THE END.
[CONTENTS.]
[Preface.] [Introduction.] [Statement by Committee on Publication with sketch of the Author.] [FN] [Geographical Formation of Valley.] [Game, Fowl, Fish, Fruit, &c.] [Indians.] [Manufacture of Implements of Iron and Steel.] [First Settlers]—Who they were and whence they came. [Ancient Families of Peenpack.] [Ancient Families of Lower Neighborhood.] [Longevity of First and Second Generations.] [Lower Neighborhood.] [Population of Peenpack,] Manner of Living, &c., during Revolutionary War and later. [Forts in Peenpack and Occupants.] [Forts in Lower Neighborhood,] with some of the Occurrences during the War. [Habits and Manner of Living.] [Use of Cider and Spirits.] [Use of Spirits at Funerals and Weddings.] [Treating Visitors.] [No Drunkards among Them for One Hundred Years.] [Physical Strength of First Generation.] [Some Prominent Characters]—Major James Swartwout, William Cuddeback, Peter Gumaer, Gerardus Van Inwegen, Samuel Swartwout, Capt. Abraham Cuddeback, Benjamin Depuy, Philip Swartwout, Anthony Van Etten, Cornelius Van Inwegen. [Minisink Battle.] [Great Changes in Agriculture,] Manufacture, Travel and Improvements of Every Kind. [Scarcity of Physicians in Former Times] [Birds, Reptiles and Animals.] [Health, Food, &c.] [Religious Worship]—Organization of Reformed Dutch Church and its Ministers. [Administration of Justice]—First Justice of Peace. [Prices of Stock, Grain, &c.] [Currency and Measures.] [Wages.] [Cost of Building a House.] [Business Transactions and Employments of Ancestors.] [Christmas and New Year's]—Two days devoted to each. [Characteristics of some of First Settlers and their descendants.] [Emigration from Town of Deerpark.] [Increase of Population.] [Thomas White.]
[FN] The statement by the Committee on Publication which appears {at this point} should have preceded both the Preface and Introduction. By an oversight not discovered until too late for correction it became displaced and appears out of its proper order.