Preface.

Introduction.

Statement by Committee on Publication with sketch of the Author.[FN]

Geographical Formation of Valley.

Game, Fowl, Fish, Fruit, &c.

Indians.

Manufacture of Implements of Iron and Steel.

First Settlers—Who they were and whence they came.

Ancient Families of Peenpack.

Ancient Families of Lower Neighborhood.

Longevity of First and Second Generations.

Lower Neighborhood.

Population of Peenpack, Manner of Living, &c., during Revolutionary War and later.

Forts in Peenpack and Occupants.

Forts in Lower Neighborhood, with some of the Occurrences during the War.

Habits and Manner of Living.

Use of Cider and Spirits.

Use of Spirits at Funerals and Weddings.

Treating Visitors.

No Drunkards among Them for One Hundred Years.

Physical Strength of First Generation.

Some Prominent Characters—Major James Swartwout, William Cuddeback, Peter Gumaer, Gerardus Van Inwegen, Samuel Swartwout, Capt. Abraham Cuddeback, Benjamin Depuy, Philip Swartwout, Anthony Van Etten, Cornelius Van Inwegen.

Minisink Battle.

Great Changes in Agriculture, Manufacture, Travel and Improvements of Every Kind.

Scarcity of Physicians in Former Times

Birds, Reptiles and Animals.

Health, Food, &c.

Religious Worship—Organization of Reformed Dutch Church and its Ministers.

Administration of Justice—First Justice of Peace.

Prices of Stock, Grain, &c.

Currency and Measures.

Wages.

Cost of Building a House.

Business Transactions and Employments of Ancestors.

Christmas and New Year's—Two days devoted to each.

Characteristics of some of First Settlers and their descendants.

Emigration from Town of Deerpark.

Increase of Population.

Thomas White.

[FN] The statement by the Committee on Publication which appears {at this point} should have preceded both the Preface and Introduction. By an oversight not discovered until too late for correction it became displaced and appears out of its proper order.