Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam

The Discovery of America.

Colonies.

The Bay of New York.

Description of the Bay.

Voyage of Sir Henry Hudson.

Discovery of the Delaware.

The Natives.

The Boat Attacked.

Ascending the Hudson.

Escape of the Prisoners.

The Chiefs Intoxicated.

The Return.

The Village at Castleton.

The Theft and its Punishment.

The Return to England.

Value of the Territory Discovered.

Fate of Hudson.

The Conspiracy.

Aspect of Manhattan Island.

The Trail which has Widened into Broadway.

The Opening Commerce.

The Fur Trade.

Visit of the English Man of War.

Exploring the Sound.

Commercial Enterprise Receives a New Stimulus.

Erection of Forts.

Character of the Fur Trade.

The Puritans.

Memorial to the States-General.

Disagreement of the English and the Dutch.

Colony on the Delaware.

Purchase Of Manhattan.

The First Settlement.

An Indian Robbed and Murdered.

Description of the Island.

Diplomatic Intercourse.

Testimony of De Rassieres.

The Patroons.

The Disaster at Swaanendael.