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Delavall, Thomas, collector of customs, ii. 25; member of first board of aldermen, ii. 35; mayor of New York, ii. 79; property of, confis- cated by Dutch, ii. 108; leaves New Orange with Lovelace, ii. 110; death of, ii. 369.
Delaware Bay and River, first explora- tions of, i. 5, 25-26.
Delaware Company, New Haven's, i. 168-169.
Delaware country, claimed by New Netherland Company, i. 26; first settlement in, at Fort Nassau, i. 45; English company from Virginia turned out of, by Van Twiller, i. 145; Swedish-Dutch colony planted in, i. 155-157; Dutch crowded out by Swedes in, i. 249; attempt at settlement by New Haven people suppressed by Stuyvesant, i. 321; Swedish and Dutch difficulties in, i. 364; Swedes overpowered by Stuy- vesant's force in, i. 366-368; Stuy- vesant organizes subordinate gov- ernment for, i. 372-373; vain attempt of Amsterdam to colonize, i. 384-385; Maryland's claims to, and Stuyvesant's defence of, i. 385-386; final decision as to rights of, to separate existence, i. 399; given up by West India Company, i. 401; submits to English, ii. 22; an appanage of New York until Penn obtains it, ii. 22; proposed substi- tution of, for Jerseys, in grant to Carteret, ii. 39; trouble with Swedes and Finns in, ii. 87; traces of the Dutch remaining in, ii. 144; Major John Fenwick and his band of colo- nists in, ii. 199-200; granted to Penn, ii. 244; Three Lower Coun- ties of, now state of Delaware, ii. 244; final division of, between Penn and Maryland, ii. 287.
Dellius, Domine, ii. 474-475, 493.
Demarest, Jean, delegate to form Com- mittee of Safety, ii. 404.
De Meyer, Nicholas, mayor of New York, ii. 209-210.
De Milt, Anthony, schout of New
Orange, ii. 107; in difficulties with Andros over oath of allegiance, ii. 178.
Denonville, Marquis de, designs of, against Iroquois and New York, ii. 319 ff.
Denton, Daniel, history by, ii. 82, 137- 138.
De Peyster, Abraham, militia captain, ii. 380, 435.
De Peyster, Johannes, i. 335, 366, ii. 107, 116, 178 ff., 366.
Deputy-mayor, office of, ii. 174, 302. De Rasières, Isaac, first secretary of New Netherland, i. 72; letter of, quoted, i. 79; visit of, to Plymouth, i. 86-87; returns to Holland, and description of Plymouth by, i. 89. De Riemer, Isaac, ii. 395.
Dermer, Captain Thomas, explora- tions of, i. 38-39.
Dervall, William, property of, confis- cated by Dutch (1673), ii. 108; member of Andros's council, ii. 172; deposed from council by Brock- holls, ii. 238-239.
Description of New Netherland, Van der Donck's, i. 481, 485.
Description of the Province of New Albion, a work of fiction, i. 24.
De Sille, Nicasius, sent to New Amster- dam, i. 353; commands company in expedition against Swedes, i. 367; blames Stuyvesant in part for re- sults of Indian raid, i. 371-372; supersedes Van Tienhoven as schout- fiscal, i. 376; literary efforts of, i. 482-483; mentioned, i. 491.
De Vries, David Pietersen, work by, i. 121; controversy between Van Twiller and, i. 137-138; buys and colonizes lands in New Netherland, i. 162; criticisms of Kieft by, i. 177, 178; president of board of Twelve Men, i. 179; describes building of first church in New Amsterdam, i. 188-189; quoted concerning Kieft's massacre of Indians, i. 221-224; life of, spared by warring Indians, i. 225; courageous and effective services of, in Indian war, i. 225-226; heroic act of, and final departure from New Netherland, i. 229; in Holland, writes concerning New Netherland, i. 230; publication of journal of, i. 380.
De Vries, Jan, captain of the Blue Cock, i. 238.
Dircksen, Barent, member of board of Eight Men, i. 227.
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Dircksen, Gerrit, member of board of | Dry goods, use of term, ii. 215.
Twelve Men, i. 179.
Distillery, the first, in New Nether- land, i. 190-191.
D' Lucena, Abraham, i. 450-451.
Dolstone, George, ii. 517.
Domine's Bouwerie, i. 148-149, ii. 176. Dominion of New England, creation of, ii. 310; end of, ii. 360. Dongan, Colonel Thomas, commis- sioned governor of New York, ii. 247; previous career of, ii. 253- 254; arrival at New York, ii. 254; instructions issued to, ii. 255; officers of government of, ii. 255; criticism of conduct of, in issuance of charter and receiving compensa- tion therefor, ii. 307-308; profits and losses of, while in office, ii. 308- 309; new commission issued to, and its nature, ii. 311; great purpose of, to block ambitions of Canada and extend Indian traffic of New York, ii .. 315-316; efforts of, to secure New York against French, ii. 318 ff .; French and Penn attempt to secure recall of, ii. 323; deposition of, and immediate causes, ii. 343; in retire- ment on Long Island, ii. 354-355; sails for Madeira, but returns to Long Island, ii. 393; makes his way to England, and meets with ill for- tune, ii. 456-457; death of, and heirs, ii. 457.
Dongan Charter, the, ii. 298-305; amounts paid to Dongan and Secre- tary Spragge for, ii. 307.
Doughty, Rev. Francis, i. 183, 228, 239; Governor Kieft on bad terms with, i. 257; daughter of, married to Van der Donck, i. 262; Stuyve- sant's treatment of, i. 270.
Dover, Treaty of (1670), ii. 94-95. Downing, Emanuel, i. 107.
Downing, Sir George, sketch of, i. 498-499; instrumentality of, in raising quarrel between English and Dutch, i. 499.
Drawbacks, system of, ii. 16.
Drinking, Stuyvesant's ordinances re- garding, i. 267.
Drisius, Domine Samuel, sent to New Amsterdam, i. 327; mission of, to Virginia, i. 399; subscribes to loan to New Amsterdam, i. 509; death of, ii. 131.
Drunkenness, in New Amsterdam, i. 194, 467; New Yorkers charged with, ii. 228.
Dry Dock District, i. 56.
Dudley, Joseph, president of James II's
Province of New England, ii. 289; superseded by Andros, ii. 310; ap- pointed chief-justice, ii. 314; mem- ber of Andros's council, ii. 344; in jail at Boston, ii. 360; sent to Eng- land and released, ii. 450; Slough- ter's first councillor, ii. 500; arrives in Boston, ii. 508; in New York, ii. 510; presides at Leisler trial, ii. 535; testimony on Leisler trial, ii. 543.
Dukesberry, Elias, ii. 545.
Duke's County, ii. 265.
Duke's Laws, code framed by Nicolls, ii. 27.
Duke's Plan, The, map, i. 458.
Du Simetiere, Swiss historical collector, ii. 554-555.
Dutchess County, ii. 265.
Dutch Reformed Church, establish- ment of, in New Amsterdam, i. 84- 85; growth of, and present condi- tion, ii. 151, 333.
Duyckinck, Evert, i. 436.
Dyre, Captain William, collector of customs at New York, ii. 170; im- peached, indicted, and sent to Eng- land, ii. 232-237; acquitted by duke's advisers, ii. 241; history of Winder's charge against, ii. 241-243.
East India Company, the, i. 3; Hud- son's contract with, i. 4-5; incor- poration of, i. 17.
East River, naming of, i. 54.
Eaton, Samuel, deputy-governor of New Haven, i. 281.
Edsall, Samuel, supporter of Leisler, ii. 369-370; delegate to form Com- mittee of Safety, ii. 404; member of Leisler's council, ii. 434; stands trial together with Leisler, ii. 537; tried for high treason and acquitted, ii. 541; cause of acquittal of, ii. 544.
Education, question of, in New Nether- land, i. 441-444; comparative con- dition of Dutch as to, i. 477-480. See Schools.
Eelkins, Jacob, i. 23, 41, 122-123.
Eendraght, ship, i. 104, 106, 108, 119, 144, 145.
Eglise des Réfugiés Français, etc., ii. 332.
Eglise du Saint Esprit, ii. 332.
Eight Select Men, board of, chosen by New Netherlanders, i. 227; board of, addresses Memorial to Assembly
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of West India Company, i. 230; second Memorial sent by, i. 236.
Eliot, Charles W., quoted, ii. 159-160, 161.
Elizabethtown established as capital of New Jersey, ii. 40.
Ellis Island, ii. 81.
Emott, James, ii. 533.
English, exploring activities of, i. 9-14. English settlers in New Netherland, i. 182-184.
Esopus country, i. 23, ii. 48; settle- ment of, by planters from Fort Orange, i. 323; Indian outbreaks
in, i. 404 ff. See Kingston and Wiltwyck.
Evertsen, Cornelis the Younger, ii. 98; commands fleet which captures New York (1673), ii. 101 ff .; leaves New Orange for Holland, ii. 110; sub- sequent career of, ii. 110.
Exact Account, etc., of surrender of Fort James (1673), ii. 101 ff.
Exchange, first merchants', in New York, ii. 69-70.
Exchequer, court of, established by Dongan, ii. 295.
Excise taxes, i. 233, 268, 319, 347, 362, 432.
Exports, list of chief (1687), ii. 338.
Fall, use of word, meaning 'autumn,' ii. 215.
Families in New Netherland and New York, size of, ii. 142, 331.
Farewell, George, ii. 448, 450; with Sloughter in New York, ii. 533; testimony on Leisler trial, ii. 543. Farmer, Mrs., ii. 554.
Farms (bouweries) on Manhattan Island, i. 79-80.
Feake, Elizabeth, ii. 132.
Fenwick, Major John, troubles of An- dros with, over Delaware country, ii. 199-200.
Ferry, first public, in New Amsterdam, i. 187.
Festival days in New Amsterdam, i. 462, ii. 151.
Figurative Map, the first so-called, i. 22, 55, 81; the second, i. 26, 54, 81.
Firearms, traffic in, with Indians, i. 176, 253, 254, 285, 323, 338, ii. 317. Fire department of New Amsterdam, i. 429.
Fire-wardens, appointment of first, in New Amsterdam, i. 277; appointed under Leisler, ii. 463.
Fisher's Island, patent held by Gov- -
ernor Winthrop, ii. 84; derivation of name, ii. 150.
Fishing industry, of New Netherland, i. 436; of New York, ii. 68, 219.
Fitch, Captain, envoy from Connecti- cut to New York, ii. 398, 406.
Five Dutch Towns on Long Island, i. 419, 507.
Five Nations, the, i. 58-59.
Fix, use of word, meaning 'repair,' ii. 215.
Flatbush (Midwout), first Dutch church on Long Island organized at, i. 419.
Flatlands, i. 147.
Flushing, settlement of, and town patent secured for, i. 259; French- men settle at, i. 419; punished by Stuyvesant for too wide religious toleration, i. 446.
'Fly,' the suffix, ii. 150.
Fly-boat, derivation of name, i. 4.
Flypsen, Frederick, ii. 116.
Fordham, Rev. Robert, i. 259.
Fordham Manor, ii. 84.
Foreest, Johannes, letter of Michaelius to, i. 82.
Forrester, a Scotchman, and Governor Stuyvesant, i. 279.
Fort Amsterdam, construction of, i. 74-75; location of, i. 78; town of New Amsterdam distinguished from, i. 81; condition with view to de- fence, at time of English seizure, i. 520-521; name changed to Fort James, i. 527.
Fort Casimir, built by Stuyvesant, i. 321-322; Rising expels Dutch from, i. 364; Dutch retake and expel Swedes, i. 367.
Fort Christina, i. 156, 322; surrenders to Dutch, i. 367.
Fort Good Hope, building of, i. 45, 125; John Underhill's seizure of, i. 340; last days of, i. 355.
Fort James, Fort Amsterdam renamed, i. 527; repairing of, ii. 71; renamed Fort Willem Hendrick, ii. 106; La- badists' description of, ii. 227; enumeration of repairs to, at dif- ferent times, ii. 353-354; name of, changed to Fort William, ii. 406.
Fort Nassau, near Albany, i. 23, 26.
Fort Nassau, on South River, built, i. 45; English and Dutch dispute over, i. 145; replaced by Fort Casimir by Stuyvesant, i. 321.
Fort Nassau, fort at Albany renamed, by Dutch in 1673, ii. 106.
Fort Neck, so-called battle at, i. 340.
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Fort Orange, founded, i. 41; first settlers at, i. 45-46; English ship William at, i. 123-124; Kieft signs treaty of peace with Indians at, i. 238; complaints against, made by Van Rensselaer, i. 251, 254; be- comes Albany, ii. 20.
Fort Stanwix, i. 51.
Fox, George, on Long Island, ii. 74. Frankfort Street, ii. 558.
Free speech, right of, established by Dutch, ii. 159-160.
French, early colonizing activities of, i. 25; invasion of New York by (1666), ii. 53-54; designs of, against New York, ii. 315 ff .; New York's peculiar peril from, in 1689, ii. 373- 374; attack by, on Schenectady, ii. 452-453; congress of colonies at New York decides on expedition against, ii. 467.
French colonists in New Netherland, i. 421-422.
French immigrants to New York, ii. 331, 332. See Huguenots.
French, Philip, case of, ii. 446-447, 469.
Freneau, Philip, quoted on seizure of New Amsterdam by English, i. 529. Fresh River, name given the Connecti- cut, i. 21.
Funeral, a notable, in New York (1671), ii. 77-78.
Gansevoort, meaning of name, i. 213. Gardens in New Amsterdam, i. 457.
Gardiner, Lion, i. 129, 165; praise of John Underhill by, ii. 132.
Gardiner's Island, settlement of, i. 165-166; manor of Lion Gardiner's son, ii. 84.
'Gat,' the suffix, ii. 149.
Gerritsen, Wolfert, i. 148.
Gideon, slaves brought to New Amster- dam by the, i. 465; arrival of, a misfortune at time of English seizure, i. 521-522; Dutch troops sent to Holland on, i. 527; arrival of, in Holland, ii. 3.
Glen family name, ii. 146.
Goddard, Giles, member of first as- sembly, ii. 259.
Godyn, Samuel, patroonship of, i. 95. Godyn's Island and Point, i. 54-55.
Golden Fleece, wreck of, at New York, ii. 195.
Golf in New Netherland, i. 463.
Gomez, Estevan, explorer, i. 1.
Good Fame of New York, ship, ii. 68. Goose-pulling, sport of, i. 463-464.
Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, colonizing by, i. 38-40, 330.
Gosnold, Christopher, i. 5, 11.
Gould (Gold), Nathan, ii. 99, 398, 406. Gourdon, Rev. John, ii. 170, 255.
Gouverneur, Abraham, secretary of Committee of Safety, ii. 405; elected town clerk, ii. 416; stands by Leis- ler, ii. 512; placed under arrest by Sloughter, ii. 528; charged with killing Josiah Browne, ii. 536, 538; sentenced to be hanged, ii. 542; re- leased, and goes to London, ii. 543; marriage to Mary Leisler Milborne, ii. 554.
Gouverneur, Nicholas, ii. 196; career and connections of, ii. 405-406.
Governor's Island, Indian and Dutch names for, i. 55.
Graham, James, alderman, stabbed by Baxter, ii. 245; appointed recorder at New York, ii. 270; antecedents and standing of, ii. 270; appointed attorney-general of province, ii. 272; manager of customs at New York, ii. 314; a member of Dongan's coun- cil, ii. 328; removal to Boston and offices filled by, ii. 344; later for- tunes of, ii. 345; in jail at Boston, ii. 360; sent to England and re- leased, ii. 450; arrives in New York at time of Ingoldsby-Leisler troubles, ii. 510; speaker of assembly con- vened by Sloughter, ii. 545-546.
Grahame, James, quoted, i. xviii.
Grain, regulation of price of, by An- dros, ii. 214.
Gravesend, derivation of name, i. 161. Great Canal. See Canal.
Great Excise, the, ii. 213.
Great River, Henry Hudson so calls the Hudson, i. 5.
Greenwich, surrendered to English by Hartford Treaty, i. 315. Ground briefs, i. 95.
Hakluyt's Voyages, i. 10, 11.
Half Moon, Hudson's ship, i. 3, 4, 5; subsequent history of, i. 54 n.
Hall, Thomas, runaway bond-servant, becomes first English New Nether- lander, i. 145; tobacco-farmer at Turtle Bay, i. 161; member of board of Eight Men, i. 227; member of board of Nine Men, i. 273; member of first fire department, i. 277; signs Petition, Additional Observations, and Remonstrance, i. 289-290; stands by Dutch, at time of English seizure, i. 521; signs petition to Stuyvesant
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to surrender New Amsterdam, i. 525; takes oath of allegiance, ii. 22; death of, ii. 131.
Hamilton, Andrew, Andros's deputy- governor in East Jersey, ii. 347; re- turns to England, ii. 362.
Hammond, Robert, clerk of second assembly, ii. 281.
Hangman, misadventures of a, ii. 75. Harlem, first plantation in, i. 149; origins of, i. 418. See New Harlem. Harlem Lane, ii. 212.
Harlem River, named, i. 49.
Hartford, first settlement at, i. 45 (see Fort Good Hope); founded by colony from Massachusetts, i. 128- 129; Stuyvesant meets commis- sioners of United Colonies at, i. 314; Dutch retain fort and land at, by Hartford Treaty, i. 315; famous visit of Andros to, ii. 325.
Hartford Treaty, i. 314-317; ratified by States General but not noticed by Cromwell, i. 383; provisions of, nullified by Connecticut's charter of 1662, i. 411; States General depend on, to preserve New Netherland against the English, i. 510-511; Charles II follows Cromwell's ex- ample in not ratifying, i. 511.
Hartgers, Joost, book by, i. 379. Harvey, Matthias, delegate to form Committee of Safety, ii. 404.
Harvey, Father Thomas, private chap- lain to Dongan, ii. 255, 333.
Hawthorne, Major, mission of, to Stuyvesant, i. 387.
Heathcote, George, master of the Hope, ii. 235, 237, 393.
Hell Gate (Hellegat), i. 21, 38, 54.
Hempstead, settlement of, and town patent secured for, i. 259; school- masters at, ii. 73; race-meetings at, ii. 82-83.
Hendricksen, Cornelis, i. 21, 25-26. Herrman, Augustine, quoted, i. 56; member of board of Nine Men, i. 273; ensign of burgher guard, i. 285; represents New Netherland in controversy with Maryland about Delaware country, i. 385-386; later history of, i. 486-487; sells land to Labadists, ii. 230.
Herrman, Ephraim, and the Laba- dists, ii. 230.
Hicks, Captain Jaspar, ii. 502, 526.
High constable, appointment of, by Dongan Charter, ii. 301.
Hiller, first English schoolmaster, ii. 222.
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Hinckley, Thomas, member of An- dros's council, ii. 344.
Hoboken, derivation of name, i. 95, 96. Hodgson, Quaker in New Netherland, i. 446.
Hogs in New Amsterdam, i. 456.
Holidays in New Netherland, i. 462- 463, ii. 151.
Holland Lodge of freemasons, ii. 148. Holland Society, the, ii. 148.
Holmes, Robert, i. 512, ii. 1, 8, 95, 512. 'Hook,' the suffix, ii. 149.
Hooke, Rev. William, letter to Crom- well from, i. 341-342.
Hooky, Dutch origin of word, ii. 150. Horses in New York, ii. 82.
Hosmer, James K., misstatements by, i. 475.
Hospitality, New York, ii. 157.
Houses of New Amsterdam, i. 459-460. Hubbard, James, i. 348, 356; involved in George Baxter's treasonable at- tempt, i. 382; selected to represent Gravesend at Hartford Assembly, i. 403.
Hudde, Andries, i. 148; author of second Memorial of the Eight Men, i. 237; at one time a schoolmaster, i. 442.
Hudson, Henry, i. 3; contract with East India Company, i. 4; voyage of, i. 4-7; reaches present site of Albany, i. 5; fate of, i. 6; opinion of the River Indians, i. 60. Hudson, John, i. 4, 6.
Hudson River, variety of names borne by, i. 53; still termed North River, i. 54; first attempt of English to get a footing on, i. 123-124.
Huguenots, in New Netherland, i. 478; immigrants to New York, ii. 332; churches founded by, ii. 332; fan Protestant fanaticism in New York (1689), ii. 376; settlements of, at New Rochelle and Pelham Manor, ii. 418.
Huguenot Society of America, ii. 148. Hunthum, Hans, i. 104.
Hutchinson, Anne, i. 182, 183, 216; is murdered by Indians, i. 228; story of daughter of, i. 239; Governor Thomas Hutchinson a descendant of, i. 240; Indian who murdered, i. 381-382.
Hutchinson, Edward, i. 240.
Imports, enumeration of chief (1687), ii. 338.
Indentured servants in New Nether- land, i. 193, 466.
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Indians, Champlain aids Hurons and
Ottawas against Mohawks, i. 14; plans of French to Christianize, i. 25; distribution of, at time of first settlements, i. 57-59; Hudson's ex- perience with, i. 60-61; wampum the currency of, i. 61-62; Dutch- men's treatment of and dealings with, i. 63-65; sale of island of Manhattan by, i. 72-74; Van Twiller's good treatment of, i. 152; Pequot War, i. 163; question of supplying firearms to, i. 176, 254, 285, 323, 338; Kieft's treatment of, i. 176-178; troubles of New Nether- landers with, over murder of Swits, i. 178-182; massacre of, by soldiers under Kieft's orders, i. 223-224; general rising of, i. 224-225; cap- tives ill-treated by New Nether- landers and many sold as slaves, i. 235; Kieft concludes a peace with, i. 238-239; Stuyvesant accused of complicity with, against New Eng- landers, i. 336 ff .; chastised by Underhill's force, on Long Island, i. 340; raid on New Amsterdam and its vicinity by (1655), i. 368-370; outbreaks in Esopus country (1658), i. 404; rising of, in 1663, i. 408; vain attempts of Dutch clergymen to educate and Christianize, i. 443- 444; Cartwright's treaties with, ii. 21; Nicolls signs treaty with, ii. 48; French attack on (1666), ii. 52-55; English sign new treaty with, at Albany (1668), ii. 65; conservation of friendship of, by the Dutch, ii. 159; King Philip's War, ii. 188 ff .; Andros visits the Iroquois, and establishes board of Indian com- missioners at Albany, ii. 189; im- portance to New England of An- dros's alliance with Iroquois, ii. 190; as slaves, ii. 220-221; Dongan's efforts to secure trade of, ii. 315 ff. See Iroquois.
Indigo, experiments in cultivation of, i. 273.
Infanticide, notable trial for, ii. 75. Ingoldsby, Major Richard, commands company in Sloughter's force bound for New York, ii. 502; arrival at New York before Sloughter, ii. 503; urged by anti-Leislerians, demands admission to fort, at New York, ii. 504; dealings between Leisler and, ii. 504-516; battle between Leisler and, ii. 516-518; investigation of conduct of, ii. 543; on Sloughter's
death, executive authority conferred on, ii. 563.
Inheritance laws, ii. 154.
Inn, built by Kieft, i. 187; built by Lovelace, ii. 71.
Innis, Rev. Alexander, ii. 333.
Iroquois Indians, location of, strength, and tribes composing, i. 58; peace- ful relations of, with the Dutch and early English, i. 64-65; regard of, for Arendt Van Corlaer, i. 157; strength of, in 1660, i. 407; Andros's treaty with, and its effects, ii. 189- 191; Andros prevents their acknowl- edging rights of the French over them, ii. 192; predominance of, established, and efforts of the French to win over or to crush, ii. 316-317; Dongan secures their acknowledg- ment of their subjection to English king, ii. 318; play off English against French, ii. 319; antagonized by French treatment, ii. 322-323; distrust of Nicholson by, ii. 384; raid and massacre of Lachine, ii. 413; decline to aid Frontenac against English, and advise attack on Que- bec, ii. 451-452; part enacted by, in expedition of allied army against Canada, ii. 486-488; reported en- mity of, toward Leisler, ii. 553.
Irving, Washington, i. xvii-xviii, 213.
Jacobsen's Map, i. 81.
Jail and detention rooms in New Amsterdam, i. 470.
Jamaica, Long Island, beginnings of, and derivation of name, i. 418.
Jamaica, West Indies, acquirement of, by British, i. 359.
James I, Virginia and Plymouth Com- panies licensed by, i. 12.
James II, Duke of York becomes, ii. 284 ;. consolidation of American colonies into Dominion of New Eng- land by, ii. 310; driven from throne, ii. 355-356.
Jamestown colony, i. 14.
Jamison, David, Scotch schoolmaster, ii. 336.
Jansen, Hendrick, member of board of Twelve Men, i. 179.
Jansen, Machiel, member of board of Nine Men, i. 273.
Janssen, Roelof, i. 148-149.
Japikse, Dutch historian, i. xiii ; quoted, i. 392.
Jauncey, John, i. 376.
Jeffers, Thomas, affidavits of, ii. 504, 513, 550, 556.
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America, i. 25; Dutchmen's treat- ment of, i. 202-203; in New Amster- dam, i. 448; activity of, among Iro- quois in Andros's time, ii. 191-192; fear of, in New York, in 1689, ii. 376. Jewish burial ground, i. 450.
Jews, in New Netherland, i. 449-450; in New York, ii. 334.
Jogues, Isaac, captured by Mohawks, i. 202; death of, i. 203; testimony of, concerning Kieft's Indian war, i. 239.
Johnson, Johannes, elected sheriff of New York, ii. 416.
Jonkheer, the title, i. 262. Joris, Adriaen, i. 44.
Josselyn, John, work by, ii. 140.
Journal of the Esopus War, Cregier's, i. 481.
Juet, Robert, Hudson's clerk, i. 4; quoted, i. 5, 14, 52, 55, 60; publica- tion of log of, i. 81.
Justices' courts, New York, ii. 267.
Kalck Hoek Pond, i. 75.
Keep, Austin Baxter, i. xx.
Kent, Chancellor, on New York's 'charter of incorporation,' ii. 35; quoted on the Dongan Charter, ii. 303.
Keyser, Adriaen, i. 265, 277.
Kidd, William, ii. 408; aids Ingoldsby against Leisler, ii. 515.
Kieft, William, appointed director- general of New Netherland, i. 150; character of, i. 151-152; nature of government of, i. 154-155; en- counters with English settlers on the east, i. 166; conditions in the province under, i. 172-206; dissatis- faction among New Netherlanders with government of, i. 175; massacre of Indians by orders of, i. 223-224; allusion to book of, i. 236; con- cludes peace with Indians, i. 238- 239; fruitless correspondence of, with New Englanders about Dutch rights in Connecticut Valley, i. 246- 248; attends to Van Rensselaer's business in New Netherland, i. 252; last months of office of, i. 256-258; shipwrecked and drowned on way to Holland, i. 270-271.
Kierstede, Dr. Hans, i. 190, ii. 131. 'Kill,' the suffix, ii. 149.
Kills, the, claims of New York and East Jersey to, ii. 274-275; settle- ment of controversy, ii. 339. King Charles, ship, ii. 67.
King's County, ii. 265. King's Farm, ii. 176, 300.
Kingston, settlement on site of, i. 323; charter given to Dutch town which became, i. 405; Wiltwyck renamed, by Lovelace, ii. 84.
Kip, meaning of word, i. 214.
Kip, Hendrick, i. 273, 335, 524.
Kip, Jacob, appointed secretary of burgher government in New Amster- dam, i. 329; buys plantation on East River, ii. 71; in difficulties with Andros over oath of allegiance, ii. 178 ff.
Kip's Bay, history of name, ii. 71.
Knickerbocker, meaning of name, i. 213.
Knickerbocker's History, i. xvii-xviii, 120.
Knyffe, member of Governor Colve's council, ii. 111.
Koopman, office of, i. 72.
Kriss Kringle, derivation of name, ii. 152-153.
Kuyter, Jochem Pietersen, member of board of Twelve Men, i. 179; mem- ber of board of Eight Men, i. 227; commands Dutch force in war against Indians, i. 228; Stuyve- sant's stern treatment of, i. 269; sent a prisoner to Holland, i. 270; saved from wreck of Princess, i. 271; rights of, recognized by States General, i. 287; signs of his curry- ing favor with Stuyvesant, i. 332; murdered by Indians, i. 362, 368.
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