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St. Lawrence river , 44; difficulties of the navigationof the, ib.; Abbe Picquet proposes to improve therapids of the, 278; Gov. Tryon claims for N. Y. all the lands south of the, 368.
St. Louis , Fort, on the river Richelieu, by whom built,43; in Illinois attacked by the Iroquois , 70, 72,73.
St. Marie of the Iroquois , where, 39.
St. Therese, Fort, when built, 43.
Suffolk county , names of the civil officers of, in 1693,201; strength of the militia of, 202 ; names of themilitia officers of, 229 ; population of, in 1698, 467;in 1703, 469; in 1723, 471; in 1731, ib.; in 1737,472; in 1746, ib.; in 1749, 473; in 1756, ib.; in1771, 474.
Superior , Lake , distance from Niagara to, 126; sam-ple of the coper at, 148.
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Tariff of 1687, 103.
Toronto , French commander at, 136.
Tobacco, the condemned, manufactured for the Indiantrade, 98.
Tonty, Chev. de, commander at Fort St. Louis, 125;despatched to the Illinois country, 136; proceedsin search of M. de la Salle, ib.; his success amongthe Illinois , 147.
Tortoise tribe, Indian name of the, 11.
Totums, enumeration of the several Indian, 17.
Towns, number of the, in the Province in 1678, 61;in 1686, 102.
Tracy, Marq. de, expedition of the, against the Mo hawks , 41; destroys their forts, 49; suffers fromthe gout on the march, 54; correspondence betweenGov. Nicolls and, 55; his testimony in favor of the
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Ulster county, list of the inhabitants of, in 1689, 171;names of the civil officers of, in 1693, 201; Dutch-ess annexed to, ib.; strength of the militia of, 203;names of the officers of militia of, in 1700, 233;
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Vaillant, Rev. Father, 155.
Van Cortlant, Mr., on the burning of Schenectady ,194.
Vaudreuil, M. de, expedition of, against the Oneidas,213; informs the minister of the English move-ments at Oswego , 305; describes a naval fight onLake Ontario , 311.
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Washington, Col., 272.
Westchester county , officers of, in 1693, 200; strengthof the militia of, 203; names of the militia officersof, in 1700. 233; population of, in 1698, 467; in1703 and ’12, 469; in 1723, 471; in 1731, ib.;in 1737,472; in 1746, ib.; in 1749,473; in 1756,ib.; in 1771, 474.
York, Duke of, applied to by the French ambassadorto prevent his governor supplying the Indians with
Supreme court, justices of the, in 1693, 199; powersof the, 202.
Susquehanna river , efforts made to engage New-York traders to move to the, 99; fall of the, recommend-ed as line of division between New-York and Penn sylvania , ib.; papers relating to the, 257 ; distanceof the, from the different tribes of the Five Nations ,259; map of the, sent to New-York , 260; Wm.Penn wants to purchase the, 261; belongs alone tothe Cayugas and Onondagas, ib.; price paid for thelands on the, by the English , 261 ; the Onondagasand Cayugas confirm their conveyance of their landson the, to New-York , 263, ’4, ’5; address of theGovernor and council of New-York in 1691, on thesubject of the, 267; letter of Sir W. Johnson onthe evils resulting from the purchase of lands onthe, 270; evils produced by the Pennsylvania pur-chases on the, 271.
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Dutch of New-York , ib.; served in Germany , 56;vessel belonging to, seized by the English , ib.;Gov. Dongan alludes to the expedition of, 100.
Trade, obstructions to, in 1686, 103; papers relatingto, 482.
Tribes, Indian names of the several Iroquois , 11, etseq.; illustration of the, 13, 14.
Tryon, Gov., to Lord Hillsborough, claims for New- York all the lands north of the river St. Lawrence ,36S; Lord Dartmouth to, reproving such a preten-sion, ib.; letter of, to Lord Dartmouth, in supportof his views, 369; Lord Dartmouth in reply to,371; to Lt. Gov. Cramahe, subscribing to certainconditions proposed by the Council at Quebec , 373;report of, on the state of the Province, 503.
population of, in 1700, 1703, 1713 and 1714, 469 ;in 1723, 471; in 1731, ib.; in 1737,472; in 1746,ib.; in 1749, 473; in 1756, ib.; in 1771, 474.
Vessels captured at Oswego , return of the, 320.
Viele, Arnaud Cornelis, sent by Col. Dongan to plantthe Duke of York’s arms in the several Iroquois villages, 76; meets with opposition at Onondaga,87; supposed to be an emissary from the Albany merchants, 91.
Virginia, the Iroquois name for, 264.
Western New-York, first English settlement in,289.
Wheat, price of, in 1696, 215.
Williams fort, location of, 329; abandoned, 338.
Wolf, Indian name of the tribe of the, 11.