Peter of New Amsterdam
by James Otis
Description: The story of the Dutch colony at New Amsterdam, through the eyes of the young lad Peter. Relates its settlement by the West India Company under the leadership of Peter Minuit, their transactions with the Indians including the purchase of the island of Manhattan, their overthrow of the Swedish forts to the south, and their surrender to English forces in 1664. The portrait of the contrasting figures of Peter Minuit and Peter Stuyvesant enlivens the narrative. Numerous black and white illustrations complement the text. $9.95
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Table of Contents
1. Where I Was Born
2. Alone in Holland
3. An Important Introduction
4. I Go My Way
5. The Bargain
6. Sailing for the New World
7. A View of New Netherland
8. The " Brown Men" or Savages
9. Summoned to the Cabin
10. Toys for the Savages
11. Claim of the West India Company
12. Making Ready for Trade
13. Hans Braun and Kryn Gildersleeve
14. The Gathering of the Savages
15. Going Ashore
16. Buying the Island of Manhattan
17. Boats Used by the Savages
18. Wandering over the Island
19. The Homes of the Savages
20. Master Minuit's Home
21. Beginning the Work
22. A Strange Kind of Craft
23. Building a Fort
24. In Charge of the Goods
25. The Value of Wampum
26. Buildings of Stone
27. The Government
28. A Prosperous Town
29. Quarrelsome Slaves
30. A Brutal Murder
31. The Village Called Plymouth
32. I Go on a Voyage
33. A Lukewarm Welcome
34. Two Days in Plymouth
35. Forging Ahead
36. The Big Ship
37. Master Minuit's Successor
38. Trouble with the English
39. Master Van Twiller Discharged
40. Director Kieft
41. Unjust Commands
42. Master Minuit's Return
43. The Revenge of the Savages
44. Master Kieft's War
45. Director Petrus Stuyvesant
46. Time for Sight-Seeing
47. How the Fort Was Armed
48. Village Laws
49. Other Things about Town
50. A Visit of Ceremony
51. New Amsterdam Becomes a City
52. Master Stuyvesant Makes Enemies
53. Orders from Holland
54. Making Ready for War
55. An Unexpected Question
56. With the Fleet
57. Driving Out the Swedes
58. The Uprising of the Indians
59. An Attack by the Indians
60. Hastening Back to New Amsterdam
61. Coaxing the Savages
62. Interference with Religious Freedom
63. Punishing the Quaker
64. Other Persecutions
65. Dull Trade
66. The Charge Made by Hans Braun
67. Dismissed by Master Stuyvesant
68. English Claims
69. Idle Days
70. On Broad Way
71. Looking after the Ferry
72. The Coming of the English
73. A Weak Defense
74. Master Stuyvesant Absent
75. Disobeying Commands
76. Surrender of the City Demanded
77. A Three Days' Truce
78. Visitors from the English
79. Master Stuyvesant's Rage
80. The End of Dutch Rule
81. The City of New York
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