nia, 13; to the northeast of Manhattans
attacked by the Dutch, 14, 15; operations
against the Long Island ib., 16; opera-
tions against the Westchester, ib.; de-
scription of an attack on the Westchester,
ib.; a number of christians killed in
1643, by the, 22; numbers of the, de-
stroyed in the war with the Dutch, 24;
names of the several tribes of, near Fort
Orange, ib., massacre the christians at
the Esopus, 39; attack a party of soldiers
near Rondout, 41; of Esopus, parley with
the Dutch at Wildwyck, 45; retire east
of Magdalen Island, 46; skirmish be-
tween the Dutch and the Esopus, and the
latter defeated at Red Hook, 47; and
plundered, 48; of Sagers Kill friendly to
the Dutch, ib.; of Hackinsack send intel-
ligence to the Esopus, ib.; of Esopus de-
olare their willingness to surrender all the
christian prisoners, on condition of obtain-
ing payment for their land, 50; (see
Mohawks;) reported to have fled to the
mountains, 51; refuse to negotiate except
with Renslaer and Corlaer, 53; an expe-
dition sets out against the Esopus, ib.;
captures their fort, and lays waste their
plantation, 54, 55; the Dutch threatened
by the Esopus, 56; large quantities of
corn belonging to the Esopus, destroyed,
57; location of the fort belonging to the
Esopus, ib.; of Penobscot, kill some Mo-
hawks and Mohegans, 60; a new attack
on the Esopus, ordered, 69; Capt. Kregier
proceeds again to attack the Esopus, 70;
the Esopus, again defeated, 71; another
expedition against the Esopus, 80; their
fort destroyed, 81; five tribes of River,
meet behind Claverack, 84, 85; a truce
concluded with the Esopus, 89; (see
Esopus;) refuse to pay the Dutch tri-
bute, 101; a christian killed by one of
the, 102; the Merekewacks or Brooklyn,
102; some of the, massacred by the
Dutch, 103; retaliate, 104; the Hudson
river, 115; of N. Netherland, manners and
customs of the, 118; appearance and food
of the, 124; clothing of, 125; houses of
the, ib.; forts of, 126; marriage and
other customs of the, 127, et seq.; lan-
guage of the, 128; belief regarding the
soul entertained by, 130; the French sur-
render all claim to the Five Nations of,
177; number of fighting men belonging
to the New York, in 1738, 240; number
of Canada, capable of bearing arms, ib.;
papers relating to the civilization of the
Six Nations of, 289; early missionaries
among the Iroquois, 291; the Scotch
commissioners near Boston make arrange-
ments for the education of children of the,

305; the Scotch commissioners at Boston
propose setting up English schools among
the, 314; averse to the proposed N. Eng.
settlement on the Susquehannah river,
321; Rev. Mr. Kirtlands
Kirtlands experience
among the Seneca, 358; address of the
Rev. Mr. Wheelock to the Mohawk and
other, 359; Rev. Mr. Wheelock writes to
Sir Wm. Johnson in favor of the Narra-
gansett, 360; Rev. Messrs. Johnson and
Avery petition the commissioners at Fort
Stanwix to prevent the alienation of the
lands of the, 390; numerical strength in
1770 of the Six Nations of, 428; Dr.
Wheelock unsuccessful in his efforts to
introduce the arts among the, ib.; Sir
Wm. Johnson's letter on the customs,
manners and languages of the, 430; sym-
bols in use by the Iroquois, 432; sachems,
how chosen, 433; rarely guilty of theft,
434; the axe an emblem of war amongst
the, 437; Sir Wm. Johnson's views of
Rev. Mr. Inglis' plan for christianizing
the, 453, 465; Col. Henry Babcock pro-
poses establishing an Episcopal seminary
among the Six Nations of, 487; notice of
the early attempts to christianize the, 505;
difficulties of imparting elementary in-
struction to the, previous to the revolu-
tion, 508.

Inglis, Rev. Charles, professor in King's
Coll. N. Y., 413; visits Sir Wm. John-
son, 425, 426; Sir Wm Johnson commu-
nicates various information regarding
the Indians to, 427; Sir Wm. Johnson
complains to, of the indifference of men
of rank generally to matters of religion,
441; heads of arguments in favor of
christianizing the Indians suggested to,
443; notice of the memorial of, for chris-
tianizing the Indians, 453, 457; commu-
nicates his memorial to Sir Wm. Johnson,
462; Sir Wm. Johnson's opinion thereon,
465; completes his memorial, 467; sub-
mits it to Gov. Tryon, 468; moves to
King's college, 469; Sir Wm. Johnson
suggests a mode whereby provision could
be made for a female relative of the, 472.
Inland navigation feasible between the Prov.
of N. Y. and the bay of Mexico, 173.
Instructions to Lieut. Couwenhoven in his
negotiation with the Indians, 66; of the
legislature of N. Y. to its delegates in
congress relative to the disorders prevail-
ing in the N. E. parts of the state, 987.
Internal water communications of the Prov.
of N. York, Cadwallader Colden's descrip-
tion of the, 173.

Iron ore abundant in the Prov. of New
York, 174.

Iroquois. (see Indians.)

Jay, Ch. Justice, elected to congress for the
special purpose of supporting the rights
of New York, in the dispute with N. H.,
964; letters to, 966, 967.

Jesuits, a list of the, missionaries among the
Iroquois, 291; accused of corrupting the
antient customs of the Indians, 431. (see
Robaud.)

Jewett, Rev. David, 319.

Jogues, Rev. Isaac, description of N. Neth-
erland by, 19; memoir of the, 20; men-
tioned, 291.

Johnson, Edward, gives an account of the
Indian school at Tuscarora, 310.

Rev. Jacob W., missionary to the
Oneidas, assists at the treaty of Fort
Stanwix, 391; defines his ideas of allegi-
ance, 392; objects to the Indians coming
armed to Fort Stanwix, 393; petitions
the commissioners that the Indians may
not be scattered by the sale of their lands
so as to prevent the propagation of the
gospel among them, 394; speech of, to
the Six Nations, 395.

Rev. Joseph, an Indian preacher,
notice of, 366.

Rev. Samuel, letter to the,
on the propriety of Mr. Bennett pro-
ceeding as catechist to the Mohawks,
332.

J.

Sir William, journals of the scouts of,
257; the Rev. Mr. Hartwick communicates
a project for peopling, governing and de-
fending the limits of N. America to, 294;
Rev. Mr. Ogilvie submits some opinions on
the state of public affairs to, 301; visits
Canada, letter of, to Rev. Father Rou-
bault, 303; Rev. Mr. Brown apologises
to, for being unable to visit Fort Hunter,
304; expresses a favorable opinion of the
Rev. Dr. Wheelock's efforts to educate the
Indians, 305; and sends him some Mo-
hawk children, 306; Rev. Mr. Oel ex-
presses his alarm at the introduction of
Presbyterian missionaries among the In-
dians, to, 307; informs Rev. Mr. Barclay
of his inability to aid Mr. Bennet, 309;
the Tuscarora teacher reports the state
of religion and education in his district
to, 310; Rev. Dr. Wheelock consults, on
the propriety of removing his Indian
school to the Mohawk country, 313; re-
quests him to engage Gov. Bernard in
favor of the Lebanon school, 314; and
renews his proposal to establish it on the
Susquehanna river, 315;
Rev. Dr.
Pomroy writes to, in favor of Dr.
Wheelock's school, 316; expresses his
high opinion of Dr. W.'s qualifications,
320; disapproves of the proposal of the
Scotch commissioners to erect English
schools among the Indians, ib. ; and of the
projected settlement from N. Eng, on
the Susquehanna river, 321; engages the
Rev. Dr. Barclay to superintend the

an

printing of a new edition of the Indian
prayer-book, 321, 330; Rev. Mr. Smith
submits his desire to go on a mission
among the Mohawks to, 325; Rev. Dr.
Wheelock explains to, why he detains
Joseph Brant, 331; is treating for the
farm of Rev. Dr. Barclay as a glebe for
Indian missionary, 333; Domine
Lappius applies for some necessaries to,
335; Rev. Father Roubault communi-
cates his views as to the necessity of the
English retaining Canada to, 336; the
Indian teacher at Canajoharie writeg
about his school to, 339; Weyman, the
printer, advises, of the death of Dr. Bar-
clay, and of the necessity of some other
person being entrusted with the superin-
tendence of the Indian prayer book, 340;
Rev. Dr. Wheelock acquaints, of the pro-
posed mission of Occom and Kirtland to
the Indian country, 341;. Weyman sug-
gests Capt. Claus as a proper person to
superintend the printing of the proposed
Indian prayer-book, to, 343; the society
for the promotion of arts invites, to be-
come a member, 344; presents £10 to the
association, 346; Rev. Mr. Brown informs,.
of his intended visit to the Mohocks, 347;
gives the society for the promotion of arts
an account of the progress of agriculture
in the Mohawk valley, 348; Rev. Dr.
Wheelock advises him of his intention to
send additional teachers and missionaries
among the Six Nations, 350; and that
Occom is about to proceed to Eng-
land, 357; Rev. Mr. Kirtland reports
the progress of his mission at Canede-
sage to, 358; the Connecticut board of
missions express their acknowledgments
to, for his favorable recommendation of
Dr. Wheelock's school, 360; consents to
be a member of the Soc. for Prop. the
gospel, 361; is invited to become a trus-
tee of the Episcopal church at Schenecta-
dy, 362; Rev. Mr. Kirtland sends further
information from Canandesage to, 362;
Weyman proposes Dr. Ogilvie to superin-
tend the completion of the Indian prayer-
book, to, 364; Rev. Dr. Wheelock again
consults, as to the best site for his
Indian school, 365; Rev. Mr. Brown
acquaints, of his intended visit, 368; Rev.
Mr. Chamberlain apologises to, for some
remarks he had inadvertently made, 371;
Rev. Mr. Hanna proposes settling in
Schenectady and solicits the friendship
of, 373; the Moravians solicit the protec-
tion of, 374; the Soc. for Prop. the gos-
pel request his opinion as to a proper
allowance for a missionary to the Indians,
376; Rev. Mr. Barton advises, of the
disturbed state of the frontier settlements
of Penn., 381; the churchwardens of
Schenectady request, to procure a clergy-
man for their church, 383; Hugh Gaine

acquaints, of the condition Weyman left
the Indian prayer-book in, 381; demands
Gaines terms to complete that work, 386;
these terms communicated to, 387; Rev.
Dr. Wheelock requests that his design of
sending missionaries and teachers among
the Indians may be recommended by,
388; Rev. Jacob Johnson explains the
cause of his absence at the congress at Fort
Stanwix, to, 391; also defines his ideas
of his allegiance, 392; complains to, of
the Indians coming armed to the congress,
393; and asks, that a door may be kept
open for Dr. Wheelock's missionaries,
394; Hugh Gaine reports the progress of
the Indian prayer-book, to, 396; Gen.
Gage advised of the intrigues of the N.
E. missionaries at Fort Stanwix, by, 397;
Dr. Shuckburgh writes respecting the
Indian prayer-book, to, 398; introduces
Mr. James Adair to Gen. Gage, 400;
thanks Rev. Provost Smith for having
him elected a member of the philosophical
society, 402; is informed by Mr. Chew
of the movements in Connecticut respect-
ing the Susquehanna lands, ib.; commu-
nicates to Dr. Auchmuty his opinion about
the late election, 404; Hugh Gaine ad-
vises, that the Indian prayer-book is
completed, 405; the churchwardens of
Schenectady inform, that they are disap-
pointed in obtaining a clergyman, ib.;
Rev. H. Munro advises, of his proposed
visit to the Mohawk Indians, 409; Mr.
Adair reports his progress in obtaining
subscribers to his work, to, 412, 413
patronized by, and family, 415; Hugh
Gaines sends the Indian prayer-book to,
417; Mr. Adair requests letters to Lord
Hillsboro' from, 418; Col. Croghan intro-
duces Rev. Mr. Andrews to, 419; Rev.
Mr. Andrews suggests to, that Episcopal
clergymen from Ireland be invited to
settle in the Prov. of N. Y., 421; and
acquaints, with his intended voyage to
Europe; 423; Rev. Dr. Auchmuty intro-
duces Rev. Mr. Forbes to, ib.; the thanks
of the N. Y. Episcopal convention voted
to, for his exertions in favor of the church
of Eng. in America, 425; returns his
acknowledgments therefor, 426; commu-
nicates to the Rev. Mr. Inglis the num-
bers of the Six Nations capable of bearing
arms, 427; thinks the Indians not fitted
to cultivate the arts, 428; gives Dr. Lee
an account of the manners, customs and
languages of the Indians, 430; builds a
church at Canajoharie. 438; gives his
views on the opposition of the dissenters
to the established church, 442; commu-
nicates to the Rev. Mr. Inglis his ideas
relative to the memorial prepared by that
gentleman on the subject of christianizing
the Indians, 443; informs him, also, of the
intention of the Lutheran minister at
Stone arabia to conform to the Episcopal
church, 444; acquaints the Rev. Dr.
Auchmuty that the Rev. Mr. Hanna, a
Presbyterian minister, wishes to join the

established church, 446; Dr. Auchmuty
gives his views of these clergymen to,
449; Rev. Mr. Munro reports the state
of the church at Albany to, 452, 484; en-
ters more fully on the subject of Mr.
Inglis plan for christianizing the Indians,
453; writes, again, to Dr. Auchmuty
relative to the proposal of the Stonearabia
minister, and the Rev. Mr. Hanna to
join the church of England, 455; bishop
Lowth, in his sermon before the Soc. for
Prop. the gospel, compliments, 457; calls
on the Rev. Mr. Kirtland for a copy of a
resolution passed by the Boston board of
missions, 460; promises the Rev. Mr.
Inglis a map of the Indian country, 462;
Rev. Mr. Inglis points out to, an availa-
ble fund for the support of his plan for
christianizing the Indians 462; disap-
proves of admitting husbandmen or me-
chanics among the Indians as settlers,
466; Rev. Mr. Andrews informs him that
he has opened a grammar school in Schen-
ectady, ib.; Rev. Mr. Inglis communi-
cates his further progress with the memo-
rial on the subject of christianizing the
Indians to, and adopts his suggestions,
467; Rev. Mr. Andrews informs, that he
has converted his grammar school into an
academy, 470; expects a clergyman to
officiate at the Johnstown church, 475;
Rev. Mr. Hanna informs, that he has
received holy orders in the English
church, 476; acquaints Dr. Burton that
the Rev. Mr. Mosely is about to take
charge of the Johnstown mission; 481;
rebuilds the church at that place, 482;
Rev. Mr. Graves communicates to, the
particulars of some difficulties about land
given by the Narragansett Indians to the
Soc. for Prop. the gospel, 486; Col. Bab-
cock passes a high eulogium on, 487;
spends the summer of 1773 on Long
Island, 488; Rev. Mr. Andrews informs,
of his intention to retire from Schenecta-
dy, 493; of his prospects in Virginia,
495; and of his desire to take charge of
the church at Johnstown, 497; thinks
unfavorably of Col. Babcock's proposed
Indian academy, 497; reports the state
of the missions in his neighborhood to the
Soc. for Prop. the gospel, 500; the church-
wardens of Schenectady complain to, of
the lukewarmness they experience from
the clergy of N. York, 502; encourages
them, 503; Rev. Mr. Moseley expresses
his gratitude to, 504; unites with the
Rev. Mr. Inglis in urging on the Soc. for
Prop. the gospel the necessity of having
church of England missionaries among
the Indians, 506; letter of the Connecti-
cut clergy to, in favor of Partridge
Thatcher, 614.

Johnstown, list of scholars attending the
free school at, 416; the church at, un-
supplied with a minister, 439; Rev. Mr.
Andrews offers to preach occasionally at,
471, 480; some suggestions respecting the
church and school of, 473; Rev. Mr.

Mosely engaged as minister of the Epis-
copal church at, 481; the church at, re-
built, and the school of, prospers, 482;
Mr. Andrews applies for the church at,
496; Rev. Mr. Mosely resigns the living
of, 500.

D

Jonathan, Philip, Indian schoolmaster at
Canojoharie, 339.

Jones, Rev. David, Baptist minister of
Freehold, N. J., letters of ordination of

the, 482; sent on a mission to the Indians
west of the Ohio, 484.

Journals of New Netherland, 3; of the
second Esopus war, 37; of the massacre
at Wildwyck, 39; of Capt. Kregier's
voyage from the Manhatans to the
Esopus, 96; of Sir Wm. Johnson's scouts,
257.

Judges, the second and third, in New York
appointed by the Gov., 181.

Kaunaudasage, 363. (see Canadesage.)
Kayaderosseras, attempt to vacate the
patent of, 1053.

Kenney, Rev. Mr., reports that Sir Wm.
Johnson will suffer none but churchmen
among the Indians, 402.

Kieft, Director, tract on New Netherland
supposed to be by, 2; demands satisfac-
tion for a murder committed by an Indian,
8; the Indians conspire against, 9; en-
deavours to obtain satisfaction of the In-
dians for murders which they committed,
10; urged to attack the Indians, ib.;
Maryn Adriaenzen makes an attempt on
the life of, 11; comments on the admin-
istration of, 101; permission to attack the
Indians demanded of, 102; dispatches
a force against the Indians of Hempstead,
105; cold blooded conduct of, 106; takes
leave of the commonalty of N. Amster-
dam, 109; explanation of his enmity to
Melyn, 110; last words of, 111; his ex-
periment about gold, 117.

Kingsbury, petition for the erection of a

new county in the northern part of the
province of New York by the name of,
578.

Kings co., assessment roll of, for 1675, 139;
census of, in 1738, 186.

Kingsland, order for the settlement of the
township of, 767.

Kingston, names of the persons enrolled in
the militia of, in 1738, 227, et seq. (sce
Wildwyck.)

Kintecaying, derivation of the word, 63.
Kirtland, Rev. Daniel, 319.

Rev. Samuel, arrives at Johnstown
with the intention of learning the Mohawk
language, 305; sets out for the Mohawk
country, 307; mentioned, 319; goes to
N. Jersey college, 324; proceeds to the
Indian country to learn the Seneca and
Mohawk languages, 342; experiences
much kindness from Sir Wm. Johnson,
350; the Indians thanked for their kind-
ness to, 356; recommendation in favor of,
demanded, 357; relates his experience
among the Seneca, 358; reports the con-
dition of things in western N. Y., 362;
a copy of his journal required by Sir Wm.
Johnson, 460; Rev. Mr. Inglis commu-
nicates something to Col. Johnson respect-
ing, 469.

Kneeland, Rev. Ebenezer, 614.
Kregier, Capt. Martin, journal of the second
Esopus war by, 37, 45; quells a mutiny,
56; warned to be on his guard, 63; de-
feats the Esopus Indians and captures
another of their forts, 73; leads another
expedition against the Indians, 80; and
ravages their plantation, 81; proceeds to
the Manhatans, 91; journal of his voyage
from the Manhatans to the Esopus, 96;
returns finally to the Manhatans, 98.
Kuyter, Joachim P., banished from New
Netherland, 110; wrecked, 111.

Laer, Domine, the wife of, captured by the
Indians, 43.

Laet, Sieur de, the work of, on New Neth-
erland referred to, 22.

Lakes of New York, the great inland, 173.
Lamberville, Rev. Jacques de, 293; Rev.
Jean de, ib.

La Montagne. (see Montagne.)
Lamson, Rev. Joseph, 614.

Land, condition of granting, in N. Nether-
land, 22, 35; information relative to the
granting of in N. Netherland, 25; re-
specting the wild, in N. N., 27.
Languages, eighteen various, spoken on the