Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 | Page 2

Journey to the Southward
165
IN NEW YORK 166 Visits to Governor Andros and Mayor Rombouts
167 Danckaerts follows Sluyter to Najack 169 Translations made by
Danckaerts 170 The Party for Aquackanonck 171 Milford; Sandford;
Captain Berry's Plantation 173 Conversation with Hans, 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
PAGE
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