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DENONVILLe’s EXPEDITION TO THE GENESEE COUNTRY AND NIAGARA.

Resolved that a penny in y e pound besides the former tax of a halfepenny in y e pound be raisedout of y e Estates of the ffrehold rs Inhabitants of Kings County queens County Dukes County Dutch -eses County Countys of Richmond Orange Suffolk & Westchester & one halfepenny in y c pound outof y e Estates of y c Inhabitants & ffreehold' 8 of y e Cittys & Countys of New York and Albany &County of Vlster and the mony be brought in to y c Kings Collector at y e Custome house on or be-fore y e first day of May next.

Ordered that two bills be Drawn up for the same Accordingly

Councill held at ffort James

Saturday August y 6 20 th 1687

The Bill for Raiseing a penny in y e pound out of y e Estates of y® lfreehold rs & Inhabitants of y°Kings Queens Dukes & Dutcheses Countys the Countys of Richmond Orange Westchester & Suffolk ,Read and approved Passed and Signed by y e Govern 1 & Councill

MR. SCHUYLER TO GOV. DONGAN.

[Lond. Doe. V. ]

2 Sept. 1687.

May it please your Excellency

Last night Anthy Lesjinard & Jean Rosie arrived here from Canada , have been twenty days uponthe way, have letters from [for 1] your Excell: have therefore dispatched Antho? with 2 Indiansdown, his compagnion being sick, could not goe—

The news your Excell: will hear of Anth 0 . nevertlielesse have thought fitt to eiAimine liis com-pagnion, who is an honest man, tells us these following news, of which your Excell: may discourseAnth 0 about at large—

1 That he heard of father Valiant that the French will not release our people, Except that yourExcell: will promise not to supply the Sinnokes with ammunition or any other assistance—

2 That Anth 0 told him he heard one of the Fathers say, if the Sinnekes got any of there peopleprisoners would exchange our people for them, man for man.

3 That they had now a great advantage of your Excell: and of the Indians also, having so manyof our people and of the Indians prisoners—

4 He heard the Jesuits say that Cryn and the rest of the Christian Indians, were no ways inclinedto engage in the war if the Maquas, Oneydes and Onnondages were concern’d, because their brethrensisters, uncles ants ettc were there; and therefore all means was used to engage said three nations tosit still, for he see 5 Onnondage Christian Indians dispatched with belts and presents to the Onnon-dages 26 days agoe, to persuade them not to warr—

5 The French were not minded to warr with any of the Indians, except the Sinnekes, and wouldmake a peace with them also if they would deliver to them 10 or 12 of the best Sachims children forhostage and then they would appoint them places where they should hunt: and so gett them whollyt° their disposition—

6 The Governour of Canida sent for all the Bosslopers that were at Ottowawa and ordered themto come only with their arms and meet him at Cadarachqua which they did, being about 300 menunder the command of three French Capt n » and left their Bevers in the Jesuits house at Dionondade,and so marched with the Governour of Canida to the Sinnekes, in the mean time a fortunate fyer