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 1699, 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 mechanies 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, 151;
the proposed boundary between New-
York and, 155; evils arising from the

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 1693,
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.

Tariff of 1687, 163.

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, exp dition 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.

York, 82; served in Germany, 83;
vessel belonging to,seized by the Eng-
lish, 84; Gov. Dongan alludes to the
expedition of, 156.

Trade, obstructions to, in 1686, 162;
papers relating to, 709.

Tribes, Indian names of the several
Iroquois, 1, et seq. ; illustration of the,
7, 9.

TRYON, Gov., to Lord Hillsborough,
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.

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.

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-
tlement in, 443.

Wheat, price of, in 1696, 338.
Williams fort, location of, 509; aban-
doned, 525.

Wolf, Indian name of the tribe of the, 1.
Wyoming, Indian name for, 414.

account of the arms of the erected
in the Iroquois villages, 114; torn
down by a drunken Indian, 135.