The Colonies, 1492-1750

by Reuben Gold Thwaites

• Iroquois, the, status, [10], [11];
  • hostility to French, [196], [246], [248]-250, [253];
  • allies of Dutch and English, [196], [200], [207], [256].

• Jamaica, historical sketch, [240], [241].

• James I., king of England, charters London and Plymouth companies, [66]-69, [113];
  • interest in Virginia colonization, [74], [75], [81];
  • treatment of Puritans, [115], [116].

• — II., king of England, colonial policy of, [175];
  • attitude towards New York and New Jersey, [206], [213], [214];
  • flight, [176].

• — River, exploration of, [26];
  • named by Jamestown colonists, [70];
  • Huguenot settlement on, [81].

• Jamestown, Va., settlement of, [70]-72, [113];
  • early iron smelting at, [6];
  • introduction of slaves, [74];
  • Indian massacre, [74];
  • Puritans at, [76];
  • burned, [79];
  • Baltimore at, [81];
  • as capital of Virginia, [98];
  • communal proprietorship at, [120].

• Japan, prehistoric vessels from, [2];
  • early European attempts to reach, [42].

• Jesuits, in New France, [36], [253];
  • in Maryland, [83];
  • in New York, [230];
  • explorations in the Northwest, [247].

• Jolliet, Louis, discovery of Mississippi River, [26], [248].

• Kansas, crossed by Coronado, [30].