INDEX.

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proceedings of Sir Wm. Johnson at, 423, 549; in1792, 643 ; lake, 691.

Ontario , the county of, description of the lands in, 646 ;population of, in 1791 and 1793, 649,659 ; erected,657 ; rivers of, ib; distance from divers points to, ib;description of, in 1792, 658; divided, 660 ; estima-ted population of, in 1790, 669; militia of, in 1799,670; number of grist and saw mills in, ib ; extentof Lake , 685.

Onuhhuhquaugeh, or Broome Co. Indians, ask that rummay not be brought amongst them by the traders,366.

Oquaga (see, Onakuhquageh.)

Order to Kings county to raise men for Albany , 41;for a draft of every tenth man, 42; issued by Leisler ’scommissioners, 107 ; in council to enquire into certaincomplaints of the Delaware Indians, 458.

Qswegatchie, the French draw half the Onondaga tribeto, 355; a great many Indians gone to, 363 ; theexcuse of the Indians for going to, 372.

Oswego , remonstrance of the traders to, 327; rumorof an army coming to destroy, 362 ; a French armypasses, 365 ; the English excuse for selling rum at,373 ; Sir Wm. Johnson anticipates the loss of, 416 ;a road to be cut to, 424 ; consequence of the loss of,427.

Otisco lake, 691.

Otter creek, scouts sent to, 113.

Owasco Lake, 691.

Ox cart, price of an, in Western New-York, in 1799,669.'

Oyer and terminer, a court of, ordered, 36; suspendedfor Kings county , 173.

Oysterbay, rate lists of 254, 306.

Paepskanee, a fort to be erected at, 51.

Painted Post, the village of, 673.

Pamphlets, on the Leisler troubles, 243; on early steamnavigation, 585, 603; on the Genesee country, 656,68°.

Papers relating to Lt. Gov. Leisler ’s administration, 1;to Long Island , 251; to Western New-York, 641.

Papists, all reputed, ordered to be arrested, 41.

Patcook, 51.

Pawnee prisoners, the, usually sold by the westerntribes, 570.

Pay of men employed against the French , in 1748, 361.

Pell, John, gunpowder of, ordered to be seized, 39.

Penn, Thos., report on certain proposals from, 410.

Pennsylvania , Indian hostilities against, ascribed by SirW. Johnson to the land purchases of, 428; answerof the Propr. of, to that charge, 429 ; remarks of SirW. Johnson on the answer of the Propr. of, 435 ; ofMr. Croghan on the observations of the proprietorsof, 439; petition of Benj. Franklin, to the King, onbehalf of, 447 ; report of the board of trade on thepetition of the agent of, 449; order in council onthe petition of the agent of, 458 ; divisional line westof the Allegany mountains to be run between Mary­ land and, 496 ; petition of Henry Voight to the As-sembly of, 628.

Perret, Kev. Mr., threatened by Leisler , 247.

Peters, Rev. Mr., thanks voted to, for his sermon, 328.

Petitions of N. Bayard to Leisler , 37; of Christ. Goff<to Leisler , 155 ; of Leisler and his council to Gov. Sloughter , 203; of Peter de Milt to Gov. S., 208 ;of Gerrardus Beckman and Magdaline Beekman toGov. S., 209; of Gab. Minvielle to Gov. S., 210;of Jos. Sacket to Gov. S,, 212 ; of Leisler and Mil-borne for a reprieve, 213 ; of the widow Leisler toLt. Gov. Ingoldesby, 224 ; of John Jeronison etal. to Ingoldesby, 225 ; of Thos. Statham of West­ chester to Gov. Fletcher, 234; the members ofLeisler ’s council to Gov. Fletcher, 235 ; of P. dela Noy to Gov. Fletcher, 237 ; of Jacob Maurits tothe Earl of Bellamont, 238 ; of I. Provost to thegame- 239 ; of Jacob Lcislcr’s son to the King, 240;

of B. Franklin to the King, 447 ; of John Fitch ,628, 631, 635; of Jas. Rumsey, 608, 632, 634,636.

Phelps and Gorham, Messrs., purchase lands in West-ern New-York, 646, 657, 682 ; sell part thereof toRobt. Morris, 65®.

Philadelphia , people of, declare it to be contrary totheir principles to fight, 20.

Philips, Phil., appointed to the command of a vesselagainst the French , 154.

Phipps, Sir Wm., victory gained by, at Port Royal,146.

Pitt, fort, attack on traders to, 551.

Plan of a union of the several colonies of North Amer­ ica , 357.

Pleasant Valley settled, 660.

Plowman, Matthew, ordered arrested, 26, 43 ; escapes101 ; property of, to be sequestrated, 105.

Pomponick, a fort ordered to be erected at, 51.

Pope, the, burnt in effigy m New-York, 25.

Population in the year 1770, of the country betweenRensselaer’s and Livingston’s manors, 559 ; in 1791,between Cayuga and Seneca lakes, 647; of the coun-ty of Ontario in 1790, 648 ; in 1793, ib ; of theseveral towns in the Genesee Country, 649; of theGenesee Country in 1791, 652; in 1804, 687; ofthe counties of Cayuga, Seneca, and Onondaga, in1804, 691.

Port Royal taken by the English , 146.

Post, a weekly, to the Genesee Country established,604.

Pownall, Thos., submits to the Congress at Albany certain considerations towards a general plan ofmeasures for the Eng . Prov., 360; returns to Eng-land, 378 ; encloses an order to Sir W. Johnson toenquire into the complaints of the Delawares againstPennsylvania , 459.

Powtawatama village, where, 500-

Pretty, Richd., reports the disaffection prevailing inAlbany against Leisler , 35.

Prideaux, Brig. Gen., accompanied in his expeditionagainst Niagara by Sir Wm. Johnson, 457.