The Colonies, 1492-1750

by Reuben Gold Thwaites

• Davenport, John, heads New Haven colony, [144], [145].

• Delaware, early Dutch settlers, [207], [208];
  • the Swedes, [201], [208];
  • fall of New Sweden, [209];
  • annexed to Pennsylvania, [210], [216], [217];
  • a separate colony, [61], [210], [217];
  • geography, [218], [219];
  • social classes, [222]-224;
  • occupations, [224], [225];
  • trade and commerce, [225], [226];
  • life and manners, [227];
  • religion, [230];
  • general characteristics, [210];
  • Indian affairs, [277];
  • influence of Virginian ideas on, [280];
  • population (1700), [221], [222]; (1750), [266].

• —, Lord, governor of Virginia, [72].

• — River, early settlements on, [51], [197]-199, [207]-210, [215], [216];
  • Dutch claims on, [163];
  • conflicts between Dutch and Swedes, [200].

• De Monts, Sieur, colonizes Nova Scotia, [35], [36], [242].

• De Soto, Hernando, expedition of, [11], [30], [31], [47].

• Detroit, site discovered, [248], [249].

• Digger Indians, status, [9].

• "Discovery," the, carries colonists to Virginia, [69].

• Dominica, Leeward Islands, [237], [238].