CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I.

TPE PEQUOT WAR.

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HOSTILITIES BEFORE THE WAR. ENDICOTT'S EXPEDITION TO BLOCK ISLAND. -

ITS SUCCESS. INDIANS OF THE MAIN LAND ATTACKED. RETALIATION ON

THE ENGLISH PLANTATIONS. A GENERAL WAR RESOLVED ON. - MASON'S

EXPEDITION. REDUCTION OF THE PEQUOT FORT. RESULTS OF THE SUM-

MER'S WORK. EXTINCTION OF THE PEQUOT TRIBE. - CHARACTER OF THE

INDIANS. - RELIGIOUS BELIEF ND MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL QUALITIES. -

INFLUENCE OF THE PEQUO AR UPON THE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF

THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIE

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CHAPTER II.

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SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

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THE TOWNS OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. - PREPARATORY GOVERNMENT. -

THE FIRST CONSTITUTION AND THE EARLIEST GOVERNORS. - CIVIL AND

SOCIAL CONDITION OF THE FIRST SETTLERS. NECESSITY OF STRINGENT

RULE. CHARACTER OF EARLY LEGISLATION. ANOTHER EMIGRATION FROM

BOSTON. NEW HAVEN AND ITS CHURCH OF SEVEN PILLARS. ESTABLISH-

MENT OF OTHER TOWNS AND CHURCHES. DUTCH AND ENGLISH BOUNDARIES.

DIFFERENCE OF PURPOSE IN THE TWO CLASSES OF SETTLERS. ENGLISH

DIPLOMACY AT HOME. ENGLISH INTRUSION UPON LONG ISLAND. — CHAR-

ACTER OF The People OF CONNECTICUT. SETTLEMENT OF RHODE ISLAND. —

ROGER WILLIAMS'S COLONY AND ITS GOVERNMENT. HEATED CONTROVERSY IN

- SEVERITY OF THE RULING PARTY. TREATMENT OF THE

SETTLEMENT OF RHODE ISLAND AT ACQUIDNECK (PORTS-

CHOSEN CHIEF JUDGE. DISCORDS IN THE NEW

COLONY. THE HUTCHINSONS AT ACQUIDNECK. HOSTILITY OF MASSACHU-

CODDINGTON'S PROPOSED ALLIANCE OF THE COL-

AGAMENTICUS AND ACQUID-

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MASSACHUSETTS.

ANTINOMIANS.

MOUTH). CODDINGTON

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NECK EXCLUDED.

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CHAPTER III.

THE BOSTON PURITANS.

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ROGER WILLIAMS AND LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE.- - BOSTON PURITANISM. - ITS

BIGOTRY. THE BELIEF IN A SPECIAL DIVINE PROTECTION. - SPECIAL PROV-

IDENCES. - PURITAN INTERPRETATION OF DISASTERS AND MISFORTUNES.

POPULAR APPREHENSION OF LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE. EARLY LAWS OF THE

PURITANS. REGULATION OF DRESS AND CUSTOMS. PATERNAL CHARACTER

OF THE GOVERNMENT. RELATIONS OF THE SEXES.-LAWS AGAINST LYING

AND BLASPHEMY. PUNISHMENTS. PURITAN SPIRIT AND

ITS RESULTS

PRACTICE. SAMUEL GORTON. HIS ACTION AT BOSTON AND AT PLYMOUTH,

AND HIS BANISHMENT.-GORTON AND HIS COMPANIONS AT ACQUIDNECK AND

PAWTUXET. THE ATTEMPT TO

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SEIZE WESTON'S CATTLE.

OF MASSACHUSETTS.- ARBITRARY COURSE OF THE BOSTON MAGISTRATES.

GORTON AT SHAWOMET. HIS LETTER.

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CHAPTER IV.

THE SHAWOMET PEOPLE AND THEIR INDIAN FRIENDS.

PURCHASE OF LANDS AT SHAWOMET.

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PROTEST OF TWO INDIAN CHIEFS, PUM-

HAM AND SACONONOCO. SHAWOMET PEOPLE SUMMONED TO BOSTON. — COM-

MISSIONERS APPOINTED TO VISIT THEM. - THREATS AND PREPARATIONS FOR

RESISTANCE. FLIGHT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN. - THE MEN BESIEGED. -

NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE. A HOLLOW TRUCE. THE MEN TAKEN PRISON-

ERS AND CARRIED TO BOSTON.-THEIR TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT. THEIR

RELEASE AND RETURN TO RHODE ISLAND. APPREHENDED TROUBLE WITH

THE INDIANS. CHARGES AGAINST MIANTONOMO. FEUD BETWEEN THE

MOHICANS AND NARRAGANSETTS. - UNCAS BEFRIENDED BY THE COMMISSION-

ERS OF THE UNITED COLONIES. CAPTURE OF MIANTONOMO BY UNCAS.

HIS ASSASSINATION BY DIRECTION OF THE ENGLISH. .

THE SHAWOMET CONTROVERSY TAKEN TO ENGLAND. DECIDED IN FAVOR OF

GORTON AND HIS ASSOCIATES. - CHARTER GRANTED TO PROVIDENCE PLANTA-

TIONS. CIVIL LIBERTY AND RELIGIOUS TOLERATION PROVided for. — VISIT

OF CLARK, HOLMES, AND CRANDALL TO BOSTON. - PUNISHED FOR HOLDING

AND PREACHING HETERODOX OPINIONS. - DISSENSIONS IN RHODE ISLAND.

CODDINGTON APPOINTED GOVERNOR FOR LIFE. THE CHARTER GRANTED BY

CHARLES II-ITS CHARACTER AND HISTORICAL INTEREST.

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CHAPTER VI.

NEW NETHERLAND UNDER PETER STUYVESANT.

STUYVESANT'S ARRIVAL AT MANHATTAN. HOPEFUL RECEPTION BY THE CITI-

ZENS. HE BEFRIENDS EX-GOVERNOR Kieft. — ARREST AND TRIAL OF KUYTER

AND MELYN. THEIR ANISHMENT AND DEPARTURE WITH KIEFT.WRECK

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MELYN'S RETURN.

OF THE PRINCESS. DIFFICULTIES WITH NEW ENGLAND. SEIZURE OF THE

ST. BENINIO.- THE CONSEQUENT QUARREL WITH NEW HAVEN. -CONTROVERSY

WITH THE COMMISSARY OF RENNSELAERSWYCK.-DISCONTENT OF THe People.

- APPEAL OF THE CITIZENS TO HOLLAND.

REVERSAL OF

HIS SENTENCE. THE REMONSTRANCE FORWARDED TO THE STATES-GENERAL.

VAN DER DONCK AND THE DELEGATES AT THE HAGUE. - STUYVESANT'S CON-

TINUED ARROGANCE

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THE DUTCH AND THEIR NEIGHBORS.

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THE HARTFORD BOUNDARY TREATY OF 1650.- ACTION OF THE STATES-GENERAL

ON THE NEW NETHERLAND REMONSTRANCE. NEW ENGLAND TROUBles.

STUYVESANT ACCUSED OF CONSPIRING WITH THE INDIANS AGAINST THE ENG-

LISH. - JOHN UNDERHILL IN THE FIELD. POPULAR DISCONTENTS AT NEW

AMSTERDAM AND ON LONG ISLAND. CONVENTION OF THE TOWNS. - A RE-

NEWED APPEAL TO HOLLAND. - ENGLISH FEELING ON LONG ISLAND. - HOSTILE

PREPARATIONS IN CONNECTICUT. NEW ENGLAND ASKS AID FROM THE PRO-

TECTOR AGAINST THE DUTCH.- AN APPROACHING CONFLICT PREVENTED BY THE

TREATY OF PEACE IN EUROPE. UNFAVORABLE REPLY TO THE CONVENTION'S

APPEAL.-NEW SWEDEN ON THE DELAWARE. - CONTESTS BETWEEN The Dutch

AND THE SWEDES. - STUYVESANT VISITS THE SOUTH RIVER. - FORT NASSAU

ABANDONED AND FORT CASIMIR BUILT BY THE DUTCH. - GOVERNOR PRINTZ

RETIRES.FORT CASIMIR TAKEN BY THE SWEDES. — RETAKEN BY THE DUTCH.

- DIVISION OF THE COLONY BETWEEN THE W. I. COMPANY AND THE CITY OF

AMSTERDAM.-LIMITS OF NEW AMSTEL.-DISASTERS AND DISSENSIONS . .

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ORIGIN OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS IN ENGLAND. - GEORGE FOXx. - HIS LIFE,

CHARACTER, AND TEACHINGS - BELIEFS OF THE FRIENDS. — THEIR MANNER

OF LIFE AND SPEECH.- THE FRIENDS AND THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH.

ORIGIN OF NAME "QUAKERS."- ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST FRIENDS AT BOSTON.

ACTION OF THE BOSTON MAGISTRATES. THE PERSECUTION OF THE QUAKERS

BEGUN.-ACCESSIONS TO THEIR NUMBER. — THE FIRST GENERAL LAWS AGAINST

THEM. - REFUSAL OF RHODE ISLAND TO JOIN IN THIS LEGISLATION. MARY

DYER. BANISHED FRIENDS RETURN TO BOSTON. INCREASED STRINGENCY OF

THE LAWS. PROCEEDINGS AT NEW HAVEN AND ELSEWHERE. THE DEATH

PENALTY IN MASSACHUSETTS. - - CASES OF PERSECUTION. MARY DYER AND

HER COMPANIONS AT BOSTON. - THEIR TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT. OTHER

TRIALS.-INTERFERENCE OF the King. - END OF THE PERSECUTIONS . . . 165

RETURN OF SIR JOHN HARVEY TO VIRGINIA. - HIS NEW ADMINISTRATION. ·

SUCCEEDED BY WYAT. SIR WILLIAM BERKELEY APPOINTED GOVERNOR.

THE PURITANS AND ROYALISTS OF VIRGINIA.-LAWSAINST THE FORMER.

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INDIAN INSURRECTION IN 1643.-DEATH OF ОPECHANCANOUGH. GROWTH OF

THE COLONY. · EMIGRATION OF CAVALIERS TO AMERICA. SURRENDER OF

VIRGINIA TO THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONERS. - REDUCTION OF MARY-

LAND. CHARACTER AND CAREER OF WILLIAM CLAYBORNE -- ATTEMPTS OF

LORD BALTIMORE TO RETAIN MARYLAND. - Governor STONE'S PROCeedings.

- FIGHT ON THE SEVERN. THE CONTROVERSY ENDED. RESTORATION OF

BERKELEY IN VIRGINIA. NEW LAWS UNDER THE ROYAL GOVernment.

SLAVERY. THE TOBACCO TRADE AND THE NAVIGATION ACT. NORTHERN

AND SOUTHERN INTERESTS

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THE LATTER YEARS OF NEW NETHERLAND.

NEW AMSTERDAM INVADED BY INDIANS.-DESTRUCTION OF PAVONIA. — MAS-

SACRE AND DEVASTATION ELSEWHERE. JUDICIOUS POLICY OF THE DIRECTOR.

- CONTRAST IN FRENCH AND DUTCH TREATMENT OF THE NATIVES. THE

RESULT. THE ESOPUS WAR. -STUYVESANT'S DETERMINATION TO ESTABLISH

RELIGIOUS UNIFORMITY. - PERSECUTION OF THE LUTHERANS AND QUAKERS.

INDIFFERENCE OF THE DUTCH TO RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY. - STUYVESANT

REBUKED BY THE AMSTERDAM CHAMBER. CRUEL PUNISHMENT OF A QUAKER.

-BANISHMENT OF JOHN BOWNE AND HIS TRIUMPHANT RETURN FROM HOL-

LAND. GROWTH OF NEW NETHERLAND

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THE SURRENDER OF NEW NETHERLAND.

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ENCROACHMENTS OF THE ENGLISH.. THE SOUTH RIVER COLONY.

TIMORE'S CLAIM, AND CONTROVERSY WITH MARYLAND. - A NEW PATENT

GRANTED TO CONNECTICUT. · DISSATISFACTION OF NEW HAVEN. OTHER

ENGLISH TOWNS ACCEPT THE PROTECTION OF CONNECTICUT. CONFEDERACY

OF LONG ISLAND TOWNS UNDER JOHN SCOTT. HIS ATTEMPTS TO COERCE

THE DUTCH. -NEW NETHERLAND AND PART OF NEW ENGLAND GRANTED TO

THE DUKE OF YORK. THE NICOLLS COMMISSION. - NEW NETHERLAND

INVADED. ITS SURRENDER. - NICOLLS PROCLAIMED Governor. CHANGE OF

NAMES. NEW AMSTEL TAKEN BY THE ENGLISH

THE CAROLINA PATENTS OF 1663 AND 1665. THE PATENTEES. EARLIER

GRANTS AND PROJECTED SETTLEMENTS. FIRST SETTLERS ON ALBEMARLE

SOUND. NEW ENGLAND MEN AT THE MOUTH OF CAPE FEAR RIVER. THE

COLONY UNDER YEAMANS. ORGANIZATION OF THE ALBEMARLE COLONY.

LOCKE'S "FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONS. INDEPENDENT LEGISLATION AT

ALBEMARLE.-GOVERNORS AND PROGRESS OF THE CAPE FEAR SETTLEMENT.

JOSEPH WEST. DISSENSIONS IN THE NORTH UNDER CARTERET AND MILLER.

-THE PASQUOTANK INSURRECTION. - GOVERNOR SOTHELL

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