Earle, Mrs., overhears negroes plotting,212
East Indies, pirates in,168
Education in New Netherland,93-101
Eelkens, Jacob,59,132-35
Eendragt, The (ship),40
Elizabethtown declared a free port,146
England, war with Holland (1652),76-77; treaty (1654),77; sends fleet to New Netherland,79-82; war with Holland (1672),142-43; treaty (1674),143-44; takes steps against buccaneers,170
Esopus, Indian troubles at,74,79
Evertsen, Admiral Cornells,143
Fenwick, land claimant in West Jersey,146
Flatbush,77
Fletcher, Colonel Benjamin, Governor of New York,165; encourages piracy,165-66; revenues under,191
Flushing,77; religious toleration in,86
Food resources,28
Fordham Manor,140
Fortune, The (ship),18
Francisco, John, one of the first negro slaves,25
Franklin, Benjamin, at Albany congress,220
Frederycke (Fredericksen), Kryn,54
Fur trade,17,18-19,27,41
Gardiner's Island, Captain Kidd at,174
Godyn, Samuel,36,40
Good Hope, The (ship),45-46
Governor's Island,60
Grant, Mrs., of Laggan,Memoirs of an American Lady,48; on negro servitude in Albany,209; describes Albany,219-220
Gravesend,77
Griffin, The (ship),127
Griffis, W. E., defends Van Twiller,58-59
Gustavus Adolphus,126
Half Moon, The (Halve Maene) (ship), anchors in New York harbor,1-2; description of,2-5; effect on Indians,4-5,7-10; journeys up Hudson,10-12; homeward course,13; Hudson's cabin,14; puts to sea,15; replica,16
Hamilton, Andrew, defends Zenger,200-05
Harrison, Francis,196,198
Hartford, Treaty of,77
Heckwelder, Rev. John, Moravian missionary, account of arrival ofHalf Moon,7-9,10
Hempstead,77
Heyn, Peter,55
Hill, Rowland, quoted,114
Hobocan Hackingh,37
Hoboken,74
Hodgson, Robert,85
Holland,seeUnited Netherlands
Holmes, Sir Robert,168
Horsmanden, Judge,217
Housatonic River discovered,135
Hudson, Captain Henry, explores Hudson River inHalf Moon,1-16; barters with Indians,4-5,10; entertains Indians,4-5,8-10,13-14; at West Point,10-11; Irving's description of,12; fights with Indians,15; held at Dartmouth,17
Hudson River, explored,1-16; "the River of the Steep Hills,"11; called Mauritius,22,23,29,132; commerce on,28-29; overflows,79; pirates on,180
Hughson, tavern-keeper,213,215-16
Hunter, Robert, Governor of New York,186; brings Palatines to New York,186-88; resigns,189; quoted,191
Hutchiuson, Anne,65
Huyck, Jan,90
Indians, effect ofHalf Moonon,4-5,7-10; attack Colman,6; friendly at West Point,10; onHalf Moon,13; attempt theft,14-15; conflict with,15,62-66,74-75; legal ceremony toward,36; paid for lands,37-38,53; servants of Minuit kill friendly Indian,55; Kieft's troubles with,62-66; attack New Amsterdam,74; as neighbors of Dutch,124-26; treaty signed on Norman's Kill,125; friendship of the "Six Nations,"218; take warpath,219; Sir William Johnson as friend of,226-27
Ingoldesby, Major Richard,161,185-86
Irving, Washington,seeKnickerbocker, Diedrich
James, Duke of York and Albany, Lord Proprietor of New York,137,144-45; becomes King of England,148
James, Fort,137,143,153;see alsoAmsterdam, Fort; Willem Hendrick, Fort
Jogues, Isaac, Jesuit missionary, describes Rensselaerswyck,40-41
Johnson, Sir William, at Albany congress,220; formulates Indian policy,221; born in Ireland,221; described by his uncle,221; life,222-24; home,224-25; hospitality,225-26; in French and Indian War,227; knighted,227; appearance,227-28; activities,228; personal characteristics,228-29
Johnson, Fort,224,228
Joris, Adriaen,22
Juet, Robert, of Limehouse, quoted,2,9
Kalm, Peter, describes courthouse at Albany,220
Key of Kalmar, The (ship),127
Kidd, Captain William,170-179
Kieft, William, succeeds Van Twiller,45; as Governor of New Netherland,61-67; character,61; activities,61-62; relations with Indians,62-66; recalled (1647),66; drowned,66; Kuyter and Melyn against,69; upheld by Stuyvesant,69; opposed by Bogardus,89-90; raises money for church,92-93; letter to Minuit,127-128
Knickerbocker, Diedrich (Irving), description of Henry Hudson,12; description of Van Twiller,58; quoted,121-122
Knight, Sarah Kemble, quoted,206-07
Krol, Sebastian,54,56-57,90
Kuyter, Jochem Pietersen,69
Labor in New Netherland,27
Leisler, Jacob,150; calls convention at Fort James,153; appointed "Captain of the fort at New York...",153; Catholics and aristocracy oppose,153-54; temporary victory,154-55; assumes title of Lieutenant-Governor,155; demands recognition,155-56; calls convention to discuss defense,156-57; controversy about,157-60; refuses surrender of fort,161-63; finally yields,163; sentenced to death,163-64; attainder removed,164; Bellomont causes reburial,181-82
Little Fox, The (ship),18
Livingston, Robert,48,154,155,170,186,196
Livingston Manor,48
Long Island, SO; Dutch on,22; English on,78,135-36; becomes county of Yorkshire,138
Loockermans, Govert,45-46
Lovelace, Colonel Francis, succeeds Nicolls as Governor of New York,139-40; establishes first mail service,140-42
Lovelace, Lord, Governor of New York,185
Luyck, Ægidius,101
Maasen, Cornelis,109
Madagascar, meeting place for pirates and merchants,168-169,170; Kidd reaches,172
Manhattan Island,29; Hudson leaves,10; settlers in,22; purchased from Indians,25,53; reserved for Dutch West Indian Company,33; surrendered to England,80-82; life on,103
"Mannahattanik,"9
Manors in New York,32,34-35,47-49
Mauritius, (Hudson) River,22,23,29,132
Maverick, Samuel,139
May, Cornelis Jacobsen, of Hoorn,22; first Director-General of New Netherland,51
Meeuwken, The (ship),52
Megapolensis, Rev. Johannes, Jr.,40,86,87-88,90,109
Melyn, Cornelis,39,69
Michaelius, Domine Jonas,26,88,96-97,109
Middleburgh,77
Milborne, Jacob,155-56,162,163,181-82
Minuit, Peter, Director-General of New Netherland,25,52; recalled (1632),45,56; buys Manhattan Island,53; builds Fort Amsterdam,54; preparations for war,55; shipbuilding,66; enters service of Sweden,56,126-27; establishes Swedish colony in Delaware,127-28
Montgomerie, John, Governor of New York,195
Moore, William,172-73
Morris, Lewis, Chief Justice,196,197
Motley, J. L., quoted,30-31,99
Moussart, associate of Van Rensselaer,40
Murray, John,212
Myndertsen, Myndert,36
Nanfan, John, Lieutenant-Governor of New York,180
Narragansett Bay,135
Nassau, Fort,19
Navesink Heights, Hudson passes,1
Neger, Jan de,35
Negroes, plot of 1712,210-11; alleged plots of 1741,211-17;see alsoSlavery
Netherlands,seeUnited Netherlands
New Amsterdam, established (1626),25,54; growth of,29; "staple right" established at,61; Indian troubles at,62-66,74; municipal rights given to,73; in Stuyvesant's time,75-76; fortification of,77; church building in,91-93; in seventeenth century,102,103; development of,104-06; class distinction in,107-08(note); becomes New York,137;see alsoNew York City
New Castle (Del.),130
New Gottenburg,129
New Jersey,65; granted to Berkeley and Carteret,145-46; enters "the Dominion of New England,"149
New Netherland, Dutch claim,17; commerce,18-19; New Netherland Company,19-20; Dutch West India Company,20-22,30,32,33-34; colonization,21-23; settlers,23-24; supplies from Holland,24-25; slavery,25-27; resources,28; patroonship,32-47; "Privileges and Exemptions,"33-35; English take possession of (1664),47; small proprietors in,49-50; demands made to States General,72-73; convention to consider defense,77-79;The Humble Remonstrance,78; becomes New York,82; religion in,83-93; religious liberty in,83-85; religious tyranny,85-87; education,93-101; burghers in,102-22; pioneer living conditions,103-04; fire protection,104-05; public sanitation,105; improvement in living conditions,105-06; "great burghers,"107-08; dress,108; children,109-20; holidays,114-18; christenings,118; spirit of mystery,120-21; neighbors,123et seq.; relations with New Sweden,128-31; relations with English,131-36; question of boundaries,136; bibliography,231-33;see alsoNew York
New Netherland, The (ship),56
New Netherland Company,19-20
New Netherland, The Representation of,68,70
New Orange,143
New Sweden, established,127-128; relations with Dutch,128-131
New York, government changed,137-38; surrenders to Dutch (1674),143; name changed to New Orange,143; returned by treaty to English,144;Charter of Liberties and Privileges,148; becomes royal province,148; enters "The Dominion of New England,"149; piracy,165-79;see alsoNew Netherland
New York City, market for pirates,168; becomes cosmopolitan,206; in 1729,206-07; public buildings,207; luxury,207-08; negro slaves,208-17; bibliography,231-33;see alsoNew Amsterdam
New York Weekly Gazette,197
New York Weekly Journal,197-198
Nicholson, Francis, Lieutenant-Governor of New York,151-152,157; leaves for England,154; imprisons pirates,168
Nicolls, Colonel Richard, expedition against New Netherland,80-81; first English Governor of New York,137-138,139,144; warns against division of territory,145
Nicolls, William,159
Nieu Nederlandt, The (ship),22
Nightingale, The (ship),18
Nooten (Nut) Island, old name for Governor's Island,60
Norman's Kill, treaty with Indians at,125
Nysen, Wolf,35