In 1692 Col. Peter Schuyler took five Iroquois chiefs to London. The Indians were objects of intense interest at the Court of St. James.
Massacre by the Indians of the white people at Pavonia.
The Iroquois Confederacy was originally composed of the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas and Senecas. In 1714 the Tuscaroras joined it, which thereafter became known as the Six Nations.
In 1626, Peter Minuit, the first Dutch Governor - General of New Netherland, purchased all of Manhattan Island from the Indians for the equivalent of $24.00.
In 1639 Jonas Bronck, after whom the Borough of the Bronx was named, purchased land in that Borough from the Indians. In 1642, after many hostilities, a treaty with the Indians was signed in his house
The Iroquois used to fight against each other until Hiawatha told them to call representatives from all the tribes to a great council to be held on the banks of Onondaga Lake.
Arrival of the ship of Captain Christaensen.
Massacre by the Indians of the white people in Pavonia.
Float - Col. Schuyler and Indians at the Court of St. James.
Marinus Willet and other citizens seized the arms of the retreating English, which were used by some of the American troops.
Peter Stuyvesant, the fourth and most famous of the Dutch Governor - Generals was appointed in 1647. It was his lot to be obliged to surrender New Netherland to the English in 1664.
On Dec. 4, 1783, Washington, in Fraunce's Tavern, at the corner of Pearl and Broad Streets, formally bade farewell to his officers before proceeding to Annapolis to resign his commission.
The first vessel was the ship "Restless" built on the Island of Manhattan by Adrian Block in 1614 to replace the ship "Tiger," which was destroyed by fire.
John Peter Zenger edited the "Weekly Journal" in which he freely criticized the arbitrary acts of the royal government. He was tried for libel and acquitted. This verdict established the principle of
Thomas Dongan, Earl of Limerick, by royal permission granted to the people of New York the famous Dongan Charter in 1683.
In Sept., 1776, Capt. Nathan Hale volunteered to enter the enemy's lines to gather information on the British army, disguised. He was discovered and hanged Sept. 21, 1776, regretting that he had but