[5] At the time of the discovery the Iroquois, or League of the Five Nations, claimed to have subdued and mastered all the Indian tribes from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. The Iroquois occupied in particular the middle and upper region of New York State. The earliest of the general histories of this remarkable confederacy was written by Cadwallader Colden, who died on Long Island in 1776.
[6] New York Historical Society's Collections, vol. iii. p. 324.
[7] Antiquities of Long Island, p. 29.
[8] Among Brooklyn's manufactures in recent years rope-making has taken a prominent place.
[9] A History of the City of Brooklyn, including the Old Town and Village of Brooklyn, the Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh. By Henry R. Stiles. 1867.
[10] Van Twiller.
[11] Address before Long Island Historical Society, 1880.
[12] "The Ladye Moodye, a wise and anciently religious woman, being taken with the error of denying baptism to infants, was dealt with by many of the elders and others, and admonished by the church of Salem (whereof she was a member); but persisting still, and to avoid further trouble, etc., she removed to the Dutch against the advice of her friends."—Governor Winthrop's Journal.
[13] Also described as a Council of Eight.
[14] The function of the schepen resembled that of the squire or petty justice, particularly in communities so small as not to have a burgomaster.