Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 | Page 2

the Indian 174 Aquackanonck is reached 175 Another Night with the Indians 177 At Gowanus; the Canticoy of the Indians 179 Affairs at Esopus; Small Pox among the Indians 181 Proclamation of Governor Andros; the Start for Nevesink 182 Trip to Nevesink abandoned 184 Another Call on the Governor 185 The Travellers dispose of their Stock 186 The Governor grants Permission to go to Albany 187 The Trials and Conversion of Theunis Idenszen 190 The Journey to Albany is begun 196 The Kaaterskill Falls; Arrival at Albany 198 The Falls at Cohoes 199 Sluyter becomes ill; Visit to Schenectady 201 The Story of Aletta, the Indian 201 The Story of Wouter, Aletta's Nephew 205 Interview with Aletta and Wouter 210 Wouter goes with the Labadists 211 Schenectady is described 213 A Visit with Madame van Rensselaer at Rensselaerswyck 214 A Visit to Fort Orange; Albany described 216 The Child of Luxury 217 At Claverack; Danckaerts sketches the Catskills 219 At Esopus 220 Back in New York; Preparations for Boston 222 A Visit to Theunis Idenszen 223 North River and the Country through which it flows 224 On the Way to Long Island; Visit from Domine van Zuuren 228 In Najack; More about Theunis 229 Another Meeting with the Governor 230 The Experiences of Marie Renard 231 Visit with Ephraim Herrman 233 Further Arrangements for the Boston Trip; Ascension Day 234 A Trip to Walebocht 235 The Boston Trip again postponed; Some Visitors 237 Leave is taken of Governor Andros 238 Military Tactics; Relations between Andros and Carteret 239 Trade with Barbados 244 Trade Observations 246 Conduct of Governor Andros 248 The Labadists take leave of their Friends 250
VOYAGE FROM NEW NETHERLAND 252 The Start for Boston 252 Martha's Vineyard; a Narrow Escape 253 Boston is reached 255 Description of East River 256 Elizabeth Islands; the Sow and Pigs; Cape Cod 258 A Call on Governor Bradstreet 259 No Word of Wouter; Passage engaged for London 260 John Eliot and the Indian Bible 263 A Visit to Cambridge; Harvard College 266 In Charlestown 268 Suspicions concerning the Travellers 269 A Second Visit to John Eliot at Roxbury 270 A Sham-fight in Boston 271 Beginning of the Voyage Home 272 The Diarist's Account of New England 273 His Description of Boston 275 Progress of the Voyage 276 A Reward for the First Sight of Land 278 The Orkney Islands are sighted 280 Fear of the Turks 281 On the Dogger Bank 284 Anchor at Yarmouth 286 The Landing at London; Whitehall; St. James's Park 288 The Duke of Monmouth is seen; London Tower 289 Witchcraft in Boston; at Church in London 290 A Glimpse of the Duke of York and Prince Karl 291 At Gravesend; the River of Chatham 292 At Harwich; Dispute with the Skipper 293 At Rotterdam, Delft, and the Hague 295 In Amsterdam; a Bible is bought for Ephraim Herrman 296 The End of the Journey 297
INDEX 299

MAPS AND FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION
NEW YORK FROM BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, 1679. From the original drawing by Jasper Danckaerts in the possession of the Long Island Historical Society Frontispiece
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THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF AUGUSTINE HERRMAN'S MAP OF MARYLAND, 1673. From Mr. P.L. Phillips's facsimile 98
PART OF THE MAP OF NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND IN MONTANUS'S "NIEUWE WEERELD," 1671. From a copy in the New York Public Library 160

NOTE A
The present translation is substantially that of Mr. Henry C. Murphy, as presented in his edition of 1867 (see the Introduction, post). Mr. Murphy was an excellent Dutch scholar. Careful comparisons have been made, at various points, between his translation and the original manuscript, of which the Long Island Historical Society, its present possessor, kindly permitted an examination to be made. These comparisons, made partly by the general editor of the series and partly by Mr. S. G. Nissensen of New York (to whom cordial thanks are rendered), showed that Mr. Murphy's translation was in the main excellent. Some revision and correction of it has been effected by Mr. Nissensen and by the general editor. In particular the spelling of the proper names has been brought into accord with that of the original manuscript, except that certain familiar names, after being once given in the original spelling, have thereafter been put into their modern forms.
Danckaerts's descriptions of his Atlantic voyages to America and back, especially the former, are excessively long, and at times tedious. It has been found possible to omit some portions of these without impairing the interest or value of the narrative or excluding any useful information.
Of the three illustrations, the frontispiece is a photographic reproduction of one of Danckaerts's pen-and-ink sketches accompanying the diary. It has never before been photographically reproduced, though lithographed in Mr. Murphy's book. It represents New York from the southeast, as seen in 1680 from Brooklyn Heights, and is obviously