FOREWORD

CONTENTS.

WHERE I WAS BORN

ALONE IN HOLLAND

AN IMPORTANT INTRODUCTION

I GO MY WAY

THE BARGAIN

SAILING FOR THE NEW WORLD

A VIEW OF NEW NETHERLAND

THE "BROWN MEN" OR SAVAGES

SUMMONED TO THE CABIN

TOYS FOR THE SAVAGES

CLAIM OF THE WEST INDIA COMPANY

MAKING READY FOR TRADE

HANS BRAUN AND KRYN GILDERSLEEVE

THE GATHERING OF THE SAVAGES

GOING ASHORE

BUYING THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN

BOATS USED BY THE SAVAGES

WANDERING OVER THE ISLAND

THE HOMES OF THE SAVAGES

MASTER MINUIT'S HOME

BEGINNING THE WORK

STRANGE KIND OF CRAFT

BUILDING A FORT

IN CHARGE OF THE GOODS

THE VALUE OF WAMPUM

BUILDINGS OF STONE

THE GOVERNMENT

A PROSPEROUS TOWN

QUARRELSOME SLAVES

A BRUTAL MURDER

THE VILLAGE CALLED PLYMOUTH

I GO ON A VOYAGE

A LUKEWARM WELCOME

TWO DAYS IN PLYMOUTH

FORGING AHEAD

THE BIG SHIP

MASTER MINUIT'S SUCCESSOR

TROUBLE WITH THE ENGLISH

MASTER VAN TWILLER DISCHARGED

DIRECTOR KIEFT

UNJUST COMMANDS

MASTER MINUIT'S RETURN

THE REVENGE OF THE SAVAGES

MASTER KIEFT'S WAR

DIRECTOR PETRUS STUYVESANT

TIME FOR SIGHT-SEEING

HOW THE FORT WAS ARMED

VILLAGE LAWS

OTHER THINGS ABOUT TOWN

A VISIT OF CEREMONY

NEW AMSTERDAM BECOMES A CITY

MASTER STUYVESANT MAKES ENEMIES

ORDERS FROM HOLLAND

MAKING READY FOR WAR

AN UNEXPECTED QUESTION

WITH THE FLEET

DRIVING OUT THE SWEDES

THE UPRISING OF THE INDIANS

AN ATTACK BY THE INDIANS

HASTENING BACK TO NEW AMSTERDAM

COAXING THE SAVAGES

INTERFERENCE WITH RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

PUNISHING THE QUAKER

OTHER PERSECUTIONS

DULL TRADE

THE CHARGE MADE BY HANS BRAUN

DISMISSED BY MASTER STUYVESANT

ENGLISH CLAIMS

IDLE DAYS

ON BROAD WAY

LOOKING AFTER THE FERRY

THE COMING OF THE ENGLISH

A WEAK DEFENSE

MASTER STUYVESANT ABSENT

DISOBEYING COMMANDS

SURRENDER OF THE CITY DEMANDED

A THREE DAYS' TRUCE

VISITORS FROM THE ENGLISH

MASTER STUYVESANT'S RAGE

THE END OF DUTCH RULE

THE CITY OF NEW YORK

ELEMENTARY HISTORIES

BY

JAMES OTIS

NEW YORK-:-CINCINNATI-:-CHICAGO
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1910
BY
JAMES OTIS KALER
ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL, LONDON
W. P. 4.