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INDEX

Brant, Molly, 223

Breuckelen (now Brooklyn), 77

Burnet, William, Governor of

New York, 190
Burton, Mary, 213

Cabots, The, explorations in
• Hudson region, 16
Canada, expeditions against,

185-86, 188

Carey (Kerry), Peggy, 213
Carleton, Sir Dudley, English

ambassador at The Hague,

132
Caroline, niece of Mohawk chief

Hendrick, 223
Carteret, Sir George, part of

New Jersey granted to, 145;

death (1680), 146
Carteret, Philip, Governor of

New Jersey, 146, 147
Casimir, Fort, 130
Catholics, Roman, oppose Leisler,

153-154; accused of inciting

negro plots, 212, 213-17.
Chambers, John, 199
Charter of Liberties and Privi-
leges, 148

Christina, Fort, 127
Clarke, George, Governor of New

York, letter on negro plots, 214-

15; suspicions of, 215-17
Clinton,, George, Governor of

New York, quoted, 191-92,

219

Coates, Edward, 166
Cod, Cape, 135

Colden, Cadwallader, 196, 197
Colman, John, 6-7
Colve, Captain Anthony, Dutch

Governor of New York, 143
Commerce, aim of Dutch in

America, 18; with Holland,

24; dubious sea ventures, 168-

169
Congo, Simon, one of the first

negro slaves, 25
Connecticut River, 22, 65, 135
Coorn, Nicholas, 45-46

Cornbury, Edward Hyde, Lord,
Governor of New York, 183-
185; revenues under, 191
Cornelissen, Jan, 95
Cosby, William, Governor of

New York, 190, 194-96
"Cosby's Manor," 195
Curtius, Alexander Carolus, 101
Cuyler, Johannes, of Albany, 156

De Laet, Johan, 11, 40

De Lancey, James, supports Cos-
by, 196; Chief Justice, 199;
Lieutenant-Governor, 219

De la Montagne, J. M., 95

De la Noy, Peter, 162, 169

Delaware, Swedish colony in,
127-28; see also New Sweden

Delaware Bay, 36

Delaware (or South) River, 22,
51, 59

De Neger, Jan, 35

De Peyster, Colonel Abraham,
207

De Vries, Captain David, quoted,
28; takes up territory on
Delaware Bay, 36; bouwerie
of, 39; opinion of Van Twiller,
57; head of committee of
twelve, 64; appearance, 64;
treats with Indians, 65-66;
account of building of church,
92-93; visits Governor Printz,
129; opinion of Eelkens inci-
dent, 134

Dongan, Colonel' Thomas, Gov-
ernor of New York, 48, 147,
157; instructed to suppress
piracy, 167

Drisius, Domine Samuel, 86

"Duke's Laws/' 138

Dutch East India Company, 17

Dutch West India Company,
20-22, 30, 32, 33-34, 38, 51,
56, 60, 73

Dyckman, 72

Earle, Mrs., overhears negroes
plotting, 212