Pennsylvania Dutch
Earliest Known German Tribes.--The Cimbrians and Teutonians.--Their Invasion of the Roman Provinces.--They defeat the Romans.--They invade Gaul.--Romans begin the Conquest of the Germans.--The Struggle Continues More than Five Centuries.--Decline of the Roman Power.--Barbarous...
Earliest Known German Tribes.--The Cimbrians and Teutonians.--Their Invasion of the Roman Provinces.--They defeat the Romans.--They invade Gaul.--Romans begin the Conquest of th...
2. CHAPTER II.Palatinate as an Independent State of Germany.--Erection of the Electorate.--Division of the Palatinate.--France Takes a Portion.--Its Restoration to Germany.--Present Rhine Pal...
3. CHAPTER III.Death of the Elector Philip Wilhelm.--Louis XIV. seeks the Electorate for His Sister-in-law, the Duchess of Orleans.--He invades the Palatinate.--Louvois the King’s Secretary of...
4. CHAPTER IV.Penn’s Grant.--Its Extent.--Penn visits His Province.--Makes Laws for its Government.--Prior Explorations of the Dutch.--Dutch and Swedish Settlements.--First White People who s...
5. CHAPTER V.German Quakers arrive.--They found Germantown.--Penn’s Return to England.--Visits the Palatinate.--William III. Dies.--Queen Anne ascends the Throne.--Her sympathies with the pe...
6. CHAPTER VI.Grant of Maryland to Cecilius Calvert.--Maryland designed as a Refuge for Catholics.--Puritan aggression.--Religious Freedom Proclaimed.--German immigration in the Province.--Ma...
7. CHAPTER VII.Quakers Emigrate to America.--Their Hostility to the Proprietors after Penn.--Indian Outbreaks.--Quakers refuse to bear Arms.--Defence of their Own Homes left to non-Quakers.--Q...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Political Influence of the Germans.--Not an office-holding Class.--War between England and France.--German Indifference.--Efforts to Anglicize the Germans.--The Germans During t...
9. CHAPTER IX.Pennsylvania German a dialect of South Germany.--German vs. Dutch.--Confusion of Terms.--Dialect Corrupted, but still Vigorous.--Germans Tenacious of their Dialect.—Progress of...
10. CHAPTER X.Old Dutch the Basis of all Germanic Languages.--The Separation of Dutch and German.--The two Grew Wide Apart.--Affinity of Dutch and English Languages.--The Saxon Dialect.--Lite...
11. CHAPTER XI.With the founding of Penn’s province, and the organization of a civil government for it, there was established a moral code in which the principles of the Quaker sect furnished...
12. CHAPTER XII.The German Home.--German Hospitality.--Consideration for Strangers.--Inherited Traits and Customs.--Mode of Living.--Folk Lore.--Teutonic Myths and Legends.--Holidays and Religi...
13. CHAPTER XIII.Poverty of early Settlers.--Lack of Houses to live in.--Some made their Homes in Caves at First.--Food was Plentiful.--Game was Abundant.--Lack of Roads.--Country a dense Forest...