And that the present Treaty, made on their part in ratification of the preceding, may be stable and known unto all, they have signed it with the separate and distinctive marks of their Tribes, after which what they solicited from the said Lord the King was granted to them in his name by Messire Alexandre de Prouville, Knight, Lord de Tracy member of the King's Councils, &c. (as above) in the presence and assisted by M. Daniel de Remy Siegneur de Courcelles, King's Councillor, &c, &c, and of M. Jean Talon also Councillor, &c. who have signed with the said Lord de Tracy and as especially to restore all the Frenchmen, Algonquins and

;

;

;

Witnesses, Francois le Mercier, Priest, Member and Superior of the Society of Jesus at Quebec and

Joseph Marie Chaumont likewise Priest and Member of the said Society, Interpreters of the Iroquois

and Huron languages.

Done at Quebec the 12 July, 1666.

FRENCH EXPEDITIONS AGAINST THE MOHAWKS.

ACTE OF POSSESSION BY SIEUR DU BOIS IN THE NAME OF THE KING (OF FRANCE) OF THE FORTS TAKEN FROM THE IROQUOIS. In the year 1666, the 17 th day of Octob., the King's troops commanded by Messire Alexander de Prouville Knight, Lord de Tracy Lieut. General of His Ma ties Naval armies both in the Islands and

Continent of South and North America as well by sea as by land, aided by Messire Daniel de Remy

Knight, Seigneur de Courcelles, Governor and Lieut. General for the King in New France, being drawn up in battle array before the Tort of Andaraque, Jean Baptiste du Bois Esq rs Sieur de Cocreaumont and de St. Morice, Commandant of the Artillery of the army, presented himself at the head of the army by order of Mons. Lord de Tracy and deputed by M.