Landing of the "Pilgrim Fathers" at Plymouth, Mass. Dec. 11, 1620.

William Penn's Treaty with the Indians.

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.

Seals of the Thirteen States Which Declared the Independance

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 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.

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.

Death of General Montcalm - Gozon. Plains of Abraham, Quebec Sept. 13, 1759.

Death of Gen. Wolfe. Plain of Abraham. Quebec. Sept. 17, 1759.

Death of Gen. Montgomery. Dec 3, 1775.

British Troops.

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.