CHAPTER XI CORNPLANTER AND OTHER INDIANS – 1790-91 The Seneca Chieftain Invited to Visit Philadelphia – Letter from Thomas Mifflin – Ensign Jeffers’s Letter – The Journey – Arrival in…

PREFACE While it may seem to the uninitiated a task involving but little difficulty to prepare for publication a work no more comprehensive in character than this volume and containing…

CHAPTER X   FROM 1783 TO 1790 Forlorn Condition of the Senecas at the Close of the Revolutionary War – Willing to Cede the Remainder of their Lands in Pennsylvania…

CHAPTER IX ENGLISH DOMINION Pontiac’s Conspiracy – The Devil’s Hole – A Fight at Black Rock – Bradstreet’s Expedition – Sulky Senecas – The Troops Composing Bradstreet’s Command – Israel…

CHAPTER VII PENN IN PENNSYLVANIA   William Penn Sails for America – His Advice to His Family – The Voyage – Warmly Received at New Castle – The First Assembly…

CHAPTER VIII FRENCH DOMINION  A Slight Ascendency – De Nonville Attacks the Senecas – Origin of Fort Niagara – Count Frontenac in the Field – Treaty of Ryswick – Queen…

CHAPTER VI THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA Europeans Struggle for Supremacy Along the Atlantic Coast – Quakers Settle in New Jersey – William Penn Appointed a Trustee – His Labors in…

CHAPTER V FROM 1655 TO 1680 The Iroquois Triumphant – Obliteration of Dutch Power – French Progress – La Salle Visits the Senecas – Greenhalgh’s Estimates – La Salle on…

CHAPTER IV THE IROQUOIS Their Name as Applied by Themselves – System of Clans – Its Importance – Its Probable Origin – The Grand Council – Sachems and War –…

CHAPTER III EUROPEAN DISCOVERIES, ETC., 1534 – 1655 The French in New France – The Puritans in New England – The Dutch in New Netherlands – Activity of the French…