisoned, 394 ; further particulars about him, 427, 428.
Droit Belgique, what, 90.
Dutch, The, begin to trade with New England, 105; settlements in 1630, condition of the, 128 ; ambassadors, re- ply of the Lords Commissioners, to the. 134 ; drive the English from the North River, 146 ; and from the South Riv- er, 253.
Dutchman's Island, 174.
Dnyckingh, Evert, wounded at Fort Hope, 214.
Dwellings of the Indians, 53.
E.
East India Company, The, incorporated, 30.
East River, The, called the Hellegat, 72. Eaton, Gov., his answer to Kieft, 376. Education, neglected state of, 396.
Election of magistrates authorized in the fifteenth century, 392.
Eelkens, Jacob Jacobz., commander of the fort on Castle Island, 76; supercargo of the William, 143 ; difficulties with, 144; attempts to trade with the Indi- ans, 145 ; is obliged to leave the Hud- son River, 146.
Eendracht, The ship, seized at Plymouth, 131 ; Dutch ambassadors demand her release, 133 ; released, 136.
Eghquaous, 48, 104.
Eight Men, The, elected, 284 ; their pro- ceedings, 285, 288 ; write to Holland, 289 ; object to the excise, 306; com- plain against Kieft, 312.
English, jealous of the Dutch, 95; en- croachments of the, on N. N., 168; tear down Dutch arms, 170; attempt a settlement on the South River, 170, 231 ; expelled therefrom, 253 ; residents at N. Amsterdam, names of the, 208 ; settle New Haven, ib. ; assault the Dutch at Fort Hope, 209, 232 ; begin to settle on Long Island, 210 ; continue to quarrel with the Dutch, 213; tear down the Dutch arms at Oyster Bay, 216; brought prisoners to Fort Am- sterdam, 217; send agents to Eng- land, 234; their instructions, 235, and proposals to the W. I. Co., 236 ; their complaints against the Dutch, 251; send deputies to New Amsterdam, 254. English colonies form a confederation, 279.
corps formed in N. Amsterdam,
286.
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English of New Haven build a trading- house near the North River, 375. - commissioners write to Kieft,
378. complaints of the, against the Dutch, like those of the wolf against the lamb, 379.
- commissioners' reply to Kieft, 380.
Esopus, a Dutch fort built there, 390. Estate of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, debit
and credit account of the, at his death, 468.
Estimate of a civil list for N. N., 351.
Europeans, first settlement of, on the De- laware, 100.
Evertsen family, the, 181.
Expenditure for the first settlement of Rensselaerswyek in 1630, account of the, 249.
Exports of N. N., value of in 1632, 1633, 157.
F.
Fairs established at New Amsterdam, 239.
Farrett, Mr., agent to Lord Stirling, ar- rives at New Amsterdam, 215 ; sells land on Long Island, 217.
First English ship sails up the Hudson River, 143.
Fishes of New Netherland, 46.
Five Nations, tribes composing the, 79. Flatlands, first settlement of, 173.
Food among the Indians, 52.
Foreign countries, company of, 29.
Fort Amsterdam built, 104 ; officers at, 142 ; dimensions of, 171.
Fort Good Hope erected, 151.
Freedoms and exemptions proposed by De Laet, 192 ; by the Patroons, 197; disapproved, 199 : of 1640, 218.
Free traders, Form of a protest against, by the Patroon of Rensselaerswyck, 466. Fresh Water River, The, discovered, 73. Fruits of New Netherland, 45. Fuyck, The, 326.
G.
Gambling among the Indians, 65. Gardiner's Island settled, 211.
General Peace, terms of the treaty of, between the Dutch and the Indians, 356.
Glen Sander Leendertsen, 438.
Gorges', Sir Ferdinando, letter to Capt. Mason about an expedition against the Dutch, 416.
Godyn and Bloemmaert, lands in N. N. purchased by, 121, 125.
Godyn, Samuel, notice of his intention
to plant a colonie at the Bay of the South River, 479.
Government among the Indians, 56. Government, municipal, forms of, 390. Governor Island, Indian name of, 174. Gravenzande, first settlement of, 258; attacked by Indians, 287 ; incorpora- ted, 358.
Greenbush, Indian name for, 330. Greenwich submits to the Dutch, 252. Gustavus Adolphus incorporates a Swe- dish West India Company, 188.
H.
Ilackingsacks, location of the, 48. Half Moon, the, 33.
returns to Holland, 42.
Heemskirk, Jacob, sails to the north, 28; conquers a Spanish fleet, 67.
Heemstede, battle at, 299; town of planted, 317.
Hellegat, the river, 44; why so called, 72.
Hendricksen, Gapt. Cornelis, lays a re- port of his voyage before States Gene- ral, 77; substance of his report, 78. Heyn, Admiral Pieter Pietersen, 111. Hindlopen, Cape, why so called, 73.
Hobokan-hacking, 125; why so called, 126.
Holland, number of Manors in, entitled to municipal rights, 392.
Hollandaer, Peter, arrives at the Dela- ware, 365.
Holmes, Lieut., sails to the Connectient, 153 ; builds a house there, 154 ; his re- ply to the Dutch protest, ib.
Holmes, Geo., and associates taken pris- oners by the Dutch, 170.
Hopkins, Gov., difficulties with him, 213. Horsimus, 126.
Horse mill in Rensselaerswyck, 388.
Houses round Forts Amsterdam and Orange, description of the, 388.
Houten, Hans Jorissen, commissary at Fort Orange, 142.
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Hontman, Cornelis, his proposal, 29. Hudde, Andries, appointed surveyor, 259 ; sent as commissary to the South Riv- er, 371 ; differences with the Swedish governor there, 372; purchases land from the Indians, 373 ; complains of the Swedes, 375.
Hudson, Henry, his voyages to the north, 32 ; sails in the Half Moon, 33 ; visits Penobscot Bay and the Delaware, 34 ;
enters the North River, 35; detains some Indians as hostages, 36 ; lands near Castleton, 37; furnishes brandy to the Indians, 38 ; leaves the North River and arrives at Dartmouth, 41 ; his death, 42.
Hunting among the Indians, 51.
Hutchinson, Mrs. Anne, murdered by the Indians, 287 ; her daughter ransom- ed by the Dutch, 357.
I.
Immortality of the soul, opinion among the Indians on the, 63. Imports, value of, in 1634, 167.
Imported goods, prices of, at Rensselaers- wyck, 477.
Incorporation of the W. I. Company, 89. Indians, first introduction of ardent spirits among the, 38; collision with the Haverstraw, 40 ; tribes of N. Nether- land enumerated, 46 ; of Long Island, 49 ; physical appearance of the, 50; agriculture and hunting among the, 51 ; food, clothing, and ornaments of the, 52 ; their dwellings, 53; women, vil- lages, canoes of the, 54; marriages among the, 55; slavery unknown to
the, ib. ; laws, form of government, and authority of the chiefs among the, 56; manner of waging war, 57; their mode of treating prisoners, 58; their ideas of money, and mode of interment, 61 ; ideas of a Supreme Being, 62 ; superstitions of the, 63; amusements and games among the, 65; the island of Manhattans purchased from the, 104; take possession of Fort Nassau, 139 ; peace with the South River, 139 ; grant a deed for a tract of land on the Connectient, 150; Dutch levy tribute on the, 223; attack a Dutch boat on the Raritan, 226; general peace with the, 355, 356.
Jacobsen Rutger, 436. Jan Ryersen's island, Indian name of, 435
J.
Jogues, Father, a prisoner among the Mohawks, 334 ; escapes and sails for Holland, 336.
K.
Katskill, the Half Moon anchors in front of, 37; Van der Donck proposes to plant a colonie at, 338 ; Van Rensse- laer lays claims to, 339; granted to Van Slyck, 381 ; the patent for, 382. KIEFT, WILLEM, Director-general, 174; arrives at New Amsterdam, 180 ; his council, ib. ; public affairs under, 181 ; issues divers proclamations, 183 ; sends to Curaçoa for negroes, 185 ; purchases land ou Long Island, ib. ; regulates the inspection of tobacco, 186 ; protests - against Peter Minuit, 191; purchases additional lands on L. Island, 210, 213 ; protests against the English at Green- wich, 218; levies tribute on the In- dians, 223 ; calls on the Dutch settlers to provide themselves with arms, 225 ; sends a military force against the Ra- ritans, 226, 239 ; protests against Cogs- well, 231 ; calls the commonalty to- gether, 241 ; sends an expedition
against the Wechquaesqueecks, 249 ; abolishes the board of Twelve Men, 249 ; orders a non-interconrse with Hartford, 252; dispatches two vessels against the English on the Delaware, 253 ; erects a new church, 262 ; de- mands the surrender of the murderer of Van Vorst, 264 ; resolves to attack the Indians, 266 ; proclaims a general fast, 272; attempt on his life, 273; con- cludes a peace with the Indians, 276, 277, 302, 303 ; addresses letters to the N. E. colonies, 279, 281 ; calls the com- monalty together to choose select men, 283; arms the citizens, 286; sends Messrs. Underhill and Allerton to New Haven, 289 ; calls together the Eight Men, 306 ; establishes an excise, 307; forces the brewers to pay that impost, 31I ; complaints against him, 312; his letter in behalf of a Jesuit priest, 337; concludes a treaty with the Mo-
488
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hawks, 355; makes a general peace with the Indians, 356 ; explores for minerals, 358 ; quarrels with Dominie Bogardus, 362 ; reconciled, 365; pro- tests against those of New Haven, 376 ; his letter to the New England colonies, 378 ; protests against them, 379 ; writes to Holland, 381 ; accusa- tions brought against him, 384; recall- ed, ib. ; denies the right of appeal to
Holland, 394 ; his unpopularity, 395 ; applies church funds to his own use, ib.
Kievits hoeck purchased, 149.
Kip, Hendrick, advises to depose Direc- tor Kieft, 272 ; refuses to assist at the making of peace, ib.
Kling, Mounce, arrives at the Delaware, 366. Koorn, Nicolaus, [see " Coorn."]
L.
La Garce, privateer, sent against the Spaniards, 296 ; captures two Spanish prizes, 305.
La Montagne, Johannes, arrives in New Netherland, and is appointed one of the council, 180 ; begins a plantation on Manhattans, 185; its name, 186; op- poses the attack on the Indians, 266; prevents Kieft being assassinated, 273 ; commands a party against the Indians ou Staten Island, 297; also, against those of Schouts' bay, 299.
Lampo, Jan, schout-fiscaal of N. Nether- land, 103, 124 ; sails for Holland, 130. Laws among the Indians, 56.
Leases of lands in Rensselaerswyck in the years 1646 and 1647, 473.
Legal enstom in the Colonie of Rensse- laerswyck, 442.
Letter from Arendt van Curler to the Patroon of Rensselaerswyck, 456.
Long Island, Indian tribes on, 49 ; In- dian name of, 73; granted to the Earl of Stirling, 210; English begin to settle on, ib.
Lupold, Ulrich, appointed schout fiscaal, 173 ; removed from office, 211; ap- pointed commissary of wares, ib. ; found guilty of malversation, 228.
Lynn, freedoms granted to several Eng- lishmen from, 237.
M.
Magistrates, towns in N. Netherland en- titled to elect their, 392.
Manhattans, location of the, 47 ; why so called, ib .; hy whom originally so named, 48; Hendrick Corstiaensen's establishment on the, 69; visited by Capt. Argal, ib. ; Block sails to the, 72 ; Corstiaensen's second voyage to the, ib. ; purchased by the Dutch, 104. Manittons, what, 62.
Map of Rensselaerswyck, price paid for drawing a, in 1630, 429.
Marriages among the Indians, 55.
Marrakkawick Indians, the, plundcred, 270 ; reject the friendly advances of the Dutch, 271.
Marsapeagne Indians, 49.
Maryn Adriaensen attempts to assassinate Kieft, 272 ; banished to Holland, 274. Mason, Capt., complains of the Dutch, 131 ; his letter, 415.
Mattinecocks, territory of the, 49 ; strength of the, in 1650, 50.
Mauritius, the river, 100.
Mayn Mayano attacks some Christians, and is killed, 297.
Medicine men, 64.
Megapolensis, Rev. J., appointed minister of Rensselaerswyck, 328, 439 ; allow- ance to, 329 ; agreement between him and the first Patroon, 448 ; his call, 419 : instructions to him, 451.
Melyn, Cornelis, Patroon of Staten Isl- and, 238.
Members of the United New Netherland Company, names of tbe, 74.
Memorandum for the Rev. Mr. Megapo- lensis, 451.
Merekoke Indians, 49.
Mespath, original patent for planting, 425.
Mey, Capt. Cornelis Jacobs., sails to New Netherland, 72; his discoveries, 73 ; returns to Holland and petitions for exclusive right of trade, 86 ; his third voyage to New Netherland, 99.
Military force, the first in N. N., 142. Minquas, The, 49.
Minsi tribes, their location, 48.
MINUIT, PETER, first Director General of New Netherland, 100 ; names of his council, 101, 124 ; purchases the isl- and of Manhattans and erects Fort Amsterdam, 104 ; opens a trade with
489
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New Plymouth, 105; recalled, 130; visits London, 131 ; proceeds to Swe- den, 188 ; sails for the Delaware, 189 ; establishes a colony there, 190.
Minute referring Adriaen van der Donck's claims to Holland, 470.
Moenimines' castle, where situate, 123. Mohawks, location of the, 47 ; treaty of peace with the, 355.
Mohegans, their locality, 47 ; the Dutch concinde a treaty of peace with them, 355.
Mohicans Island, Indian name of, 437.
Moloch, Anthony, sails to the Cape de Verde, 27.
Momma, Maria, Van Twiller's wife, 142. Monopoly of the Indian trade abolished, 200 ; consequences thereof, 222.
Moody, Lady, removes to L. I., 258; at- tacked by the Indians, 287.
Moucheron, Balthazar, opposes Hudson's views, 32.
Mountains, the Great River of the, 44.
Municipal government, origin of free, 391.
N.
Nahicans, The, where located, 73.
Names of the members of the United N. N. Company, 74; of Wouter van 'Twiller's council, 142 ; of the English who took the oath of allegiance to the Dutch, 208 ; of the Twelve Men, 242 ; of those who assisted at the election of tho Eight Men, 284; of the directors of the West India Company, 411 ; of the first settlers in Rensselaerswyck, 433. Naraticongs, The, where located, 49.
Naragansett Bay, the Dutch name for, 73 ; a Dutch ship stranded in, 105. Nassau, Bay of, 73.
Nassau, Fort, erected, 100; abandoned, 139.
Naugattuck, 376. Navesinck, the Highlands of, 35.
Nederhorst, a new colonie planted by de Heer, 238.
Negro, value of a, 385.
New Albion, boundaries of, 281.
New Amsterdam, irregularities in, 171 ; condition of, 1638, 182 ; population, in and around, 386 ; its condition, 1646, 395.
New countries, privileges granted to the discoverers of, 70.
New England, population of in 1648, 386; not the source of popular privileges in New Netherland, 393.
New Gottenburg, 369.
New Haven settled, 208 ; refuses to as- sist the Dutch, 289 ; builds a trading- post near the North River, 375.
New Holland, 34.
NEW NETHERLAND, first visit of the Dutch to, 29 ; the Great North River of, 35 ;
latitude of, 43, 74; boundaries of, 43 ; rivers of, 44; soil, trees, fruits, and plants of, 45 ; birds, water-fowls, ani- mals, fishes, reptiles, and Indians of, 46; Cornelis Mey sails to, 72 ; grant in favor of the United Company of, 74 ; first time this country called, ib. ; the Scheld sails to. 81 ; the Puritans ex- press a desire to move to, 83 ; ereeted into a province, 99 ; first Christian child born in, 101; trade of, in 1624 and 1625, 103 ; in 1626, 104 ; in 1627, 110; in 1632, 139 ; the States Gene- ral declare it must not be lost by force or intrigue, 179 ; condition of, in 1638, 175 ; a source of great loss to the West India Company, 350 ; condition of at the close of Kieft's adiministration, 384 ; population and revenue of, 386; in- debted to Holland for whatever muni- cipal freedoms its towns possessed, 393.
New Plymouth, the Dutch correspond with, 105 ; open a trade to, 108 ; the Dutch complain of the English at, 109.
New project, a, proposed, 197.
New Sweden, 189; first governor of, 190 ; second governor of, 365; boun- daries of, 366 ; third governor of, 367. Newtown, original patent of, 425.
Nineteen, Assembly of the, how compos- ed, 90.
Nissquagues, territory of the, 50.
Normans Kill, Indian name of the, 78; why called the, ib.
Notelman, Conraed, schout-fiscaal, 142 ; his character, 148 ; is superseded, ib.
0.
Ogden, John and Richard, contract to build a church in New Amsterdam, 262. Olden-barneveldt, birthplace of, 173.
Orange, Fort, sitnation of, 100; buildings erected there, 156.
Orange, date of the orection of Fort, 390.
Orange Tree, the Dutch ship, detained at Plymouth, 103.
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INDEX.
P.
Paauw, Michel, lands purchased for, 125;
name of his colonie, 126; sells his claims to the West India Company, 199.
Pacham urges the Indians to rise on the Dutch, 282.
Pachamis, location of the, 47.
Page, Abraham, 208.
Pagganck, 174.
Papsskenea purchased, 124. Patent for Katskill, 382.
Patentees of Vlissingen, names of, 357.
Patents, comparison between the Dutch, English, and French, 91.
Patrick, Capt. Daniel, submits to the Dutch, 252 ; killed, 298.
Patroons, charter to the, 112; the, re- ceive the congratulations of the Direc- tors of the W. I. Co., 128; patents of, registered, ib. ; provisions of the charter to, questioned, 129; difficulties with the, 137, 147 ; further differences he- tween them and the company, 158 ; referred to the States General, 159; their demands, 160 ; how disposed of, 163 ; effects of their charter on the settlement of New Netherland, 178; they propose a new project, 197 ; legal privileges of, 320.
Paugussett River, 376.
Pavonia, colonie of, 126 ; sold to the West India Co., 199.
Peace, Indian mode of concluding, 60. Pennoyer, Robt., 273.
Pennawitz, lands belonging to, pur- chased, 215 ; his speech to the Dutch, 275.
Penobscot Bay visited by Hudson, 34. Pequods, trouble with the, 157.
Peters, Rev. Hugh, agent to England, 234 ; biographical sketeb of him, ib .; his instructions, 235.
Petuquapaen, 218.
Plancius, Rev. Peter, sketch of his life, 94.
Planck, Jacob Albertzen, sheriff of Rens- selaerswyck, 322.
Plants of New Netherland, 46.
Plate fleet, capture of the, 111.
Ployden, Sir Edmund, claims part of N. N., 281.
Plymouth Company remonstrate against the Dutch, 95.
Poulawz, Michel, 142.
PREFACE, 5.
Prices in New Netherland in 1637, 174; in 1640, 227; in 1643, 289 ; in Rens- selaerswyck from 1630 to 1646, 477.
Prince Hendrick's River, 100.
Prince Maurice's River, 76.
Printz John, Governor of New Sweden, 367 ; his instructions, 368 ; establishes his residence at New Gottenburg, 369 ; orders a Dutch ship to leave the Dela- ware, 372 ; protest against Hudde, 373; haughty demeanor towards the Dutch, 374.
Privy Council, the, instruct Sir Dudley Carleton to remonstrate against the Dutch, 96.
Proclamation opening the Indian trade, 201; effects of the, 222; against the Twelve Men, 2-19.
Protest, form of, against free traders in Rensselaerswyck, 466.
Provost, David, resists an English guard, 378.
Public execution at New Amsterdam, scene at a, 230.
Public officers nnder Kieft, 181.
Puritans, original rise of, 82: intimate their wish to move to New Netherland, 83; their application laid before the States General and Prince of Orange, 84; refused, 85; land at Cape Cod, 86.
Puritans, charge against the Dutch for betraying the, examined, 86.
Pyncheon, Mr., erects a trading post on the Connecticut, 170.
Q.
Quarrel between two English skippers at the Manhattans, 146; between Adri- aen van der Donck and Arendt van R.
Curler, statement of the, by the latter, 469. Quotenis, 174.
Raritan Indians, the, visit the Half Moon, 35; their location, 48; trouble with the, 157 ; the Dutch attack the, 226; Staten Island attacked by the, 239. Regulations for the soldiers on guard, 29-4.
Rekenkamer, report of the, 349 ; Religion, Indian ideas on the subject of, 62.
Remarks on the Catalogue of Books sent to Rensselaerswyck, 455. Rensselaers Stein, 342.
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Rensselaerswyck, Colonie of, 126 ; com - pany formed for the settlement of, 126 ; nature of the association, 127; first magistrates of, 322 ; first minister in, 328 ; first church in, 330 ; expenses in- curred for its support in 1630, 429 ; name of settlers in 1630-1646, 433.
Report on the condition of New Nether- land, 1644, 349, 418. Reptiles of New Netherland, 46. Restless, The, built, 72.
Rio Montanies, or North River, latitude of the, 44.
Riviere van den Vorst Mauritius, 76. Robinson, Rev. John, head of the English Congregation at Leyden, 82 ; intimates a desire to move to N. Netherland, 83. Rockaway Indians, location of the, 49. Roelantzen, Adam, schoolmaster, 143. Ross, supercargo, killed, 227.
Roy, Jacob Jacobz., wounded in firing a salute, 354.
Rutgers, Ryekert, 437.
Ryp, Jan Cornelissen, accompanies Heemskirk, 28.
S.
Salaries of public officers, 1638, 181. Sandy Hook, latitude of, 35. Sannahagog purchased, 122.
Say, Lord, his letter against the Dutch, 255.
Saybrook, Dutch name for, 149.
School-house, funds subscribed for the erection of a, misapplied, 396. Schont Fiscaal, his duties, 102.
Schuylkill, the, discovered, 77; lands on the, purchased, 156.
Seawan, what, 60. Seawanhacky, 73.
Secataugs, territory of the, 50.
Settlements in N. Netherland, extent of, 389.
Settlers in Rensselaerswyek from 1630 to 1646, names of the, 433.
Sheep, number of, in Rensselaerswyck, 463.
Shenecock Indians, where located, 50. Slavery unknown among the Indians, 55.
Slaves, their condition under the Dutch, 384; terms ou which some of them re- ceived their liberty, 385.
Sloop Bay, where sitnate, 173.
Smith, Claes Cornelissen, murdered, 241. Southhampton, provisions of the treaty of, extended to the ships of the Dutch, 109.
Southampton planted, 217. Southold planted, 217.
South River, latitude of the, 44; opinions entertained by the Dutch of the, 369 ;
Samuel Godyn's notice of his inten- tion to plant a colouie at the bay of the, 479.
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