the Hon. WASHINGTON HUNT, of Niagara, for early encouragement to embark in it, and generous assistance, whenever needed, in its progress; and to the Hon. Hiram Gardner, of Lockport, and the Hon. Wm. Buel, of Rochester, the Author is under like obligations. To his brother, C. P. Turner, Esq, of Black Rock, who, in various ways, has lent his zealous cooperation and assistance. To Lyman C. Draper, Esq. a resident of Philadelphia, but a native of the Holland Purchase, for essential aid in procuring valuable and rare materials for the work. Leaving this region an ambitious boy, in search of an education; that acquired, he engaged in historical researches, and now enjoys a well earned fame for valuable contributions to American history. Apprised of the Author's intention to commence this work, prompted by private friendship, and a laudable zeal to aid in the history of the region in which his parents were Pioneers, he has volunteered to search the archives of historical societies, and give to the work the benefit of his discoveries. He is now engaged in Philadelphia, in preparing for the press "The Life and Times of Gen. George Rogers Clark, of Kentucky," and intends to follow it up with histories of others of the prominent pioneers of the Valley of the Mississippi. To 0. H. Marshall, Esq. of Buffalo, for free access to a library, in which he has gratified a highly cultivated literary taste, by the accumulation of rare works, in various departments of American history. Meeting him as a stranger, the Author has found in him a friend, patiently and generously, from time to time, cooperating in his enterprise, and giving him the benefit of his more than ordinary familiarity with early Colonial history, and all that relates to our immediate predecessors, the Seneca Iroquois. To Ebenezer Mix, Esq. of Batavia, for the benefit of his long familiar acquaintance with the Holland Purchase, and the details of the Land Office, in the preparation of the Maps, the Topographical Sketch, and the deduction of title in the Appendix. To Gov. Cass, of Michigan, and the Hon. Henry C. Murphy, of Long Island, for the possession of books and pamphlets, essential to the work. To James D. Bemis, Esq. of Canandaigua, the respected Father of the Press of Western New York, for early cooperation in the enterprize; and to Judge Oliver Phelps, of the same place, for free access to the papers of his grandfather, the patroon of settlement, whose brief biography is given in the body of the work. To the Members of the Buffalo Young Men's Association, for the benefit of free access to their extensive Library, and all the facilities their praiseworthy institution afforded. To Henry O'Rielly, Esq. for the possession of valuable papers that he had accumulated with reference to an historical enterprise that it is hoped he will yet find leisure to consummate. To the young friend of the author, Daniel W. Ballou, Jr. of Lockport, whom he transferred from his place as compositor in a printing office, to assist him as a copyist; for aid in historical researches he had so well qualified himself to render, by early studious habits, and an employment of his leisure hours in the laudable pursuit of knowledge. To all, who are identified in the body of the work, as having lent their cooperation and assistance; and especially to such surviving Pioneers as have cheerfully given the author the benefit of their recollections. The Author closes with an acknowledgement of his obligations to the enterprising Printers and Publishers, Messrs. Jewett, Thomas, & Co. prompted as well by a sense of gratitude for their uniform personal courtesy and kindness, as by the gratification which is derived from seeing his work go out from their hands so good a specimen of the progress of the art of typography upon the Holland Purchase; and so creditable to a craft with which he has himself been so long identified. NOTE.-The Portraits in the work are mostly daguerreotype transfers from oil paintings, made at the Gallery of Messrs. Evans & Powelson, Buffalo. To the correctness of the transfers, their excellence is in a great measure to be attributed; though their after execution is regarded as a creditable specimen of the progress of the art of Lithography in the United States. The artists employed upon the illustrations are indicated by their names. Brebeuf's journey to the Neuter Nation 65 Consanguinity of the Iroquois, Biart, Father.. 50 532 Civil and Military Relations of the 52 56 99 Cabot, John and Sebastian. 71 Devil's Hole,...... ... ....... ... ............ 496 First settlers on the Holland Purchase, 454 552 First settlers in townships, from 1808 526 568 Farmersville, 540 576 Fillmore, Rev. Gleason.. 546 ........ 183, 206, 590 578 Fort Niagara..... 592 604 Geographical position of the Iroquois, 42 638 Goshnold,... Garangula,. 41 Graffenried, Dorchester's, Lord, Indian Speech,... 342 Ho-de-no-sau-nee... 80 121, 126, 133 138, 142 178 236 .... 269, 272 the Revolution,.. ...... 310 Gould, John...... ... 313 Gorham, Nathaniel,. ............... 329 Green, John..... 508 Garnsey, Hon. D. G........... 511, 642 143 Griffith, Eli.. ..... 516 |