the year 1736, 22; in 1763, 26; speech of a chief of the, 40; number of the, in 1664, 60; sue for peace from the French, 67; treaty between the French and the, 74; acknowledge themselves subjects of France, 75; Father Millet, missionary among the, 112; number of the, capable of bear- ing arms in 1685, 196; M. de Vau- drueil leads an expedition against the, 334; and lays waste the settlements of the, 339; papers relating to the coun- try of the, 507; vindication of the conduct of the, previous to the burn- ing of the German Flatts, 520. Onondagas, numerical strength of the, at different periods, 12, 23, 27, 60, 196; papers relating to the first French settlement among the, 31; Father Le Moine's mission to the, 33; first adult baptism among the, 37; the French invited to settle among the, 41; dis- covery of the salt springs of the, 42; Jesuit missionaries proceed to the, 44; conspiracy of the, against the French, 45; surprize of the, on learn- ing of the withdrawal of the, 54; the council of the, assert their freedom, 114; negotiations between Father de Lamberville and the, 133, 136; the, persuade the Senecas to accept their mediation, 134; decline Gov. Dongan's belts, 137; papers relating to Count de Frontenac's expedition against the, 321; send intelligence to Albany of the march of the French against them, 384; details of Frontenac`s ex- pedition against the, 325.
Ontario Lake, 62; extent of, 63; dis- tance from Albany to, 197; early na- val operations on, 479, 481. Orange, list of the inhabitants, in 1693, of the county of, 317; population of, in 1698, 689; in 1703 and 12, 691; in 1723, 693; in 1731, 37, 694; in 1746,
Palatines, settlement of the, on the Mo- hawk river, burnt, 515; number of the, in 1718, 692.
Palmer, Judge, called to the Council,
189; sent by Gov. Dongan as agent to England, 255; his instructions, 257. Papers relating to the Iroquois, 2; to the first settlement at Onondaga, 31; to French expeditions against the Mohawks, 56; to the state of the pro- vince, 85, 88, 146, 405, 737; to De la Barre's expedition to the Black River country, 93; to de Denonville's inva- sion of the Genesee country, 191; to the invasion of New-York and the burning of Schenectady, 283; to Fron- tenac's expedition against the Onon- dagas, 321; to the population of Uls- ter, Orange, Dutchess and Albany and New-York counties, 279, 366, 368,
$49, 695; in 1756; 696; in 1771, 697. Oswegatchie River, the Abbé Picquet forms an establishment on the, 424; different names for the, 439. Oswego, description by Abbé Picquet of the fort at, 437; condition of, in 1725, 444; the French endeavor to persuade the Indians not to permit the English to settle at, 445; a stone wall built around fort, 447; garrison in 1742 at, 462; distance from Sche- nectady to, 448; M. de Beauharnois protests against the English erecting a fort at, 449; summoned by a French officer, 451; formalities observed on that occasion, 452; visited by M. de Chauvignerie,460; the Indian traders, in a panic, abandon, 469; the council approve of strengthening, 471; M. de Vaudreuil determines to reduce, 473; description of the forts at, ib.; M. de Louvigny makes a reconnoissance of, 475; the French Indians surround, 478; and attack some ship-carpenters near, 476; Lieut. Blair killed in the vicinity of, 477; names of the killed and missing at the fight near, 478; early naval operations before, 479; Col. Bradstreet defeats a French force above, 482; description of, in 1756, 487; journal of the siege of, 488 et seq.; articles of capitulation of, 495; return of stores captured at, 496; further par- ticulars of the capture of, 497 et seq.; names of the mechanics and sailors taken prisoners at, 505; description of the country between Albany and, 524; distance from Albany to, 530. Ottawas, confederacy of the, number of the, 28; first visit of the English to the, 157.
Oyer & Terminer, court of, erected, 147.
Oysterbay, officers of militia, in 1700, belonging to, 360,
370, 609; to the Susquehannah river, 391; to early settlement at Ogdens- burgh, 421; to Oswego, 443; to the Oneida and Mohawk country, 507; to French Seigniories on Lake Cham- plain, 535, 556; to the city of New- York, 593; to Long Island, 627; to the population of the province, 687; to revenue, &c., 699; to trade and manufactures, 709.
Pawling, Mr. Sheriff, at Esopus, 165. Pemaquid, 89, 90; recommended to be annexed to Boston, 150.
Penn, William, endeavors to acquire the lands on the Susquehanah river, 395 et seq..
Pennsylvania, evils arising from its be- ing independent of New-York, 154; the proposed boundary between New- York and, 155; evils arising from the
purchase of land on the Susquehannah by, 413, et seq. Picquet, Abbe, proceeds from Quebec to establish a mission among the Iro- quois, 423; selects a site at the mouth of the Oswegatchie river, 424; pro- poses a mode to render the upper part of the St. Lawrence navigable, 425; expense incurred for improvements by, 426, 432; biographical sketch of the, 428; leads an expedition against Saratoga, 428; burns fort Edward, 429, builds a fort, &c., at Oswegatchie, 431; establishes a form of government among the Indians, 433; visits the bay of Quinté, Toronto,'434; measures the height of the Falls of Niagara, 435; explores the Genesee river, 436; des- cribes fort Oswego, 437; distinguishes himself in the war of 1755, 438 and 439; withdraws from Canada and re- turns to France, 439; his death, ib.; plants a Cross at Oswego, on the reduction of that place by the French, 495.
Quarter Sessions in 1693, powers of the, 317.
Queens county, names of the sheriff, clerk and justices of, in 1693, 316; strength of the militia of, 318; names of the militia officers of, in 1700, 359;
Raffeix, Rev. Father, accompanies the French expedition against the Mo- hawks, 65, 71. Ragueneau, Father Paul, describes the expulsion of the French from Onon- daga, 49.
Ranslaer's Colonie, Albany declared to be within, 179.
Relation of the Governor of Canada's march into the territories of the Duke of York, 71.
Revenue officers in 1686, 165; papers relating to the provincial, 699, et seq.
Plan of La Presentation, 430; of Oswe- go, 449, 482, 487.
Poor, provision, for the maintenance of the, 92, 187. Population of the province of N. York, in 1678, 91, in 1687, 149; statistics of, from 1647 to 1774, 689 et seq. Powder, price of, in 1696, 338. Prerogative court, in 1693, officers and functions of the, 318. Presbyterians, 92, 186. Presentation la, the Abbé Picquet es- tablishes the mission of, on the Oswe- gatchie river, 424, 431; distance of, from Montreal, Kingston and Oswe- go, 425; post of, fortified, 426, 431; attacked and burnt, ib.; latitude and longitude of, 430; advantages of a post at, 431; number of Indians at, 432; the Bishop of Quebec visits, 433; names of maps in which mention is made of, 440.
Pretty, Mr., Sheriff of Albany, 179. Printer, allowance, in 1693, to the pub- lic, 314.
population of, in 1698, 689; in 1703, 691; in 1723, 693; in 1731, 37, 694; in 1746, '49, 695; in 1756, 696; in 1771, 697.
Quitrents, mode adopted by Gov. Don- gan to collect, 163; amount of, in 1767, 705; how expended, ib.
Richelieu, fort, by whom built, 59; river, 61; why so called, 63. Richmond county, names of the officers of, in 1693, 316; strength of the mi- litia of, 319; militia officers of. in 1700, 361; population of, in 1693, 689; in 1703 and 1712, 691; in 1723, 693; in 1731, 37, 694; in 1746, 49, 695; in 1756, 696; in 1771, 697. Ridings, number of, in 1678, 90. Rigolle, situation of la, 330. Religions, variety of, in New-York, in 1678, 91; in 1687, 186. Rome, early forts at, 510.
Rhode Island, annexation of, to New-Rum considered by Christians better for York recommended, 150.
Indians than Brandy, 227.
Saguinam, location of the country
lusion to his having built a fort above the Falls of Niagara, 243; his fort burnt by the Senecas, 244.
Salt Petre, none found in the Province of New-York, 90.
Salle, M. de la, sent back to France by M. de la Barre, 99; the Cayugas and Senecas demand that he withdraw from the Illinois country, 104; Louis Salt Springs, papers relating to the XIV. directs that he be left in pos- discovery of the, 31; encampment of session of Fort Frontenac, 107; dis- M. de Frontenac's army at the, 331. covery of a Great River by, 158; al-Santen, Lucas, collector of customs at
N. York, 165; charges against, 167; suspended from office and imprisoned, 170; Gov. Dongan's character of, 171; a defaulter, 172; sent back to Eng- land, 188.
Saratoga, some of the Five Nations es- tablished at, 156; settlement at de- stroyed, 429.
Schenectady, M. de Courcelles arrives with his army at, 72; accounts of the burning of, 297, et seq.; description of, in 1756, 529.
Schuyler, Peter, 253; Abram, 443. Scious, French canoes plundered on their way to trade with the, 104. Seabrook, Sir E. Andros resisted by the garrison of, 187.
Seigniories, French, on Lake Cham- plain, instructions to the government of New York not to make any grants within the, 537, 549, 553; order of the king in council relative to the, 550; council of New-York call on the owners of the, to produce their titles, 554; Lt. Gov. Cramahe communicates list of the, 555; list of papers relat- ing to the, 556; French ordinance re- uniting several of the, to the public domain, 558; report of the N. York council on the, 567; report of the Board of Trade on M. de Lotbinière's, 581,585.
Senecas, numerical strength of the, 13, 23, 61, 98, 196; sue for peace from the French, 67; unite with the Cayu- gas in plundering French canoes, 104, 109; account of M. de la Barre's ope- rations against the, 125; hide their grain and prepare for war, 131; the Duke of York's arms erected in the country of the, and torn down, 135; description of the forts of the, 141; surrender their country to the English, 215; an account of M. de Denonville's attack on the, 237; number of the, killed and wounded, 238; quantity of grain possessed by the, 239; verifica- tion of the French possession of the country of the, 242; M. de la Salle's fort burnt by the, 244; account of the French attack on the 245, et seq. Sessions, County, in 1668, 87; in 1678, 88; in 1687, 148.
Shaw, Wm., Surveyor of Customs in Albany, 179.
Sheriff, by whom appointed, 148; in 1693, of New-York, Albany, West- chester, 315; of Richmond, Ulster, Suffolk, Queens, 316; of Kings, 317: names of each in 1731, 694.
Ships, number of, trading to the Pro- vince in 1678, 91; in 1686, 160. Slaves, in 1678, prices of, 91; number of, imported into New-York, from 1701 to 1726, 707.
Snow shoes, the French march from the St. Lawrence to the Mohawk on, 65, 72. Southampton, names of the officers of militia of, in 1700, 358; of the inha- bitants of, in 1698, 665.
Southold, names of the militia officers of, in 1700, 358; of the inhabitants of, 669.
Stanwix, fort, boundary between the Whites and Indians agreed on at, 587. St. Francis' Lake, 62.
St. Lawrence river, 61; difficulties of the navigation of the, 62; Abbé Pic quet proposes to improve the rapids of the 425; Gov. Tryon claims for N. Y., all the lands south of the, 572. St. Louis, fort, on the river Richelieu, by whom built, 59, 64; in Illinois at- tacked by the Iroquois, 104, 107, 109. St. Marie of the Iroquois, where, 51. St. Therese, fort, when built, 59. Suffolk county, names of the civil of- ficers of, in 1693, 316; strength of the militia of, 318; names of the militia officers of, 357; population of, in 1698, 689; in 1703, 691; in 1723, 693; in 1731, 37, 694; in 1746, 49, 695; in 1756,696; in 1771, 697.
Superior, Lake, distance from Niagara to, 201; sample of the copper at, 241. Supreme court, justices of the, in 1893, 314; powers of the, 317. Susquehanna River, efforts made to en- gage New-York traders to move to the, 154; fall of the, recommended as line of division between New-York and Pennsylvania, 155; papers relating to the, 391; distance of the, from the different tribes of the Five Nations, 393; map of the, sent to New-York, 394; Wm Penn wants to purchase the, 395; belongs alone to the Cayugas and Onondagas, 396; price paid the lands on the, by the English, 397; the Onon- dagas and Cayugas confirm their con- veyance of their lands on the, to New-York, 400, 402, 405; address of the Governor and council of New- York in 1691, on the subject of the, 405; letter of Sir W. Johnson on the evils resulting from the purchase of lands on the, 412; evils produced by the Pennsylvania purchases on the, 413.
Toronto, French commander at, 220. Tobacco, the condemned, manufactured for the Indian trade, 153. Tonty, Chev. de. commander at Fort St. Louis, 200; despatched to the Illinois country, 220; proceeds in search of M. de la Salle, 221; his success among the Illinois, 240.
Tortoise tribe, Indian name of the, 1; why chief among the Iroquois, 3. Totums, enumeration of the several In- dian, 15.
Towns, number of the, in the Province in 1678, 90; in 1686, 160. Tracy, Marq. de, expedition of the, against the Mohawks, 56, 68; destroys their forts, 70; suffers from the gout on the march, 80; correspondence be- tween Gov. Nicolls and, 81; his testi- mony in favor of the Dutch of New-
Ulster county, list of the inhabitants of, in 1689, 279; names of the civil officers of, in 1693, 316; Dutchess an- nexed to, 317; strength of the mili- tia of, 319; names of the officers of
Vaillant, Rev. Father, 253.
Van Cortlant, Mr. on the burning of Schenectady, 311.
Vaudreuil, M. de, expedition of, against the Oneidas, 334; informs the minis- ter of the English movements at Os- wego, 472; describes a naval fight on Lake Ontario, 481.
Vessels captured at Oswego, return of the, 497.
York, 82; served in Germany, 83; vessel belonging to,seized by the Eng. lish, 84; Gov. Dongan alludes to the Trade, obstructions to, in 1686, 162; expedition of, 156. Tribes, Indian names of the several papers relating to, 709. Iroquois, 1, et seq.; illustration of the, TRYON, Gov., to Lord Hillsborough, 7, 9. claims for New-York all the lands north to the river St. Lawrence, 572; Lord Dartmouth to, reproving such a pretension, 573; letter of, to Lord Dartmouth, in support of his views, 574; Lord Dartmouth in reply to, 578; to Lt. Gov. Cramahe subscribing to certain conditions proposed by the council at Quebec, 580; report of, on the state of the Province, 737.
militia of, in 1700, 363; population of, in 1700, 1703, 1712 and 1714, 691; in in 1723, 693; in 1731, 37, 694; in 1746, '49, 695; in 1756, 696; in 1771, 697.
Viele, Arnaud Cornelis, sent by Col. Dongan to plant the Duke of York's arms in the several Iroquois villages, 114; meets with opposition at Onon- daga, 136, 137; supposed to be an emissary from the Albany merchants, 142.
Virginia, the Iroquois name for, 401.
Western New-York, first English set- Wheat, price of, in 1696, 338. tlement in, 443. Williams fort, location of, 509; aban- Wolf, Indian name of the tribe of the, 1. doned, 525. Wyoming, Indian name for, 414.
account of the arms of the erected in the Iroquois villages, 114; torn down by a drunken Indian, 135.
Outline Map, showing sites of Forts Bull and Williams,
Boundary Line between the Whites and Indians, 1768,. Sauthier's Map of the Province of New York in 1779,..
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