30 of them saling going Northward

Boats empty and 3 loaded going to Ticondorogo

Boats again & Lay Concealed all Day being of 6th Currant. this Day near one hundred Boats Passed us Seaven of Which Came very [near] us and asked to land at the Point Where we lay but their officer went farther on & Landed about 25 Rods from us Where they Dined in our View But did not think it advisable to Attack them in the Situation we were in About 9 in ye Evening Set out again Passed ye fort at Crownpoint & went ten miles from it Down ye Lake & halled up ye Boats about brake of Day.

Supose part of those

July 7th about 10 in ye Morn. 30 Boats Passed towards Canda also a Light Schooner of about 35 or 40 tuns-Set out again in ye Evening & went 15 miles farther Down and seen the day before. went ashore about 1 oClock a. m. upon a Point on ye East Side of & Immediately Sent a party farther Down the Lake for Discovery. who Saw a Schooner at Anchor Some Distance from ye Shore about a mile from us And upon this Intelligence lightned our Boats & prepared to Board them but were prevented about 3 of ye Clock by two Lighters Coming up the Lake who we found intended to Land in ye Place Where we Were which Vessels we fired npon immediately and afterwards hailled them & offered them Quarters if they would Come ashore which they said they would Comply with but Instead thereof put off in their Boats to ye opposit Shore but we followed them in our Boats & Intercepted them & after taking them found twelve men three of which were killed & two wounded one of the wounded Could not March therefore put an end to him to Prevent Discovery-as soon as ye prisners were Secure we employed our Selves in Destroying & Sinking Vesels and Cargoes-Which was Chiefly Wheat & flour Rice Wine & Brandy excepting Some few Casks of Brandy & Wine which we hid in very secure Places with our Whale boats at Some Distance on ye opposite Shore the Prisners informed yt about five hundred men of which they were foremost, were on their Passage at about two Legs Distance which occasioned us to set forward on our Return ye Morning of the 8th Currant & persued our March till ye 12th Where we arrived on the West Side of Lake George about twenty five miles from Fort Wilm Henry & Sent Lieut Rogers to said fort for Battoes & Provisions to Carry us by water the 14th in ye evening ye Lieut Returned to us with thirty men and ten Battoes & ye 15th at two of the Clock we arrived safe With all my Party & Prisners at Fort Wilm Henry. ROBERT ROGERS.

from the forks to the Little falls Being the end of the Wood Creek

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from the Little falls to the Narrows in the Drowned Lands, where 2 hills are opposite one another

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from the Narrows to Tjondaroge where Lake St Sacrama falls into the River

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from Tjondaroge to Crown point

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XIII.

PAPERS

RELATING PRINCIPALLY TO THE

CONVERSION AND CIVILIZATION

OF THE

SIX NATIONS OF INDIANS,

INTERSPERSED WITH

Letters

ON OTHER SUBJECTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST.

1642-1776.

EARLY MISSIONARIES AMONG THE IROQUOIS

IN THE PROVINCE OF NEW YORK.

Jesuits.

PAUL RAGUENEAU. Arrived in Canada 28 June 1636; Superior from 1650 to 1653; sent to Onondaga 26 July 1657; left 20 March 1658; died at Paris 3 Sept. 1680.

ISAAC JOGUES born in France, 1607; arrived in Canada 24 July 1636; prisoner among the Mohawks from Aug. 1642 to Aug. 1643; sent a missionary to the same tribe in 1646 and killed, (at Caughnawaga as is supposed), 18 Oct. of the same year.

FRS. JOS: LEMERCIER. Arrived in Canada 20 July 1635; Superior from 1653 to 1656; sent to Onondaga May 17 of the latter year; remained there until 20 March 1658; died in the West Indies. FRS. DUPERRON. Arrived in Canada between 1636 and 1638; returned to France Aug. 23 1650;

came out a second time, was missionary at Onondaga from 1657 to 1658, and again returned to France 6 Sept. 1658; arrived for the third time in Canada June 30 1665, and died at Fort St Louis, Chambly the 10 Nov. following.

SIMON LE MOYNE. Arrived in Canada about 1638, when he was sent to the Hurons; sent to Onondaga 2 July 1654; arrived at the Mohawks 16 Sept 1655; remained there until 9 Nov. of same year; sent thither again in 1656; returned 5 Nov. same year; went to the Mohawks a third time 26 Aug. 1657, and returned to Quebec May 21 1658; sent to Onondaga 2 July 1661, returned to Quebec Sept 15, 1662; sent on 30 July 1663 to the Senecas, but remained at Montreal. Died at Cape de la Magdeleine in Canada 24 Nov. 1665.

FRANCOIS JOSEPH BRESSANI. A native of Rome; arrived in Canada in 1642 [1638?]; prisoner among the Mohawks from Ap'l 30, to 19 Aug. 1644; left for Europe Nov 2, 1650; died at Florence 9 Sept. 1672.

PIERRE JOSEPH MARY CHAUMONOT. Born near Chatillon sur Seine; entered at Rome in 1632; arrived in Canada 1 Aug 1639. Sent to Onondaga Sept 19, 1655, abandoned it March 20, 1658. Founded Lorette, and died at Quebec 21 February 1693.

JOSEPH ANTHONY PONCET. Arrived in Canada 1 Aug 1639; prisoner among the Iroquois from Aug 20 to Oct 3, 1652; started for Onondaga 28 Aug 1657, but recalled at Montreal; left Canada 18th Sept 1657; died at Martinique 18 June 1675.

RENE MENARD. Arrived in Canada July 8, 1640; was a missionary with Lemercier at Onondaga from 1656 to 1658, and afterwards among the Cayugas. Is said to have died in the woods near Lake Superior in Aug. 1661.

JULIEN GARNIER. Was born in 1643; arrived in Canada 27 Oct 1662; was ordained Ap'l 1666; sent to the Mohawks May 17, 1668; passed to Onondaga, thence to Seneca; on the mission until 1683. He appears to have been one of the Missionaries sent to the Cantons in 1702. silvis apud Iroquois." Catal. 1703.

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