DEED TO KING GEORGE THE FIRST RECITING THE SURRENDER BY THE FIVE NATIONS OF THEIR BEAVER HUNTING COUNTRY, AND CONTAINING AN ACTUAL SURRENDER OF THE CASTLES OR HABITATIONS OF THE SENNECAS, CAYOUGAS AND ONONDAGAS.
To all People to whom this present Instrument of Writing shall come.
WHEREAS the Sachems of the Five Nations did on the 19th day of July One Thousand Seven Hundred and One in a Conference held at Albany, Between John Nanfan Esqr late Lieutenant Governor of the Province of New York give and render up All their Land where the Beaver Hunting is, which they won with the Sword then Eighty years ago to Coorachkoo, Our Great King praying that he might be their Protector and Defender there for which they desired that their Secretary might then draw an instrument for them to sign and seal that it might be carried to the King as by the Minutes thereof now in the Custody of the Secretary for Indian Affairs at Albany may more fully and at large appearWE Kanakazighton and Shanintzarouwee Sinneke Sachims, Ottsoghkoree, DeKanisoree and Aenjeweeratt Cayouge Sachims, Rachjakadorodon and Sadegeenaghtie, Confirm, Submit and Grant And by these presents do (for Ourselves, our Heirs and Successors and in behalf of the Whole Nations of Sinnekes, Cayouges and Onnondages,) ratify, Confirm and Submit and Grant unto our most Sovereign Lord George by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain France & Ireland, Defender of the Faith &c. His Heirs. and Successors for ever All the said Land & Beaver Hunting to be protected & Defended by his said Majesty, His Heirs and Successors to and for the Use of Us, our Heirs and Successors, And the said three Nations; And we do also of our own accord free &
voluntary Will give, render, submit and grant, and by these presents do for Ourselves our Heirs and Successors give, render, submit and Grant unto our said Sovereign Lord King George, his Heirs & Successors for ever, All that Land lying & being sixty Miles Distance taken Directly from the Water into the Country, Beginning from a Creek called Canahogue on the Lake Oswego, all along the said Lake and all along the Narrow passage from the said Lake to the Falls of Oniagara called Canaguaraghe and all along the River of Oniagara and all along the Lake Catarackqui to the Creek called Sodoms belonging to the Senekes & from Sodoms to the Hill called Tegerhunkserode belonging to the Cayouges and from Tegerhunckserode to the Creek called Caynunghage belonging to the Onnondages All the said Land being of the Breadth of sixty English miles as aforesaid. All the way from the aforesaid Lakes or Rivers directly into the Country and thereby including all the Castles of the aforesaid Three Nations with all the Rivers, Creeks & Lakes within the said Limits to be protected and defended by his said Majesty his Heirs and Successors for ever to and for Our Use our Heirs and Successors & the said Three Nations.
In Testimony Whereof We have hereunto set our Marks and affixed our Seals in the City of Albany this Fourteenth Day of September in the Thirteenth year of His Majesty's Reign Anno Domini 1726.
Accountant General, salary of the, in
1693, 314.
Admiralty, the Court of, in 1698, 89; in
1693, 318.
Albanel, Rev. Father, accompanies the
French expedition against the Mo-
hawks, 71.
Albany, a delegation from the town of,
meets the French at Schenectady, 72;
description of the Garrison at, 74;
fort at, 89; intelligence from the
Indian country received at, 142; de-
scription of the fort at, in 1686, 150;
town of, declared by the law officers
of the Crown to be a part of Rans-
laer's Colonie, 179; Ranslaer surren-
ders his claim to, 180; incorporated
ib.; the pasture granted to the city
of, ib.; people of, in great consterna-
tion in consequence of a threatened
visit from the French, 272; M. de
Callière's plan for the capture of, 285;
number of houses and adults in, in
1689, 288; proceedings of the autho-
rities of, on receiving intelligence of
the burning of Schenectady, 302; city
and county officers of, in 1693, 315;
strength of the militia of, in 1693, 318;
names of the militia officers for the
city and county of, in 1700, 361; of
the freeholders of the city and county
of, in 1720, 370; Albany in 1691, 407;
in 1756, 530; population of the city
and county of, in 1698, 689; in 1689,
690; in 1703, 691; in 1723, 693; in
Baptism, scruples of a Squaw to admin-
ister, 37; first adult at Onondaga, ib.
Barbadoes, Jacob Leisler to the Gover-
nor of, 310.
Barre, M. de la, instructions of the
king of France to, 95, 107; notifies
Gov. Dongan of his intention to at-
tack the Five Nations, 99; declared
by the king to be the cause of the
trouble with the Indians, 108; ordered
to send some of the Iroquois to France
to be employed in the galleys, 109;
1731, 37, 694; in 1749, 695; in 1756,
696; in 1771, 697.
Algonquins the, the most warlike and
polished of the Indian nations, 16.
Allainville, Seigniory of, 537 et seq.
581, 585.
Amboy, inconvenience of making a port
of entry of, 152.
Amersfort, (see Flatlands.)
Anabaptists, 92, 186.
Andaraque, proceedings of the French
at the Mohawk fort of, 77.
ANDROS, Gov. report of, on the state
of the Province, 88; affords effectual
relief to New England, 154; ordered
to put the Ranslaers in possession of
Albany, 179; defeated in his attempt
to reduce Connecticut, 187; notifies
M. de Denonville that he has taken
the Five Nations under his protec-
tion, 285.
Angleran, Rev. Father, Superior of the
Outaouac Missions, 110; Missionary
at Michilimakinac, 200; wounded in
the engagement with the Senecas, 238.
Army List of the Province of New York
in 1700, 357.
Assembly, salaries of the officers of the
New York, in 1693, 314.
Assizes, Court of General, Legislative
powers vested in the, 87; how often
it sits, 88; succeeded by a Court of
Oyer and Terminer, 147.
Auditor General, allowance to the, in
1693, 314.
memoir of, ib.; starts on his expedi-
tion against the Senecas, 111; motives
of, for making peace, 113; quits Hun-
gry Bay, 115; arrives at Montreal,
116; treaty between the Iroquois and,
118; strength of his army, 120; M. de
Meulles' report against, ib.; general
dissatisfaction with, 121; bad manage-
ment of, 122, 125; charged with hav-
ing converted to his private, specula-
tions the vessels intended for the con-
veyance of supplies to the army, 123;
and with having declared war on his
own responsibility, 124; evil effects
of the policy of, 126; letters from, to
M. de Lamberville, 127 et seq.; M. de
Denonville succeeds, 143; Gov. Don-
gan's allusion to the expedition of,
157; addicted to big words, 209.
Bayard, Nicholas, called to the Coun-
cil, 189.
Beauharnois, M. de, protests against
the erection of Fort Oswego, 449;
despatches an officer to summon Oswe-
go, 450; Gov. Burnet's reply 10, 453.
Beaujeu, M. de, applies for an extension
of time to produce his titles to a
Seigniory on the river Saranac, 563.
Bear, Indian name for the tribe of the, 1.
Beavers, number of, sent from N. York
to England in 1687, 259.
Bellomont, Lord, his design regarding
Oswego, 447.
Blair, Lt. killed on the Oswego River,
477.
Board for the management of Indian
affairs established, 343.
Bois, Revd. M., 71.
Boundaries of the Prov: of N. Y. in
1678, 90; between the Indians and
whites, 587.
Braddock, General,artillery taken from,
used against Oswego, 498.
Bradstreet, Col., advises Sir Wm. John-
son that Oswego is surrounded by
French Indians, 475; battle between
the French and a party under com-
mand of, 478.
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Breucklyn, names of the inhabitants of,
Briare, (or Brias) Rev. Father, 110, 115,
in 1687, 659.
136; on the custom observed by the
King of China towards the Jesuits,
Brockholles, Mayor of New-York, 179;
Brookhaven, names of the officers of
member of council, 188.
militia of, in 1700, 358.
Brookland, officers of militia of the town
Buildings at Niagara in 1688, description
of, 360.
Bull, instructions to Capt. Jonathan, on
of the, 276.
the Burning of Schenectady, 304; ac-
count of the capture, by the French,
of Fort, 509, et seq.
Burke, Mr. Edm., opposes the French
claims for land on Lake Champlain,
574; letter of, to the Sec. of the board,
579.
BURNET, Gov., forms a settlement in
Western New-York, 443; informs the
Board of Trade of his design to build
a fort at Oswego, 447; replies to M.
de Beauharnois, 453; letter of, to the
Board of Trade, 458.
Burning of the Onondaga Village, 40;
of Schenectady,papers relating to the,
299, et seq; of the German Flatts, 515,
Bushwyck, officers of militia of the
et seq.
town of, 360.
Callières, M. de, letter from,announcing | Charter of New-York, antient, 602, 604,
that some Iroquois are to be shipped
to the French galleys, 236; project
for the reduction of Albany and New-
York by, 285; recommends the French
Court to obtain James the Second's
approval of the design, 291; to be
Governor of New-York when reduced
by the French, 296.
Canada, enumeration of the Indian tribes
connected with, 15, 27; account of
the march into the Province of New-
York of the Governor of, 71; the
cold of, fatal to the French troops,
158; population of, in 1685, ib.; Me-
moirs on, 196, 213; state of, in 1687,
228; state of the British Province in
1743, with reference to, 464.
Cannatchocari fort described, 528.
1. Capitulation of Oswego, articles of, 495.
Cayugas, numerical strength of the,
13, 23, 27, 61, 196; date of the first
mission to the, 61.
Census tables, 279, 368, 370, 611.
Champlain Lake, 64; papers relating to
French Seigniories on, 535.
Chancery, the court of, who composed,
in 1687, 147; officers and powers of,
317.
Chassaigne, M. de, sent on a mission to
Chaumont, Father, embarks for Onon-
Gov. Burnet, 450.
Chauvignerie, M. de la, particulars of
daga, 44.
his visit to Oswego, 460.
Chazy, grant of a Seigniory at the river,
Chouegen (see Oswego.)
Christians, denominations of, in New-
Churches in 1678, 92.
York in 1687, 186.
Civil list of the Province of New-York
in 1693, 313; in 1767, 704.
CLARKE, GOV., reproves the commander
at Oswego, 462; his letter to the
Board of Trade, 463; report of, on
the state of the Province, 464; de-
mands that a regiment be sent from
England to defend the western fron-
tier, 466.
Climate of the Iroquois country, 61.
Colden, Cadwallader, report of, on the
public lands, 375; prejudicial to, 389;
Board of Plantations instructions to,
relative to lands on Lake Champlain,
537; on the trade of New-York in
1723, 714.
Collins, Mr., Collector at Westchester,
165.
Colve, Gov., charter of, to the city of
N. Orange, 608; to the towns on Long
Island, 655.
Commission of the board for the manage-
ment of Indian affairs, 343.
Common Pleas, officers of the courts of,
315.
Confederacy, numerical force of the
Iroquois, 26; of the Ottawa, 28.
Connecticut, defeat of Sir E. Andros'
attempt to reduce, 187; Gov. Dongan
recommends the annexation of, to N.
Y., 150, 174, 187, 256, 259; population
of, in 1686, 159.
Conscience, liberty of, in New-York in
1688, 88.
Copper, sample of, from Lake Superior,
241.
Corlar, through respect for a Dutchman
the Indians call the Governors of New
York, 156.
Cornbury, Lord, on the trade and manu-
factures of the Province of New-York,
711.
Corn forbid to be exported from certain
places, 266.
Cosby, Gov., his character of the people
of New-York, 722.
Council, names of the members of H.
M's., in 1687, 188; extracts from the
minutes of, 244, 252, 265, et seq; mem-
Dablon, Father Claude, embarks for
Onondaga, 44.
Dartmouth, the Earl of, discountenances
the pretensions of New York to all
Lands south of the St. Lawrence,
573, 578.
Delancey, Mr. informing the Board of
Trade of the burning of the German
Flatts, 518.
Delaware, the three lower counties on
the, recommended to be annexed to
New-York, 153; a fort recommended
to be built on the, 155.
Denonville, M. de, succeeds M. de la
Barre as Gov. of Canada, 143; letters
of, to Gov. Dongan, 158, 207, 211,
226, 260; instructions of the king to,
193; endeavors to gain over the West-
ern tribes, 200; proposed means for a
war against the Senecas, 201; recom-
mends that New-York be purchased
from the English, 202; attempts to
deceive Gov. Dongan, 207, 214; com-
plains of French refugees being re-
ceived at New-York, 208; charges
Gov. Dongan with having caused the
Indians to plunder the French, 211;
and with entertaining bankrupts and
thieves, 212; memoir of, on the state
of Canada, 213; designs to build a fort
bers of, in 1693, 313; officers of the,
314; minute of the Quebec, 580.
Council of New-York, names of the
members of the, under Dongan, 188;
extracts from the minutes of, 244, 252,
265, et seq; members of, under Fletch-
er, 313; officers of the, 314; proceed-
ings of the, on receiving intelligence
of the invasion of the Onondaga Coun-
try, 323, et seq; resolve to supply the
Oneidas with grain, 345; concur in the
propriety of strengthening Oswego,
471; names of the members of the,
under Gov. Tryon, 554; order of,
notifying claimants to land on Lake
Champlain, under the French, to pro-
duce their titles, ib.; report of the,
on French seigniories on Lake Cham-
plain, 567; minute of the Quebec, 580.
County courts, powers of, in 1693, 317.
Courcelles, M. de, expedition of, against
the Mohawks, 56, 65, 69, 71; a dele-
gation from Albany meet, 72.
Courts of Justice in 1687, 147.
Croghan, Geo., his report on the con-
duct of the Oneidas, 520.
Cross, the, why selected as an Indian
Totum, 20; planted in the Mohawk
country, 77; at Niagara, 276; at Os-
wego, 495.
Cumberland, population of the county
of, in 1771, 697.
Customs, officers of the, in 1693, 314;
produce of the, 701.
at Niagara, 218; difficulties in the way
of, 219; calls for regular troops, 222;
informs the minister that Gov. Don-
gan has sent agents to winter among
the Senecas, 224; with intention to
proceed to Michilimakina, 225; fur-
ther instructions from the French
king to, 232; informs the French min-
ister that Gov. Dongan has advised the
Senecas of the meditated attack on
them, 234; his account of his expedi-
tion to the Genesee country, 237;
erects a fort at Niagara, 244; accuses
Gov. Dongan of duplicity, 260; re-
leases Major McGregory and the other
English prisoners, 272.
Desbergères, Sieur, commandant at Ni-
agara, 275.
Detroit, garrison at, 220; M. du Lhut
arrives at, 223.
Dieskau, Baron, appointed commander
of the expedition against Oswego,
474.
Discovery of the Onondaga Salt Springs,
Dogs draw the sleds of the French in
their expedition against the Mo-
hawks, 72.
Dollier, Rev. M., 110.
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