INDEX

£41

Philipse, Frederick, 164

Philipse Manor, 47

Pietersen, Evert, 95

Piracy, 165-79

Portuguese, Anthony, one of the

first negro slaves, 25
Postal service established, 140-42
Princess, The (ship), 66
Printz, Johan, Governor of New

Sweden, 128-29

Quakers, pay Indians for land,
37-38; Stuyvesant's dealings
with, 70, 85-86

Quedagh Merchant, The (ship),
172, 174, 177

Rapaelje, Sarah, 25, 109

Raritan Indians, 63

Religion in New Netherland, 83-
93

Rensselaer's Stein (Castle Rens-
selaer), 45

Rensselaerswyck, typical pa-
troonship, 39; settlement, 39-
41; life in, 41-46; library, 42;
cost of living, 42-43; terms of
leases, 43-44; hostility between
patroon and tenants, 44;
relation of patroon and Com-
pany, 45; Stuyvesant and, 71-
72

Roelantsen, Adam, 94

Romney, Earl of, 170

Rondout, 102

Rysing, Governor of New Swe-
den, 130

8t. John, The (slaver), 26

San Salvador, victory of Dutch

over Spanish off (1627), 55
Schenectady, massacre at, 156
Schoharie, Palatines at, 188
Schuyler, Peter, 154, 155
Schuyler estate near Albany,

48-49

Sewall, Samuel, 168
Shipbuilding at New Amster-
dam, 56
16

Shrewsbury, Duke of, 170

Slavery, Dutch introduce, 25-26;
treatment of slaves in New
Netherland, 26-27; in New
York, 208-09; ordinance regu-
lating slaves (1684), 209-10;
see also Negroes

Sleepy Hollow, church at, 47-
48

Sloughter, Colonel Henry, Gover-
nor of New York, 160, 161.
162, 163, 165, 191

Smith, William, 197,198-99

Smits, Claes, 63

Somers, Lord Chancellor, 170

Soutbergh, The (ship), 57

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

Spain, truce with Holland, 17,
30; plots against Holland, 30;
defeat by Holland, 55

Spuyten Duyvil, 120

Stanwix, Fort, Treaty of, 228

"Staple right'* at New Amster-
dam, 61

Staten Island, 36, 50, 63; pur-
chased by Pauw, 39; trans-
ferred to Melyn, 39; Indians
attack, 74; becomes part of
Yorkshire, 138; Dutch fleet off,
143

Steenwyck, Cornelis, 139

Stevensen, Jan, 95

Stony Point, Half Moon be-
calmed at, 13

Stuyvesant, 196

Stuyvesant, Petrus (Pieter),,
made Director-General, 45;
appearance, 67; as Director-
General, 68; upholds Kieft, 69;
arraigned by burghers, 69;
defense of, 69-70; character of,
70-71; contest with yan Slich-
tenhorst, 71-72; arbitrariness,
72; opposes local self-govern-
ment, 72-73; treatment of
Indians, 74; warns Company of
lack of defense, 76; treatment
of Convention, 77-79; begs