Emerick, Col., account of battle of Cortland's Ridge, 286, 287 English capture Fort Amsterdam, 1585 treaty with the Iroquois, 55, 158; treaty with Mahicans, 158, 1605 laws regulating intercourse with the

tion to build Fort at Gnadenhiitten,

French, employ Catholic missionaries, 1 68 ; secure treaty of neutrality, with Duke of York, 169; make

Indians, 1625 treaty of Esopus, 163

Eskmoppas, sachem ofRockaways, 73 Esopus, derivation of term, 945 first settle ment at, 125; settlers at, abandon lands, 1 1 2, 123; first war at, 120; Stuyvesant solicited to protect, 125 }

prisoners of Iroquois chiefs by treach ery, 1715 at war with the Senecas,

demands of the 172; Indian war of 1689, 1725 preparation for war, 189; Iro quois and Mahican converts aid,

war of, 1 33, 1 34 5 torture of prisoners

with, 190; of treaty of Aix-laerect monuments in Chapelle, 208 Ohio valley, 208 j Washington de ;

142; renewal 1475 new village,

at,

of description massacre at, 147; peace re-established

1555 inscription on rocks at, 157,

at,

Esopus Indians, chieftaincies of, 94, 95 ; make peace with the Senecas, 68 ; first war with the Dutch, 1205 sa chems solicit peace, 128 ; Stuyvesant holds conference with, 129; Indians massacred at, 1335 renew hostilities, 135 j treaty of peace with (1660), 142; Stuyvesant sends chiefs into slavery, 138; demand renewal of treaty, 146 ; second war with, 147 ; treaty of peace with (1663), 155; treaty of, with the English, 163 } a

Great

Meadows, 21 0; compel Washington to evacuate Fort liberality of, to In Necessity, 211 dian allies, 211 5 surrender possession near