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to fortify the mouth of the Schuylkill, 80 ; resisted by the Swedes, S1; visits the Manhattans, 82; returns to the South River and protests against Printz, 83; grants lots of land on the South River, 165 ; appointed Sheriff of the South River, 324; commander at Altona, 336.
Hudson River, Indian name of the, 300.
Huyghens, Fiscaal Van der, drowned, 34. , Hendrick, Swedish commissary, 80
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Indians, the, discontented, 36; conspire against the Dutch and English, 45; means adopted to stop the sale of fire arms among the, 62; invite Van Slechtenhorst to settle in the Mohawk country, 75 ; of the South River, invite the Dutch to build a fort on the Schuylkill, 80; plant the Prince of Orange's standard in their country, ib. ; address of the, to the Swedes, ib. ; confirm the original trans- fer of the Schuylkill to the Dutch, 81; expedient resorted to by them, when trading with the Dutch, 83; convey their land to Stuyvesant, 166; lands, purchase of, regulated, 185; rumors that the Dutch are stimulating the, against the English, 217; messengers sent from Massachusetts to the Narragan- sett, 218 ; a party of, make a descent on New Amsterdam, 290 ; form of an oath taken by, 292; send Capt. Pos to Stuy- vesant, 293 ; of Long Island, treaty with the, 298; name of Lake George, 299 ; of the Hudson River, 300 ; of the first castle of the Mohawks, ib. ; of the Mohawks,
303 ; religious instructions of the, under the Dutch, 319; name of the Esopus, 357 ; annoy the settlers at the Esopus, ib. ; have an interview with Stuyvesant, 359; make Stuyvesant a present of ground to build a village at the Esopus, 362; con- spire against the French at Onondaga, 365 ; misunderstanding with the Esopus, 394; collision with the, 396; of Esopus, capture a number of the Dutch, 397; ex- pedition against the, 400; treaty made with the Long Island and River, 408; agree to give some of their children to the Dutch to be educated, ib. ; sent to Curaçoa, 411 ; proceedings of, in conclu- ding a peace, 417; treaty with the, 418; deed for and name of Schenectady, 439 ; at Esopus, massacre the inhabitants of Wiltwyck, 474; operations against the, 475, 479, 482; numbers of, remaining after the war, 482; of Raritan, sell their lands to the Dutch, 496 ; names of those present at the treaty of 1664, 509 ; treaty between the Dutch and the Esopus, 510.
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Jacquet, Jean Paul, appointed Vice Direc- Jesuits, labors and persecution of the, 299, tor of the South River, 324; receives an 300, 362; kind treatment of the, by the Dutch, 301, 302. embassy from the Indians, 325 ; superse- ded, 336.
Jamaica. (See Gemeco.)
Jurisdiction of Fort Orange, limits of the, 175.
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Katskill, land at, leased, 161; result of a search for a silver mine in, 175; lands at, not to be subject to Patroons, 185. Keyser, Adriaen, commissary, 20.
Kieft, Director Willem, resigns his office, 21; an investigation into his conduct demanded, 24; accuses Melvn and Kuy- ter of various high crimes, 27 ; sails for Holland and is drowned, 34; reflections on his death, 35.
Klaverack purchased, 159 ; to be free from Patroons, 185 ; Indian outrages at, 519.
Krygier, Martin, Burgomaster of New Am- sterdam, 213; sent to New Haven, 258; sent to New Amstel, 334 ; arrives there, 336 ; sent to the South River, 381 ; pro- ceeds against the Esopus Indians, 476 ; sent to protect the Raritan country, 495 ; conclusion of his life, 554.
Kuyter, Joachim Pietersz., petitions for an investigation of Kieft's conduct, 24 ; (See Melyn,Cornelis ;) commissioned as Sher- iff of New Amsterdam, 268 ; killed, ib.
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La Montagne, Councillor, particulars of his family and descendants, 21 ; sent to the South River, 81; his reply to Melyn's summons, 85 ; salary raised, 237 ; appoint- Lake George, Indian name of, 299.
ed Vice Director of Fort Orange, 310 ; his letter to Gov. De la Potherie, 366; en- deavors to put down Runners, 421.
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Laws of England claimed at Gravesend, 280 ; established at Jamaica, 504.
Le Moyne, Father Simon, visits the Onon- dagoes, 303 ; also Beverwyck, 306; New Amsterdam, 363; controversial corres- pondence between him and Megapolensis, 363 ; negotiates a commercial imercourse between New Netherland and Canada, 364.
Letter from Oliver Cromwell's Secretary to the English on Long Island, 342; from the English on the west end of Long Island, inviting Capt. Scott to visit them, 499; of the States General to certain villages in New Netherland, 580.
List of those who survived the massacre on Staten Island, 291; of killed, wounded and missing after the Esopus massacre, 475.
List of patents granted by the Dutch, 581. Litschoe, Serg't, hauls down the Patroon's flag, 183.
Long Island, the Dutch towns on, obtain enlarged privileges, 270; first Dutch church on, erected, 272; Indians, peace
made by the, 298; Secretary Thurloe addresses a letter to the English set- tlers on, 342; English towns on the west end of, claimed by Connecticut, 455, 483, 488; send Hubbard to Hart- ford, 485; and petition to be annexed to Connecticut, 486 ; commission issued by Connecticut to annex, 498 ; letter from the English of, to Capt Scott, 499; English towns on west end of, elect Capt. Scott their President, 500 ; names of the magistrates of the Dutch towns on, 502 ; States General address letters to the several towns on, 508.
Loockermans, Govert, particulars of the family of, 38; vessel belonging to, seized, 63; sentenced to be banished, 170; sent to the Raritan, 495.
Louis XIV., his opinion on the Dutch right to New Netherland, 344.
Lutherans, persecution of the, in New Netherland, 320; petition of the, for lib- erty to worship, ib. ; clergyman for, arrives at New Amsterdam, 345 ; banish- ed, ib.
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Magistrates, names of the, present at a treaty between the Dutch and Mohawks, 306; of Flushing, arrested for refusing to persecute Quakers, 351.
Manifesto of the United Colonies against the Dutch, 218 ; Stuyvesant's reply to, 227. Map of New Amsterdam, date of the first, 540. Maryland, delegates from, arrive at New Amstel, 378; ambassadors sent from New Netherland to, 381.
Massachusetts, a commission sent from, to the Narragansett Indians, 218; elders of, their opinion as to the proceedings against the Dutch, 221 ; refuses to act aggressively against the Dutch, 230; claims part of New Netherland, 402.
Massacre of Christians by the Indians, 29] ; resolve of the New England colonies thereupon, 293 ; of 1655, beneficial effects of the, 356 ; at the Esopus, 474.
Meeting of the commonalty in the church at New Amsterdam, 84; occurrences thereat, 85 ; of delegates in New Amster- dam, 238, 242 ; their remonstrance, 243 ; of magistrates of the several towns in New Netherland, 490.
Megapolensis, Rev. Mr., appointed to the church of New Amsterdam, 97 ; titles of works written by him, ib. ; accompanies the expedition against the Swedes, 286 ; preaches in Fort Casimir, 287; obtains Father Jogues' Missal, &c., 300; com- plains of the spread of conventicles, 317 ; sends a report to Holland on the spread of sectarianism in New Netherland, 355 ; prevents Stuyvesant firing on the English fleet, 526.
Melyn, Cornelis, and Joachim Pieters. Kuy- ter, demand an investigation of Kieft's conduct, 24; a commission appointed to report on the request of, 25; its decision, 26; accused of various high crimes and
misdemeanors, 27 ; their defence, 28, 29, 31; bill of indictment against, 30, 31; fined and banished, 34; appeal to the States General, 58 ; writ granted, 59 ; re- turns in triumph to New Amsterdamn, 84 ; serves a mandamus on Stuyvesant, 85 ; protests against him, 86; sets up a colonie government on Staten Island, 189; sells his interest in Staten Island to the Coni- pany, 426; deed from, surrendering Staten Island, 575.
Memorial in support of the Swedish right to New Sweden, 573.
Mennonists of Gravesend, 318 ; of Holland, propose settling on the South River, 465 ; the civil and religious principles of, 466; remove to the Whorekill, 469 ; are plun- dered by the English, 538.
Middelburgh, town of, settled, 194; first church at, ib. ; proposes to massacre the Dutch, 264 ; religious opinions of the set- tlers at, 318; Connecticut claims, 455, 4S3 ; name of, changed, 495. Midwout. (See Flatbush.)
Minuit, reasons why Director, brought the Swedes to the South River, 464.
Misrepresentations of the inhabitants of Westchester exposed, 314.
Mohawks, the, meditate an attack on Rensselaerswyck, 162; embassy to, 163 ; name of their first castle, 300 ; put Father Jogues to death, ib. ; take Father Poncet prisoner, ib .; Indian name for the, 303; visit Fort Orange, 306 ; why the Oneidas were called " the daughters " of the, 363 ; several visit Fort Orange, and demand letters to the French Governor, 366 ; ne- gotiations with the, 389; location of the first castle of the, 390; date of the first treaty between the Dutch and the, 391 ; Stuyvesant's opinion of the, 401; deed from the, for Schenectady, 439; difficul-
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ties between the Abenaquis and the, 452; Moody, Sir Henry, bail for George Baxter, renewal of war between the Abenaquis 342; ambassador from Virginia to the Dutch, 413. and the, 518.
Mohegan ambassadors sne for peace on behalf of the Esopus Indians, 410 ; battle between the Mohawks and the, 519.
Muster roll of the Burgher Corps of New Amsterdam, 569.
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Names of the colonists who took the oath of allegiance to the Patroon of Rensse- laerswyck, 176 ; of the delegates appointed by New England to enquire into the plot to cut off the English, 221 ; of the Dutch commissioners, 222; of the settlers of Flushing who refused to persecute the Quakers, 357; of the chiefs present at the conclusion of peace at Esopus, 419 ; of the magistrates of the Dutch towns on Long Island, 1664, 502 ; of the members of the first Representative Assembly, 506; of the burgbers who called on Stuy- vesant to capitulate, 529.
Neale, Capt., sent by Lord Baltimore to Holland, 459; negotiations between the West India Company and, 460.
New Amstel, colonie of, erected, 328 ; set- tlers sent to, 334 ; arrive at, 336 ; sickness among the settlers at, 374 ; publie discon- tent at, 375, 378 ; several of the colonists quit, 377 ; delegates from Maryland arrive at, 378; authorities of, protest against those of Maryland, 379; new measures adopted for the encouragement of, 463; D'Hinoyossa appointed Director of, 464. New Amsterdam, municipal regulations of, 22; appearance of, 24; burghers of, object to receiving fugitives from justice, 57; privilege of trade in, con- fined to resident citizens, 59; ineor- poration of, demanded, 121 ; recommend- ed, 136; municipal form of government granted to, 192; names of the first municipal officers of, 213 ; palisaded, 215; English inhabitants of, correspond with the enemy, 265 ; collision between the Dutch and Indians at, 290 ; excise of, farmed, 298 ; Burgomasters and Schepens of, demand the privilege of nominating their successors, 311; criminal jurisdiction of magistrates of, enlarged, 322 ; citizens of, divided into Great and Small Burgh- ers, 311 ; Burgomasters and Sehepens of, obtain the right to nominate their succes- sors, 370 ; a Sheriff appointed exclusively for, 371 ; burghers of, disinclined to succor Esopus, 399; draft of the, 400 ; summon- ed by Nicolls, 522 ; condition of, previous to the surrender, 530 ; meeting of provin- cial representatives at, 505; evacuation of, by the Dutch, and entrance into, by the English forces, 536; population of, 540 ; muster roll of the Burgher corps of, 570.
New England, Governors of, complain of the Dutch tariff, 44; excitement produced in, by the war between the Parliament and Holland, 217; commissioners, their resolve on hearing of the massacre at Staten Island, 293; the governors of, in- structed to aid in the operations against New Netherland, 517.
New Haven, Dutch name for, 45; citizens of, attempt to prevent a Dutch ship being cut out of their harbor, 48 ; some of the Com- pany's servants fly to, 50 ; fugitives from, offered protection, 56; expedition from, to the South River, prevented, 164; com- plains of the Dutch to the Commissioners of the United Colonies, 167; applies to Oliver Cromwell for aid against the Dutch, 231; an embassy to, 258; certain inhabitants of, propose settling behind Staten Island, 446 ; privileges demanded by a colony from, 447 ; failure of, 449.
New Netherland, state of, in 1651, 170 ; old boundaries of, 277 ; new boundaries pro- posed for, 278; title of the Dutch to, whence derived, 381 ; name of, changed, 538.
New Sweden, population of, 1654, 273; J. Claude Rysingh appointed Governor of, 274; restitution of, demanded, 327 ; me- morial on the right of the Swedish Crown to, 573.
New Utrecht, town of, why so called, 187; history of the first settlement of, 237; planted, 429 ; name of the first patentees of, ib.
New Warke, name of Flushing changed to, 495.
Nicolls, Col. Richard, appointed Deputy Governor by the Duke of York, 517; summons Stuyvesant to surrender New Netherland, 522; sends a letter to the Dutch by Governor Winthrop, 523; rati- fies the treaty of surrender, 535; takes possession of New Amsterdam, and pro- claimed Governor of New York, 536.
Nine Men, board of, proposed, 36; names of the, 37 ; functions of the, 38 ; origin of the, 40; the Director-general's message to the, 42; refuse to repair Fort Amster- dam, ib. ; address a remonstrance to the Director and Council, 59 ; resolve to send a remcpstrance to the States General, 66 ; deny having demanded Van Dyck's dismissal, 182.
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Oneidas, why called "daughters of the Mohawks," 363; ill treatment of French prisoners by the, 453.
Onondaga, the French settle at, 362; aban- don, 365.
Onondagoes, the, visit Canada, 302.
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Order issued by the States General, con- firming the right of the Dutch West India Company to plant colonies in America, 579.
Oyster Bay, settlement of, commenced, 282 ; a fort ordered to be erected at, 312.
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Palatines settle on Staten Island, 427.
Pamphlet published in London against the Dutch of New Netherland, 571.
Patentees of Schenectady, names of the first, 441.
Patroons, the, presume to exclude the set- tlers in New Netherland from the trade of their colonies, 180; privileges of, in appointing to office, 251.
Pavonia burnt, 291.
Pell, Thomas, claims Westchester, 282 ; particulars of, 233.
Penobscot, transactions of the Mohawks at Fort, 452.
Persecution, religious, 316, 450, 453, 456 ; cessation of, 457.
Petition of the English towns on the west end of Long Island, to be annexed to Connecticut, 486
Polhemus, Rev. Johannes Theodorus, min- ister of Midwout, 272, 318.
Poncet, Rev. Father, captured by the Mo- hawks, 300 ; sufferings of, in the Mohawk country, 301 ; returns to Canada, 302.
Preliminaries adopted by Indians before treating for peace, 412.
President of the English towns on the west end of Long Island, elected, 500.
Printz, Governor, tampers with the Min- quaas, 79 ; visited by two members of the Council, 81; his son burns a Dutch settler's house, ib. ; will not allow the Dutch to settle on the South River, 165 ; negotiations between Stuyvesant and, 166 ; protests against the erection of Fort Casimir, 167; returns to Europe, 273; succeeded by Rysingh, 274.
Privileges of burgher recht, 310 ; proposed to new settlers, 444.
Proceedings of the provincial assembly at New Netherland, 506.
Proclamation issued appointing Burgomas- ters and Schepens of the city of New Am- sterdam, 213; of the States General, inviting settlers from England and else- where to New Netherland, 444; against Quakers, 454.
Quakers arrrive for the first time in New Netherland, 347 ; persecution of, 348, et seq., 450 ; soldiers quartered on the,
451, 453; proclamation against, 454 ; cessation of the persecution against the, 457.
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Raritan, emissaries from Gravesend in- vade the, 495 ; Indians of, sell their land to the Dutch, 496.
Religions persecution, commencement of, in New Netherland, 317.
Remonstrance to the States General, the Nine Men resolve to send a, 66; of the Patroon and Co-directors of Rensselaers- wyck, to the Chamber at Amsterdam, 206; reply thereto, 208; of the Conven- tion of 1653, 243; vindicated, 252 ; from several towns in New Netherland, to the West India Company, 491 ; of the burgh- ers of New Amsterdam against resisting the English, 527.
Rensselaerswyck, 68, 69, 70, 72, 78; Rev. Mr. Megapolensis leaves the church of, 97; arrangements to establish a school at, 162 ; delegation to the Mohawks from, ib. ; further collision between Stuyve- sant and, 173; amount expended on settlement of, to 1650, ib .; the soil on which Fort Orange stands claimed for, 175 ; colonists of, take oath of allegi- ance, 176 ; town of Beverwyck separated from, 179; Patroon and Co-directors of, complain of Stuyvesant to the Amsterdam Chamber, 206; threaten to apply to other quarters, and address the States General,
208; counter-charges against those of, by the Directors at Amsterdam, 209; colonists of, renew a treaty of peace with the Mohawks, 292 ; tenths ordered to be collected in, 304; subscription of Patroon of, to the Beverwyck church, 307 ; estimate of losses incurred by the colonie of, 308 ; authorities of, refuse to publish the order for the payment of tenths, 310; com- pound for the payment of, ib. ; freshets at, 438, 483.
Representation, right of, in whom vested under the feudal law, 270; from West- chester to Governor Nicolls, misstate- ments of, exposed, 314 ; the principle of popular, recognized in New Netherland, 505.
Ronduit erected by the Dutch, 356 ; present name of, 357.
Runners forbidden to trade in the Indian country, 163; difficulties at Fort Orange with the, 420.
Rysingh, J. Claude, 273; appointed Gov- ernor of New Sweden, 274; reduces Fort Casimir, 275; declines to visit the Manhattans, 276 ; capitulates, 238; arrives at New Amsterdam, 294; discussion between him and Stuyvesant, 295; sails for Europe, 206.
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Salt Springs of Onondaga, discovery of the, 303 ; the French settle at the, 362 ; aban- don the, 365.
Schaets, Rev. Gideon, appointed minister of the colonie of Rensselaerswyck, 184; particulars relating to, 567.
Schenectady, first settlement of, 438 ; Indian name of, 439; conditions for settling, 440 ; surveyed, 442.
Schepens, first origin of the office of, 212; election and powers of the board of, ib. ; how appointed in New Amsterdam, 213.
Schuylkill, mouth of the, fortified, 80;
lands on the, granted to Dutch settlers, 81 ; Indian name of that country, ib.
Schuyler, Philip Pietersen, arrives in New Netherland, 177; comes into collision with Commissary Dyckman, ib. ; particu- lars of the early members of the family, ib
Scott, Capt. John, previous history of, 497 ; petitions Charles II. for Long Island, 498; commissioned by Connecticut to reduce that section of the country, ib. ; invited to visit that quarter, 499 ; elected Presi- dent of the English towns, 500 ; attempts to reduce the Dutch towns, ib. ; proceed- ings at New Utrecht, &c., 501; enters into a convention with Stuyvesant, 504; arrested and carried prisoner to Hartford, 512 ; termination of his career, 552; agreement between Governor Stuyvesant and, 578.
Mary, fined for attending Quaker meetings, 354.
Second Amboyna Tragedy, pamphlet en- titled the, 571.
Selyns, Rev. Henricus, minister at Breuke- len, 437.
Senecas, negotiations between the Dutch and the, 422.
Sheriff, the first, for the city of New Am- sterdam, 371.
Shipwreck of the vessels proceeding from Holland to New Amstel, 335.
Sille, Nicasius de, appointed First Council- lor of New Netherland, 236 ; particulars of his family, ib. ; accompanies Stuyve- sant to the South River, 286; succeeds Cornelis van Tienhoven, 322; dispatched to protect the Dutch towns on Long Island, 495.
South River, state of the Dutch interests on the, 79; the Swedes oppose the erec- tion of a Ditch trading house on the Schuylkill, 80; Van Dinclage and La Montagne sent to the, 81 ; Dutch settlers granted lands on the, ib ; an association formed to colonize the, 82; purchase land from the natives, and further collis- ion with the Swedes in consequence, 83; state of trade on the, 1643, ib. ; expedition from New Haven to the, arrested, 164 ; Thomas Broen attempts a settlement on the, 165; is prevented by Printz, ib. ; Stuyvesant visits the, 165 ; obtains a con- veyance of land on the, from the Indians, 166; Fort Casimir erected at the, 167;
affairs on the, 272; Swedish Company renew their efforts to colonize the, 273; the Dutch expelled from the, 275; form of government erected by the Dutch on the, 324; colonie erected by the city of Amsterdam on the, 323 ; settlers sent by the city of Amsterdam to the, 334; ship- wrecked off Long Island, 335 ; Stuyvesant visits the, 372; state of religion at the Dutch settlement on the, 1662, 465; the whole of the, surrendered to the city of Amsterdam, 470 ; reduced by the English, 537 ; Carr's instructions for reducing the, 593.
Staets, Abraham, wife of, burnt, 519.
Staten Island, population of, 291 ; attacked, ib. ; purchase of, from the Indians, 425; Melyn relinquishes all title to, 426; Van der Capellen sells his interest in, 427; names of the settlers on, ib. ; population of, 1661, ib .; papers relating to, 575 ; Indian name of, ib.
States General, report of a committee of the, on the affairs of New Netherland, 131; the, acknowledge the Republic of England, 198 ; the, submit the Thirty-six articles, 199; send ambassadors to the English Republic, 200 ; take measures to protect New Netherland, 204; approve the treaty of Hartford, 312; invite persons of tender conscience to settle in New Netherland, 444; letters from the, sent to the various towns on Long Island, 511 ; advice of the, rejected, 512 ; order of the, confirming the right of the Dutch West India Company to plant colonies in Ame- rica, 579 ; letter of the, to certain villages in New Netherland, 580.
Stillwell, Lieutenant Nicholas, 393 ; fights against the Esopus Indians, 476 ; Sheriff of Gravesend, 484.
STUYVESANT, PETRUS, his commission as Director-general, 18; sails from the Texel, 20; incidents of the voyage, and arrival at the Manhattans, ib ; his decla- ration on assuming the government, 21 ; state of affairs on arrival of, ib. ; opinion of, on the proposal to investigate Kieft's conduct, 25; prepares an indictment against Melyn and Kuyter, 30; speech of, on delivering his opinion in that case, 32; message of, to the Nine Men, 42 ; addresses letters to the Govern- ors of the adjoining colonies, 43; claims all the land between the Delaware and Connecticut Rivers, 44; exceeds his powers in the case of Picquet, 47; claims duties from vessels trading to New Haven, 48; writes to Governor Eaton and Deputy Governor Goodyear, 52; ceases correspondence with the former, 54; his letter to Deputy Governor Goodyear, ib .; vindicates his conduct towards Hew Haven, 55; offers protec- tion to slaves and fugitives from that place, 56 ; explains his motives, 57 ; out- wits Governor Eaton, ib .; proceedings towards Melyn and Kuyter censured, 58 ;
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cited to appear at the Hague, 59 ; resolves to stop the sale of fire-arms to the Indians, 62 ; engages in the importation of fire- arms for the Indians, 65 ; endeavors to collect the debts due the Company, 66; demands that representations to Holland should pass through him, ib. ; claims to be supreme ruler of New Netherland, 70; difficulties with Van Slechtenhorst, (See Van Slechtenhorst, Brant Arent) ; visits Fort Orange, 71 ; claimsfor that fort all the land within range of cannon shot, ib. ; name given him by the Indians, 75 ; reply to Van Slechtenhorst's protest, 78; summoned to appear at the Hague, 84; further difficulties with Melyn, 85; visits the sins of the father on the son-refuses to allow Loper to trade at the South River, 86; protests against Van Slechten- horst's leasing land at Katskill, 161 ; arrests an expedition from New Haven to the Delaware, 164 ; visits the South River, 165 ; negotiations with Governor Printz, 166 ; claims jurisdiction for Fort Orange, 175 ; arrests Van Slechtenhorst, 174 ; renews the claim forjurisdiction, 175, 173 ; separates Beverwyck from Rensselaers- wyck, 179; final decision of the West India Company on that step, ib. ; lam- pooned, 181; visits Fort Orange and demands that the bounds of Rensselaers- wyck be set ont, 183; erects a court of justice in Fort Orange, ib. ; regulates the purchase of Indian lands, 185 ; recalled by the States General, 193; ordered by the Amsterdam Chamber not to obey the States General's resolution, ib. ; his recall rescinded, 194 ; instructed to engage the In- dians, 205 ; Patroon of Rensselaerswyck complains of, 206 ; retains the appointment of the city magistrates in his own hands, 213 ; reported to be exciting the Indians against the English, 217; demands that delegates be sent from New England to the Manhattans, to enquire into the truth of the plot against the English, 221; vin- dicates himself from the charges brought against him by New England, 227 ; com- ments on the proceedings of the delegates previous to the convention of 1653, 241 ; agrees to the meeting under certain con- ditions, 242; his reply to the remon- strance, 247 ; his objections to popular elections, 250 ; dissolves the convention, 252; refuses to surrender the excise to the city, 254; informed of the intended invasion of New Netherland by the English, 261 ; adopts measures of de- fence, 262; visits Gravesend, 267; re- sumes the excise, 269; retaliates on the Swedes, 276 ; visits the West Indies, ib. ; visit abortive, 285; proceeds against the Swedes, 286; offers to restore Fort Christina to Rysingh, 289 ; returns to the Manhattans, 292; discussion between him and Rysingh, 294; sends delegates to New England, 298 ; calls on those of Rensselaerswyck to fix their limits, 303; orders the excise to be collected at Fort Orange, 304; allows Burgomasters and Schepens of New Amsterdam to name
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