Hudson River, in hands of the Dutch, 3; early belief about, 6; scenery, 8; new settlements on, 25; operations of British fleet on, 161; steamboats on, 216
Huguenots, early settlers, 14, 34, 48, 49; religious liberty under English rule, 50; benefits conferred on, 66; element in population, 71, 110
Indian Ocean, trade with ports of, 91; piracy on, 94
Indians, fate of, 5; on shores of Hudson River, 6, 7; early strife with, 6; first taste of fire-water, 7; trade with, 10; sell Manhattan Island, 14; Minuit’s relations with, 16, 18; Van Twiller’s relations with, 20; massacre Dutch colonists on Delaware River, 21; sale of weapons to, forbidden, 24; war with, under Kieft’s administration, 26, 28; Stuyvesant’s relations with, 39; danger from, 46, 47; treatment by Governor Nicolls, 51; relations with Governor Lovelace, 53; end of slavery of, 61; Dongan’s relations with, 68; private acquisitions of land from, 97
Ingoldsby, Richard, lieutenant-governor, lands at New York, 86; skirmish with Leisler’s troops, 86
Irish, prominent element of population, 110; Protestantism of early settlers, 110; furnish large proportion of auxiliaries to British troops, 161, note; immigration, 224, 226; riots, 250, 251; decrease of immigration, 256
James II. (see also YORK, DUKE OF), acession of, 68; change of policy, 68; opposition to, 70; tyranny of, 76; hatred of his government, 76, 77; action in exile, 79
Jay, John, conservative principles of, 137; member of Committee of Fifty-one, 147; attitude in the Revolution, 151; leader in Provincial Congress, 155; leader of Federalist party, 181, 186; character, 181, 186; defender of Loyalists, 182; joint author of the “Federalist,” 183; opposition to, 187; appointed chief-justice, 187; treaty with England, 190; appointments of, 195.
