at Oswego, on the east side of In 1726, in order to prevent the river. the encroachments of the French, Governor Burnet erected old Fort Oswego, on the west side of the river. In 1755, Fort Ontario was constructed, on the east side of the river, under the direction of Governor Shirley. On the I4th of Auerected

gust,

1756, both these

forts,

with a garrisoaofi6oo men, and a large quantity of ammunition, were surrendered to the The forts French, under Montcalm. were returned to the English under the They were su/treaty of peace of 1763. rendered to the United States, by the British government, under the treaty

of 1794.

OF HUDSON'S RIPER.

grand council of the Six Nations, who were invited to assemble " to eat the flesh and drink the blood of a Bostonian ;" in other words, to feast on the occasion of a proposed treaty of alliance as a against the patriots, who were denominated Bostonians special appeal to the prejudices

of the Indians.

There was a

attendance at the council, but a large portion of the pretty sachems adhered faithfully to their covenant of neutrality, and full

it

was not

until the

British commissioners appealed to their

was overcome.

avarice that their sense of honor

The con

tract was closed by the distribution of scarlet clothes, beads, and

trinkets, in addition to which each warrior was presented a brass kettle, a suit of clothes, a gun, a tomahawk and a scalping knife,

a piece of gold, a quantity of ammunition, and a promise of a Brant was ac bounty upon every scalp he should bring in.