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INDEX.

Honeyman, Mr., of Rhode Island , 302.

Hoosic, sundry tenants on the patent of, ejected by per-sons from New Hampshire , 356.

Horses, price of in N. Netherland and in N. England,24; whence imported, 76.

Hough, Rev. Benj. a justice of the peace, most cruellywhipped by the Bennington mob, 537, et. seq.; a cer-tificate granted to, of his having received such punish-ment, 541 ; petitions the G-ov. of N. Y. for redress,551.

Hubbard, Rev. Bela, 75.

Hudson, Henry, the first discoverer of N. Nttherland,

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Imbroch, Mde van, taken prisoner by the Indians atEsopus, 31; escapes, 35 ; guides a party of Dutch soldiers against the Indians, 37.

Immigrants, proper time for, to sail to New Netherland ,22; rules to be followed by, in clearing land, 23;and in building houses, ib.; supplies necessary for, 23 ;classes of persons best qualified to be, 24.

Independency declared by the N. Hampshire grants, 560.

Indian affairs, secretary for, how appointed, 116; an-swers of the commissioners of, to queries submittedto them, 155.

-fort, description of an, in the Esopus country,

35, 48.

-words introduced into the Dutch vocabulary, 43,

54, 65, 67.

Indians, personal appearance and dress of the, 3;polity of, 4 ; treated with too much familiarity bythe Dutch, 5 ; the Dutch resolve on war againstthe, 6 ; accused of conspiring against director Kieft,ib.; refuse satisfaction for murders which they com-mitted, 7 ; of Witquescheek, attacked by the Mahi-canders, take refuge among the Dutch , ib.; direc-tor Kieft urged to attack the, ib.; at Corlaer’sHook and Pavonia attacked by the Dutch , ib.; urgedto massacre the Christians , 8 ; peace concluded be-tween the Dutch and the, ib.; attack the Dutch atPavonia, ib.; to the northeast of Manhattans attackedby the Dutch, 9 ; operations against the Long Island ,ib., 10; operations against the Westchester , ib.; de-scription of an attack on the Westchester , ib.; a num-ber of Christians killed in 1643, by the, 15 ; numbersof the, destroyed in the war with the Dutch , 17 ;names of the several tribes of, near Fort Orange, 16,17; massacre the Christians at the Esopus, 29; at-tack a party of soldiers near Rondout, 30; of Esopus,parley with the Dutch at Wildwyck, 33 ; retire eastof Magdalen Island, ib.; skirmish between the Dutch and the Esopus, and the latter defeated at Red Hook,34; and plundered, ib.; of Sagers Kill friendly tothe Dutch , ib.; of Ilackinsack send intelligence to theEsopus, ib.; of Esopus declare their willingness tosurrender all the Christian prisoners, on condition ofobtaining payment for their land, 35 ; (see Mohawks;)reported to have fled to the mountains, 36 ; refuseto negotiate except with Renslaer and Corlaer, 37 ;an expedition sets out against the Esopus, ib.; cap-tures their fort, and lays waste their plantation, 38;

75 ; description of his voyage up the North river, 80 ;is entertained by the Indians, ib.

Hudson river , 3 ; head waters of the, 111; convenienceof the, 112 ; the Mohawk called the west branch ofthe, ib.; nature of the soil adjoining the, 113; frozenannually, ib.

Hunt, Capt. Samuel, report of his scout near LakeGeorge, 172.

Huntington, the countess of, expresses much interest inDr. Wheelock’s school, 223 ; memoir of, ib.

Hurley, names of those belonging to the militia of, in1738, 152.

the Dutch threatened by the Esopus, 39 ; large quan-tities of corn belonging to the Esopus, destroyed, ib.;location of the fort belonging to the Esopus, ib.; ofPenobscot, kill some Mohawks and Mohegans, 41 ; anew attack on the Esopus, ordered, 46 ; Capt. Kregierproceeds again to attack the Esopus, 47 ; the Esopus,again defeated, 48; another expedition against the Eso-pus, and their fort destroyed, 52 ; five tribes of River ,meet behind Claverack, 54 ; a truce concluded withthe Esopus, 58 ; (sec Esopus;) the, refuse to pay theDutch tribute, 65 ; a Christian killed by one of the,66 ; some of the, massacred by the Dutch , ib.; re-taliate, 67 ; the Hudson river , 75 ; of N. Netherland,manners and customs of the, 79; appearance and foodof the, 80; clothing and houses of the, ib.; fortsof, 81 ; marriage and other customs of the, ib., et seq.;language of the, 82; belief regarding the soulentertained by, 83 ; the French surrender all claimto the Five Nations of, 114 ; number of fighting menbelonging to the New York , in 1738, 155 ; numberof Canada , capable of bearing arms, ib.; papers re-lating to the civilization of the Six Nations of, 187 ;early missionaries among the Iroquois , 189; the Scotchcommissioners near Boston make arrangements for theeducation of children of the, 197; and propose set-ting up English schools among the, 202; averse tothe proposed N. Eng. settlement on the Susquehannahriver, 206 ; address of the Rev. Mr. Wheelock to theMohawk and other, 223 ; Rev. Mr. Kirtland’s expe-rience among the Seneca, 227 ; Rev. Mr. Wheelockwrites to Sir Wm. Johnson in favor of the Narragan-sett, 228 ; Rev. Messrs. Johnson and Avery petitionthe commissioners at Fort Stanwix to prevent the al-ienation of the lands of the, 245 : numerical strengthin 1770 of the Six Nations of, 268; Dr. Wheelockunsuccessful in his efforts to introduce the arts amongthe, ib.; Sir Wm. Johnson’s letter on the customs,manners and languages of the, 269; symbols in useby the Iroquois , 270 ; sachems, how ehoosen, 271 ;rarely guilty of theft, ib.; specimens of the languageof the, 272 ; the axe an emblem of war amongst the,273 ; Sir Wm. Johnson’s views of Rev. Mr. Inglis’plan for christianizing the, 282, 289 ; Col. HenryBabcock proposes establishing an Episcopal seminaryamong the Six Nations of, 302 ; notice of the earlyattempts to christianize the, 313 ; impediments to theimparting of elementary instruction to the, previous