Memoirs of an American Lady: With Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America, as They Existed Previous to the RevolutionGrant, Anne MacVicar
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Memoirs of an American Lady: With Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America, as They Existed Previous to the Revolution
Grant, Anne MacVicar
Indians of North America; New York (State) -- Social life and customs -- To 1775; Schuyler, Catalina, 1701-1778 or 1779
XXVIII. Management of the Mohawks by the 147
influence of the christian Indians
XXIX. Madame’s adopted children—Anecdote of 152
sister Susan
XXX. Death of young Philip Schuyler—Account 159
of his family, and of the society at
the Flats
XXXI. Family details 167
XXXII. Resources of Madame—Provincial customs 172
XXXIII. Followers of the army—Inconveniences 177
resulting from such
XXXIV. Arrival of a new regiment—Domine 182
Freylinghausen
XXXV. Plays acted—Displeasure of the Domine 187
XXXVI. Return of Madame—The Domine leaves his 192
people—Fulfilment of his predictions
XXXVII. Death of Colonel Schuyler 197
XXXVIII. Mrs. Schuyler’s arrangements and conduct 201
after the colonel’s death
XXXIX. Mohawk Indians—The superintendent 205
XL. General Abercrombie—Lord Howe 210
XLI. Total defeat at Ticonderoga—General 216
Lee—Humanity of madame
XLII. The family of madame’s sister—The death 219
of the latter
XLIII. Further successes of the British arms—A 223
missionary—Cortlandt Schuyler
XLIV. Burning of the house at the 227
Flats—Madame’s removal—Journey of the
author
XLV. Continuation of the Journey—Arrival at 232
Oswego—Regulations, studies, and
amusements there
XLVI. Benefit of select reading—Hunting 241
excursions
XLVII. Gardening and agriculture—Return of the 244
author to Albany
XLVIII. Madame’s family and society described 24
XLIX. Sir Jeffery Amherst—Mutiny—Indian war 256
L. Pondiac—Sir Robert D. 262
LI. Death of Captain Dalziel—Sudden decease 268
of an Indian chief—Madame—Her
protégées
LII. Madame’s popularity—Exchange of 275
prisoners
LIII. Return of the fifty-fifth regiment to 278
Europe—Privates sent to Pensacola
LIV. A new property—Visionary plans 282
LV. Return to the Flats 292
LVI. Melancholy presages—Turbulence of the 295
people
LVII. Settlers of a new description—Madame’s 301
chaplain
LVIII. Mode of conveying timber in rafts down 309
the river
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