Return of the Explorers.—The Beautiful Captive.—Sympathy in her behalf.—Embarrassments of Morgan.—Inflexible Virtue of the Captive.—The Conspiracy.—Efficiency of Morgan.—His Obduracy.—The Search of the Pirates.—The Return March.—Morgan Cheats the Pirates.—Runs Away. 349 CHAPTER XXIII. Montbar the Fanatic. Partial Solution of a Mystery.—Montbar's Birth.—His Education and Delusions.—Anecdote of the Dramatic Performance.—Montbar Runs Away from Home.—Enters the Navy.—His Ferocious Exploits.—Joins the Buccaneers.—Desperate Battles on the Land and on the Sea.—His Final Disappearance. 360 VI. PETER STUYVESANT PETER STUYVESANT, THE LAST DUTCH GOVERNOR OF NEW AMSTERDAM By John S. C. Abbott CONTENTS PREFACE DETAILED CONTENTS. PETER STUYVESANT. CHAPTER I.—DISCOVERY OF THE HUDSON RIVER. CHAPTER II.—THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY. CHAPTER III.—THE COMMENCEMENT OF COLONISATION. CHAPTER IV.—THE ADMINISTRATION OF VAN TWILLER. CHAPTER V.—WAR AND ITS DEVASTATIONS. CHAPTER VI.—GOVERNOR STUYVESANT. CHAPTER VII.—WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND AND HOLLAND. CHAPTER VIII.—ANOTHER INDIAN WAR. CHAPTER IX.—AN ENERGETIC ADMINISTRATION. CHAPTER X.—THE ESOPUS WAR. CHAPTER XI.—THE DISASTROUS YEAR. CHAPTER XII.—ENCROACHMENTS OF THE ENGLISH. CHAPTER XIII.—HOSTILE MEASURES COMMENCED. CHAPTER XIV.—THE CAPTURE OF NEW AMSTERDAM. CHAPTER XV.—THE FINAL SURRENDER. CHAPTER XVI.—THE OLDEN TIME. NOTES: CONTENTS. CHAPTER I.—DISCOVERY OF THE HUDSON RIVER. The Discovery of America. Colonies. The Bay of New York. Description of the Bay. Voyage of Sir Henry Hudson. Discovery of the Delaware. The Natives. The Boat Attacked. Ascending the Hudson. Escape of the Prisoners. The Chiefs Intoxicated. The Return. The Village at Castleton. The Theft and its Punishment. The Return to England. CHAPTER II.—THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY. Value of the Territory Discovered. Fate of Hudson. The Conspiracy. Aspect of Manhattan Island. The Trail which has Widened into Broadway. The Opening Commerce. The Fur Trade. Visit of the English Man of War. Exploring the Sound. Commercial Enterprise Receives a New Stimulus. Erection of Forts. Character of the Fur Trade. CHAPTER III.—THE COMMENCEMENT OF COLONIZATION. The Puritans. Memorial to the States-General. Disagreement of the English and the Dutch. Colony on the Delaware. Purchase Of Manhattan. The First Settlement. An Indian Robbed and Murdered. Description of the Island. Diplomatic Intercourse. Testimony of De Rassieres. The Patroons. The Disaster at Swaanendael. CHAPTER IV.—THE ADMINISTRATION OF VAN TWILLER. Friendly Relations Restored. Wouter Van Thiller New Director. Captain Elkins. Remonstrance of De Vrees. Claims for the Connecticut. The Plymouth Expedition. A Boat's Crew Murdered. Condition of the Colony in 1633. Emigration to the Connecticut. Emigrants from Holland. The Red Rocks. New Haven Colony Established. Natural. Indian Remonstrance Against Taxation. Outrage upon the Raritan Indians. Indian Revenge.