Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Mass. Dec. 22nd 1620
William Penn's Treaty with the Indians.
Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth 11th Dec. 1620.
Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth 11th Dec. 1620. O.S.
The Flag of Thirteen Stripes, the Standard of the United States....
Massacre by the Indians of the white people at Pavonia.
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.
The Tea-Tax Tempest, or the Angelo-American Revolution.
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
Arrival of the ship of Captain Christaensen.
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 1692 Col. Peter Schuyler took five Iroquois chiefs to London. The Indians were objects of intense interest at the Court of St. James.
Death of Gen. Montgomery. Dec 3, 1775.
Massacre by the Indians of the white people in Pavonia.
Boston Tea Party. Three cargoes of tea destroyed Dec. 16, 1773.
Battle of Lexington, Mass.
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.
[The Purchase of Manhattan Island from the Indians.]