HOLLANDERS OF IOWA

BY

JACOB VAN DER ZEE

Submitted by Gayle Harper

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Taft, William H., vote of Hollanders for, 232

Tailors, 80

Taintor, Hollanders near, 197; reference to, 297; Dutch church at, 306

Tama County, Hollanders in, 193

Tax, necessity of, for schools, 264; increase of, for support of schools, 265

Taxation, oppression of people by, 35

Taylor, Zachary, 216

Teesdale, John, election of, 227

Telephones, 326

To Paske, Anthony, office held by, 242

Te Paske, Herman, office held by, 242; reference to, 404, 410

Te Veltrup, M., service of, in Boer armies, 359

Texas, committee of investigation in, 123; emigration to, 199; reference to, 386

Theological Seminary, establishment of, in New Jersey, 27

Timber, lack of, in Sioux County, 138

Titonka, church at, 419

't Lam, C., election of, as road supervisor, 214

Toekomst, De, character of, 250

Toering, Henry, newspaper published by, 254

Tollenaar, Dirk, newspaper owned by, 255

Toom, J., election of, as fence viewer, 214

Town life among Hollanders, 320-329

Township clerk, 214

Township government, granting of, to Hollanders, 212

Township officers, election of, 214; activities of, 215

Township treasurer, 214

Township trustees, 214

Traders, 20

Transportation, lack of means of, 86, 87; early means of, 88

Transvaal, war in, 243; reports of raising of men to serve in, 354; resolutions of councils relative to war in, 355-358; reference to, 374

Transvaal Days, 355

Transvaalers, appeal for aid for, 351-353

Trees, provision for planting of, in Orange City, 146; planting of, by Hollanders, 181; bounty for plant ing of, 181, 182, 402; kind of, planted by Hollanders, 189; lack of hardwood, among Dutch, 321, 322

Troost, E., 360

True Reformed Church, 305

Tuttle, James H., vote of Hollanders for, 231

Twin Brooks (North Dakota), 204

Tysseling, Teunis, 234

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Unie, De, 248

Union College, 303

Union School system, 262

Union Township (Marion County), Hollanders in, 196

United Presbyterian Church, 420

United States, early settlements of Dutch in, 15-24; inheritance of, from New Netherland, 25; number of Dutch in, 28, 105; distribution of Hollanders in, 29, 376, 377; attitude of Hollanders toward emigration to, 38-40; land ceded to, by Indians, 70; land purchased from, 72; successful Dutch settlements in, 149; prediction of most populous Dutch settlement in, 159; satisfaction of Hollanders with government of, 216-218; model for school system of, 256; effort to strengthen bond between Holland and, 365; statistics of immigration to, 376

United States Dragoons, evacuation of Fort Des Moines, by, 71

United States Senator, election of Grimes as, 227

University of Leyden, Scholte a graduate of, 259, 260, 277

Utah, emigration of Mormons to, 84; Hollanders in, 159

Utrecht (Holland), conferences of Hospers at, 152; reference to, 327; pulpit from, 417

Utrecht, University of, 31

Utrecht Emigrant Association, formation of, 44; journey of members of, to America, 44-47; officers of, 46; leaders of, 46, 47; reference to, 48, 101

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Vale, Jacob G., vote of Hollanders for, 237

Van Antwerp, Ver Planck, 62, 63; sketch of life of, 386, 387

Van Asch, William, election of, as road supervisor, 214; reference to, 412

Van Bennett, M., 394

Van Broekhuizen, Rev., money raised for Boers by, 360

Van Buren, Martin, 216, 386

Van den Berg, Cornelius, election of, as constable, 214

Van den Berg, John, 403

Van den Bos, Dirk, member of investigating committee, 132; emigrant train led by, 140

Van den Linden, Leendert, office held by, 233

Vanderberg, J. W., newspaper owned by, 255

Van der Ley, P. M., 412

Vandermast, J., newspaper owned by, 255

Van der Meer, Leen, member of investigating committee, 132; emigrant train led by, 140

Van der Meide, Arie, office held by, 242; reference to, 358, 399, 400

Van der Meulen, Charles H., newspaper owned by, 254

Van der Pol, Gerrit, 61

Van der Sluis, Mr., 356

Van der Veen, Rev., 297

Van der Waa, Henry John, interest of, in emigration movement, 124; member of investigating committee, 127, 132; mule team of, used by committee, 131; emigrant train led by, 140

Van der Wilt, Arnold, office held by, 242

Van der Wilt, G., election of, as road

supervisor, 214; reference to, 234

Van der Zee, Jacob, author's preface by, 7-9.

Van Donselaar, Peter, newspaper owned by, 254

Van Ginkel, Gerrit, newspaper edited by, 250, 251

Van Horne, 193

Van Houten, H., 291

Van Houwelingen, G., 412

Van Klootwijk, K., 394

Van Leuven, A., office held by, 233

Van Meveren, P., election of, as road supervisor, 214

Van Nimwegen, Mr., 356

Van Oosterhout, Martin P., newspaper owned by, 254; reference to, 350, 353, 362, 403

Van Oosterhout, P. D., 353

Van Oosterhout, Peter D., office held by, 242; reference to, 353

Van Raalte, Albertus C., 32, 44, 60, 278, 294, 295, 296, 301, 348, 391; emigration encouraged by, 42-44; colony in Michigan founded by, 57; Hollanders invited to Michigan by, 57, 58; character of followers of, 94; letter by, describing colony, 95, 96; efforts of, to secure parochial school, 266; colleges established by, 281; journey of, to America, 382

Van Schelvin, G., 399

Van Stigt, K., magazine published by, 252

Van Velzen, S., 32

Van Wagenen, A. W., 353

Van Zante, Mr., 356

Van Zante, Dieles, office held by, 233

Van Zante, D. G., office held by, 233

Viersen, Auke H.. office held by, 233 reference to, 234, 279

Viersen, H. Y., 47

Viersen, Lillian, 279

Viersen, Sieberke, library donated by 324

Viersen, Sipke H., office held by, 233

Viljoen, H. D., visit of, to Iowa, 360

Virginia, 19, 115

Visitors, reception of, in Dutch homes 323, 324

Volga (South Dakota), 204

Volksvriend, De, founding of, 155; objects of, 155, 156; reference to 187, 242; political activities of 239, 240; sketch of history of 252-254

Vos, G. H., newspaper owned by, 255

Voyage, experiences on, 47

Vriezelaar, J. B., office held by, 233

Vrije Hollander, De, 242; character of, 243; editors of, 254; cause of Boers espoused by, 350; reference to, 358, 361, 362; attacks on McKinley by, 359

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Wages, comparison of, in Holland and America, 41; reference to, 81, 106

Wagon makers, 110

Wagons, use of, for living purposes, 141, 142

Waldenses, immigration of, 21

Wallace's Farmer, 335

Walloons, emigration of, to America, 16, 21

Wapello County, Hollanders in, 104, 105, 195; reference to, 223; Dutch church in, 297

Warnshuis, John, office held by, 242

Washington, Dutch churches in, 29; emigration to, 204; reference to, 254

Washington, D. C., 48; treatment of Scholte at, 60, 210

Waukon Standard, The, 255

Webster City, 128

Webster County, Hollanders in, 194

Welcome Township (Sioux County), establishment of, 185; Hollanders in, 187, 202; politics in, 241.

Welle, P., election of, as trustee, 214

Wellsburg, Dutch church at, 307, 419

Welmers, Thomas E., 283 Wesley, 420

Wessels, C. H., 359

West, Dutch pioneers in, 28; conquest of, 71; first settlers in, 80

West Branch, Dutch church at, 185, 301; change of name of, 186

West Branch Township (Sioux County), establishment of, 185; population of, 186; Hollanders in, 187, 202; politics in, 241

West Des Moines Township (Mahaska County), Hollanders in, 197

West India Company, provision of charter of, 16; character of activities of, 16, 17; desire of, for continuance of war, 17; neglect of colonists by, 17, 18, 19; complaint against, 20; agreement between Amsterdam and, 21; complaint of, 371

Western Stage Company, criticism of, 112, 113

Western Theological Seminary, 286, 303

Westfield (North Dakota), 204 Westward movement, part of Dutch in, 28

Wheat, 77, 160, 170; production of, in Sioux County, 332, 333

Whigs, 219, 220; desertion of, by Hospers, 222

White, F. E., vote of Hollanders for,

Whitney, railroad proposed by, 92

Wigny, A., 46

Willempjes, 49

William I, church regulations approved by, 31; persecution of Separatists by, 32; regulation of church by, 287

William II, renouncement of allegiance to, 211, 212; plan for present to, 397

William of Orange, attitude of Pella colonists toward, 145; dictum of, 287

Wind-mill, building of, 182; dismantling of, 183

Winnebago County, church in, 419

Winnie (Texas), Dutch colony at, 199

Winter, Rev. E., 184

Winter of 1848-49, severity of, 82, 83

Winterswijk (Holland), 343

Wisconsin, Hollanders in, 29, 376; Dutch churches in, 29; reference to, 57, 58, 95, 115, 117, 150, 157, 158, 173, 204, 226, 284, 343, 382; Dutch emigration from, 154, 161; Dutch newspaper published in, 247, 248, 249

Wolmarens, A. D. W., 359

Woodbury County, Hollanders in, 200

Wooden-shoe-makers, 110

Wooden shoes, use of, among Hollanders, 328

Woodland (Wisconsin), 251

Wormhoudt, Mr., 356

Worthing (South Dakota), 204

Wright, church at, 420

Wright County. Hollanders in, 194; church in, 419

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Zeeland, 327

Zeeland (Michigan), 298

Zuid Holland, 151

Zwemer, James F., 282

 

    
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