The Old New York Frontier: Its Wars with Indians and Tories, Its Missionary Schools, Pioneers, and Land Titles, 1614-1800

Francis Whiting Halsey

C. Scribner's Sons, 1901 - New York (State) - 432 pages

Contents

• Why this History: 3
• The Iroquois and the Susquehanna II: 11
• Indian Villages in the Upper Valley: 21
• The Coming of White Men 16141740: 32
• Missionaries from New England: 52
• War Interrupts Mr Hawleys Work: 63
• New Men at Oghwaga: 69
• William Penn and Sir William Johnson: 87
• The Fort Stanwix Deed and Patents that: 99
• The Patent Called Wallaces: 106
• The First Settlers: 116
• T Causes that Led to the Wars: 147
• Alarm Among the Settlements: 201
• Cobleskill Springfield and Wyoming: 207
• German Flatts Destroyed: 223
• The Burning of Unadilla and Oghwaga: 229
• The Cherry Valley Massacre: 238
• General Clinton at Otsego Lake: 255
• Brants Return and the Battle of Minisink: 263
• General Clintons Descent of the Susquehanna: 271
• Iroquois Civilization Overturned: 278
• Schoharie and the Mohawk Laid Waste: 287
• Sir John and Brant Return: 295
• Colonel Willett Expels the Invaders: 301
• Final War Scenes: 308
• The Iroquois After the War: 317
• Return of the Former Settlers: 331
• Men Who Came from New England: 337
• ChurchesFather Nash and Others Founded: 373
• A Great Highway: 379
• Economic Facts in Pioneer Life: 392

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Old New York Frontier: Its Wars with Indians and Tories, Its Missionary Schools, Pioneers, and Land Titles, 1614-1800
• Author: Francis Whiting Halsey
• Publisher: C. Scribner's Sons, 1901
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Jan 29, 2008
• Length: 432 pages