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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…Soon the surrender at Yorktown and the treaty of peace with Great Britain enabled the sturdy yeomen of Westchester to behold
the last scene in this drama of war, when Washington, with his escort, crossed Harlem River to witness
the…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…Whereupon the gentlemen resolved to send Lawrence alias
Jannetje the Indian to Onnondage to learn the truth hereof, and
to forbid them in our name to send Ambassadors to Canida or to
receive any according to our Treaty -- not to…
Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
It added half an empire to
our domain, and, a century later, gave Edward Everett Hale opportunity to speak of Livingston as " the wisest American of his
time," since " Franklin had died in 1780."
When Livingston signed the Louisiana treaty…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
Denny (the Proprietaries
Deputy Governor) and certain Commiss'^, chosen out of, and
appointe'd by the Assembly, hold a Treaty with Teedyuscung
Chief of the Delawar Indians the Complainant mentioned in M*". Franklin's Petition.
774 MANUSCRIPTS OF
From what…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851.
…Franklin and Silas Deane, Commissioners to France onthe part of the United
States, and assisted in negotiating the Treaty between these countries. He reé-
turned to America in 1780 and in 1784 was appointed one of the Commissioners
to treat…
Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…The record of the Iroquois has been one of unbroken peace and
friendship since then, for their last treaty made with General Washington has been kept inviolate.
SULLIVAN'S CAMPAIGN.
By William Wait.
In the campaign of 1779 it was…
Brodhead, John Romeyn. History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691). New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853.
…from the Colonial authorities
to the Home government; correspondence with the neighboring English Colonies; reports of
interviews with the Indian tribes; plans of campaigns and details of battles and skirmishes,
&c., &c. "' The documents relating to Canada and New-York…
Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881.
…Meanwhile, doubtless anticipating
this decision, the inhabitants of Rye on the twenty-second day of
November, only six days before the date of that agreement, concluded a
treaty with the Indian proprietors of the White Plains for the piurchase
of…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
of Amity with the said Indian Nations and you shall deliver \n
them (with such Speeches as have been used on Similar Occasions)
a present as from his Majesties dutyfull Subjects of this province
of Maryland in Money or Goods…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…had consulted his Council and enquired of the
Commissioners of Indian affairs and was Informed that it had
never been usual to afford Subsistance to those Indians at any
Treaty in Albany ; that it was agreat expence to New York…
Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…With the map of America spread out before him he handled
the Louisiana problem as patriotically as he had argued for a
stronger national life, and when, at last, he signed the treaty, he
had forever enlarged the geography of…
Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881.
After remaining here for two or three years, and finding himself disappointed in his efforts to plant a colony in that neighborhood, "he
obtained, in consideration of the assistance he afforded in negotiating
the treaty between the Director General and…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
Croghan at Fort Pitt acquainting
me that a soldier had shot an Indian there & that another was
killed by a Virginian two days after near to that River. The
continuance of which proceedings will render all Transactions
Avith them abortive…
Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. The Hudson River from Ocean to Source: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.
…A treaty
was made by Stuyvesant with the remnant of the
tribe, by the terms of which they abandoned the river
452 The Hudson River
settlements to the Dutch, retaining permission to trade
at Rondout " provided but three canoes came…
Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881.
…But on the aj^proach of Burgoyne, they
were taken prisoners by the Indian allies. His two brothers were cari-ied to Fort Edward by the Indians, whilst he himself v.as conveyed to
Burgoyne's camp. Here he fell…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…The following Paragraphs were to be spoken by the Gov*
of New York in his own Name --
Bretheren
You have told me, that this is the place of Treaty, that tis
now three years ago since you were csked to…
Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…In a
few days he returned to Fort Amsterdam bearing friendly messages
from the sachems along the Sound and Near Rockaway," and a
formal treaty of peace soon followed. He was elected "sachem of
sachems " by the sachems of the…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…1001
" between the Line which has been settled by Treaty as well
" with the Tribes of the Six Nations and their Confederates, as
" with the Cherokee Indians, as the boundary Line between Your
" Majesty's Territories & the hunting Grounds of…
Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…They did sign deeds for possessions
which were admitted to be their own, but never a treaty on the part
of the nation.
ON THE MOHAWK. 213
Caughnawaga, probably the best known of the Mohawk castles
■of what may be…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
After great trouble & difficulty I have at length got out of the hands of the Committee of non
Importers at N York a Cargoe of Indian Goods without which I
don't know how I should have gone to the…
Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. The Hudson River from Ocean to Source: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.
…writer -- sat and (hseussed
the history of Kingston; its first and seeond Indian wars, 1659
and 1661, and the l)urning of the fort, 1663 ; Stuyvesant's treaty
of peace, 1661, at which ]:)eriod the wily savages ceded him
the…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…There never was, I believe, an instance of an Indian forsaking his
habits and savage manners, any more than a bear his ferocity.
The Rev. Mr. Kirkland, who acts as missionary among the
Oneidas, has taken all the pains that…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…the
Delawares who had entered into this Treaty, they not breaking
thro it by any fresh Acts of Hostilities, it would I apprehended be
of the most fatal consequence to His Majestys Indian Interest in
general, & throw these affairs into…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1850.
…Parts of this Province, the
General Court here Judg'd it vain to attempt any thing by way
of Treaty in the Controversy, and therefore concluded to proceed
in the best manner they could by themselves, and tliat they
might…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851.
The topographical account of the Indian Country, as you justly
observe, would require a very accurate knowledge of the
Relater--much more accurate than I am master of. You will
find I have only given a short & general Account, merely…
Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…It strengthens the reason for desiring the presence
of every friend of the treaty on the first day of the session. Perhaps you can impress this necessity on the Senators from the westem States by private letter."
President Jefferson was…
Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…Ossi?i-iTig, the proper Indian orthography of the word variously written Sin-sing, Sing Sing, Sin Sinck and Sink Sink, is derived from ossin (a stone) and ing (a place) or " stone upon
stone :"b -- a name exceedingly characteristic…
Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…Having
aided Director Kieft in negotiating an important Indian treaty at Fort Orange, Albany, the latter
granted him, in 1645, a large tract on the Nepperhaem River, Yonkers, where he built a saw-mill,*
laid out farms and plantations-and…
Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…in the name of the Esopus sachems, to ask
for peace" with them.^ He was engaged in similar work in negotiating the Esopus treaty of 1664 ; signed the deed for Kaniskek
in 1665, and disappears of record after that date.
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…what we
conceived to have been the view and Object of Government in
appointing this Gentleman Sole Agent for Indian Affairs, who
might manage and direct our concerns with them upon one uniform
Plan, and thereby put a stop to…