THE AUTHOR.
London, Oct. 1808.
CONTENTS.
| CHAP. | Page | |
| Introduction | [2] | |
| I. | Province of New-York—Origin of the settlement at Albany—Singular possession held by the patron—Account of his tenants | [19] |
| II. | Account of the Five Nations, or Mohawk Indians—Building of the Fort at Albany—John and Philip Schuyler | [22] |
| III. | Colonel Schuyler persuades four sachems to accompany him to England—Their reception and return | [27] |
| IV. | Return of Colonel Schuyler and the Sachems to the interior—Literary acquisitions—Distinguishes and instructs his favourite niece—Manners of the settlers | [30] |
| V. | State of religion among the settlers—Instruction of children devolved on females—to whom the charge of gardening, &c. was also committed—Sketch of the state of the society at New-York | [34] |
| VI. | Description of Albany—Manner of living there—Hermitage, &c. | [37] |
| VII. | Gentle treatment of slaves among the Albanians—Consequent attachment of domestics—Reflections on servitude | [41] |
| VIII. | Education and early habits of the Albanians described | [46] |
| IX. | Description of the manner in which the Indian traders set out on their first adventure | [52] |
| X. | Marriages, amusements, rural excursions, &c. among the Albanians | [62] |
| XI. | Winter amusements of the Albanians, &c. | [68] |
| XII. | Lay-brothers—Catalina—Detached Indians | [73] |
| XIII. | Progress of knowledge—Indian manners | [79] |
| XIV. | Marriage of Miss Schuyler—Description of the Flats | [87] |
| XV. | Character of Philip Schuyler—His management of the Indians | [92] |
| XVI. | Account of the three brothers | [96] |
| XVII. | The house and rural economy of the Flats—Birds and insects | [98] |
| XVIII. | Description of Colonel Schuyler’s barn, the common, and its various uses | [104] |
| XIX. | Military preparations—Disinterested conduct, the surest road to popularity—Fidelity of the Mohawks | [108] |
| XX. | Account of a refractory warrior, and of the spirit which still pervaded the New-England provinces | [112] |
| XXI. | Distinguishing characteristics of the New-York colonists, to what owing—Huguenots and Palatines, their character | [115] |
| XXII. | A child still-born—Adoption of children common in the province—Madame’s visit to New-York | [118] |
| XXIII. | Colonel Schuyler’s partiality to the military children successively adopted—Indian character falsely charged with idleness | [122] |
| XXIV. | Progress of civilization in Europe—Northern nations instructed in the arts of life by those they had subdued | [126] |
| XXV. | Means by which the independence of the Indians was first diminished | [133] |
| XXVI. | Peculiar attractions of the Indian mode of life—Account of a settler who resided some time among them | [137] |
| XXVII. | Indians only to be attached by being converted—The abortive expedition of Mons. Barre—Ironical sketch of an Indian | [142] |
| XXVIII. | Management of the Mohawks by the influence of the christian Indians | [147] |
| XXIX. | Madame’s adopted children—Anecdote of sister Susan | [152] |
| XXX. | Death of young Philip Schuyler—Account of his family, and of the society at the Flats | [159] |
| XXXI. | Family details | [167] |
| XXXII. | Resources of Madame—Provincial customs | [172] |
| XXXIII. | Followers of the army—Inconveniences resulting from such | [177] |
| XXXIV. | Arrival of a new regiment—Domine Freylinghausen | [182] |
| XXXV. | Plays acted—Displeasure of the Domine | [187] |
| XXXVI. | Return of Madame—The Domine leaves his people—Fulfilment of his predictions | [192] |
| XXXVII. | Death of Colonel Schuyler | [197] |
| XXXVIII. | Mrs. Schuyler’s arrangements and conduct after the colonel’s death | [201] |
| XXXIX. | Mohawk Indians—The superintendent | [205] |
| XL. | General Abercrombie—Lord Howe | [210] |
| XLI. | Total defeat at Ticonderoga—General Lee—Humanity of madame | [216] |
| XLII. | The family of madame’s sister—The death of the latter | [219] |
| XLIII. | Further successes of the British arms—A missionary—Cortlandt Schuyler | [223] |
| XLIV. | Burning of the house at the Flats—Madame’s removal—Journey of the author | [227] |
| XLV. | Continuation of the Journey—Arrival at Oswego—Regulations, studies, and amusements there | [232] |
| XLVI. | Benefit of select reading—Hunting excursions | [241] |
| XLVII. | Gardening and agriculture—Return of the author to Albany | [244] |
| XLVIII. | Madame’s family and society described | [24] |
| XLIX. | Sir Jeffery Amherst—Mutiny—Indian war | [256] |
| L. | Pondiac—Sir Robert D. | [262] |
| LI. | Death of Captain Dalziel—Sudden decease of an Indian chief—Madame—Her protégées | [268] |
| LII. | Madame’s popularity—Exchange of prisoners | [275] |
| LIII. | Return of the fifty-fifth regiment to Europe—Privates sent to Pensacola | [278] |
| LIV. | A new property—Visionary plans | [282] |
| LV. | Return to the Flats | [292] |
| LVI. | Melancholy presages—Turbulence of the people | [295] |
| LVII. | Settlers of a new description—Madame’s chaplain | [301] |
| LVIII. | Mode of conveying timber in rafts down the river | [309] |
| LIX. | The Swamp—A discovery | [312] |
| LX. | Mrs. Schuyler’s view of continental politics | [318] |
| LXI. | Description of the breaking up of the ice on the Hudson river | [321] |
| LXII. | Departure from Albany—Origin of the state of Vermont | [325] |
| LXIII. | General reflections | [331] |
| LXIV. | Reflections continued | [338] |
| LXV. | Sketch of the settlement of Pennsylvania | [344] |
| LXVI. | Prospects brightening in British America—Desirable country on the interior lakes, &c. | [351] |
INTRODUCTION.
To ——
DEAR SIR,