JAMES OTIS.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
WHERE I WAS BORN[9]
ALONE IN HOLLAND[11]
AN IMPORTANT INTRODUCTION[13]
I GO MY WAY[15]
THE BARGAIN[16]
SAILING FOR THE NEW WORLD[18]
A VIEW OF NEW NETHERLAND[20]
THE "BROWN MEN" OR SAVAGES[22]
SUMMONED TO THE CABIN[24]
TOYS FOR THE SAVAGES[27]
CLAIM OF THE WEST INDIA COMPANY[29]
MAKING READY FOR TRADE[30]
HANS BRAUN AND KRYN GILDERSLEEVE[32]
THE GATHERING OF THE SAVAGES[34]
GOING ASHORE[36]
BUYING THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN[38]
BOATS USED BY THE SAVAGES[41]
WANDERING OVER THE ISLAND[42]
THE HOMES OF THE SAVAGES[44]
MASTER MINUIT'S HOME[46]
BEGINNING THE WORK[48]
A STRANGE KIND OF CRAFT[49]
BUILDING A FORT[52]
IN CHARGE OF THE GOODS[53]
THE VALUE OF WAMPUM[56]
BUILDINGS OF STONE[59]
THE GOVERNMENT[60]
A PROSPEROUS TOWN[61]
QUARRELSOME SLAVES[64]
A BRUTAL MURDER[67]
THE VILLAGE CALLED PLYMOUTH[68]
I GO ON A VOYAGE[70]
A LUKEWARM WELCOME[72]
TWO DAYS IN PLYMOUTH[74]
FORGING AHEAD[76]
THE BIG SHIP[78]
MASTER MINUIT'S SUCCESSOR[80]
TROUBLE WITH THE ENGLISH[82]
MASTER VAN TWILLER DISCHARGED[84]
DIRECTOR KIEFT[86]
UNJUST COMMANDS[88]
MASTER MINUIT'S RETURN[90]
THE REVENGE OF THE SAVAGES[91]
MASTER KIEFT'S WAR[93]
DIRECTOR PETRUS STUYVESANT[95]
TIME FOR SIGHT-SEEING[97]
HOW THE FORT WAS ARMED[99]
VILLAGE LAWS[101]
OTHER THINGS ABOUT TOWN[102]
A VISIT OF CEREMONY[104]
NEW AMSTERDAM BECOMES A CITY[106]
MASTER STUYVESANT MAKES ENEMIES[107]
ORDERS FROM HOLLAND[109]
MAKING READY FOR WAR[110]
AN UNEXPECTED QUESTION[112]
WITH THE FLEET[114]
DRIVING OUT THE SWEDES[116]
THE UPRISING OF THE INDIANS[118]
AN ATTACK BY THE INDIANS[120]
HASTENING BACK TO NEW AMSTERDAM[122]
COAXING THE SAVAGES[124]
INTERFERENCE WITH RELIGIOUS FREEDOM[126]
PUNISHING THE QUAKER[128]
OTHER PERSECUTIONS[130]
DULL TRADE[132]
THE CHARGE MADE BY HANS BRAUN[133]
DISMISSED BY MASTER STUYVESANT[134]
ENGLISH CLAIMS[137]
IDLE DAYS[138]
ON BROAD WAY[139]
LOOKING AFTER THE FERRY[142]
THE COMING OF THE ENGLISH[143]
A WEAK DEFENSE[145]
MASTER STUYVESANT ABSENT[146]
DISOBEYING COMMANDS[148]
SURRENDER OF THE CITY DEMANDED[149]
A THREE DAYS' TRUCE[150]
VISITORS FROM THE ENGLISH[152]
MASTER STUYVESANT'S RAGE[153]
THE END OF DUTCH RULE[155]
THE CITY OF NEW YORK[157]

PETER OF NEW AMSTERDAM

WHERE I WAS BORN