Chapter II: Book II

TREATING OF THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF NIEUW-NEDERLANDTS.

CHAP. I.—In which are contained divers reasons why a man should
not write in a hurry; also, of Master Hendrick Hudson, his
discovery of a strange country,—and how he was magnificently
rewarded by the munificence of their High Mightinesses 113
CHAP. II.—Containing an account of a mighty Ark which floated,
under the protection of St. Nicholas, from Holland to Gibbet
Island,—the descent of the strange animals therefrom,—a great
victory, and a description of the ancient village of Communipaw 131
CHAP. III.—In which is set forth the true art of making a
bargain—together with the miraculous escape of a great
metropolis in a fog—and the biography of certain heroes of
Communipaw 142
CHAP. IV.—How the heroes of Communipaw voyaged to Hell-gate, and
how they were received there 156
CHAP. V.—How the heroes of Communipaw returned somewhat wiser than
they went—and how the sage Oloffe dreamed a dream—and the dream
that he dreamed 176
CHAP. VI.—Containing an attempt at etymology—and of the founding
of the great city of New Amsterdam 184
CHAP. VII.—How the people of Pavonia migrated from Communipaw to
the island of Manna-hata—and how Oloffe the Dreamer proved
himself a great land-speculator 189
CHAP. VIII.—Of the founding and naming of the new city; of the
City Arms; and of the direful feud between Ten Breeches and
Tough Breeches 194
CHAP. IX.—How the city of New Amsterdam waxed great under the
protection of St. Nicholas and the absence of laws and
statutes—How Oloffe the Dreamer begun to dream of an extension
of empire, and of the effect of his dreams 203