CONTAINING THE THIRD PART OF THE REIGN OF PETER THE HEADSTRONG—HIS TROUBLES WITH THE BRITISH NATION, AND THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE DUTCH DYNASTY. CHAP. I.—How Peter Stuyvesant relieved the Sovereign People from the burden of taking care of the nation; with sundy particulars of his conduct in time of peace, and of the rise of a great Dutch aristocracy 259 CHAP. II.—How Peter Stuyvesant labored to civilize the community—how he was a great promoter of holidays—how he instituted kissing on New-Year’s Day—how he distributed fiddles throughout the New Netherlands—how he ventured to reform the ladies’ petticoats, and how he caught a Tartar 270 CHAP. III.—How troubles thicken on the province—how it is threatened by the Helderbergers, the Merrylanders, and the Giants of the Susquehanna 278 CHAP. IV.—How Peter Stuyvesant adventured into the East Country, and how he fared there 284 CHAP. V.—How the Yankees secretly sought aid of the British Cabinet in their hostile schemes against the Manhattoes 296 CHAP. VI.—Of Peter Stuyvesant’s expedition into the East Country, showing that, though an old bird, he did not understand trap 300 CHAP. VII.—How the people of New Amsterdam were thrown into a great panic, by the news of the threatened invasion; and the manner in which they fortified themselves 308 CHAP. VIII.—How the Grand Council of the New Netherlands were miraculously gifted with long tongues in the moment of emergency—showing the value of words in warfare 315 CHAP. IX.—In which the troubles of New Amsterdam appear to thicken—showing the bravery in time of peril, of a people who defend themselves by resolutions 323 CHAP. X.—Containing a doleful disaster of Antony the Trumpeter—and how Peter Stuyvesant, like a second Cromwell, suddenly dissolved a Rump Parliament 338 CHAP. XI.—How Peter Stuyvesant defended the city of New Amsterdam for several days by dint of the strength of his head. 347 CHAP. XII.—Containing the dignified retirement, and mortal surrender of Peter the Headstrong 360 CHAP. XIII.—The Author’s reflections upon what has been said 372 Illustrations