and are ten leagues from Orange (Albany) the second is Oneyoust (Oneida) which can furnish one hundred and fifty men at from 15 to 20 leagues from Annie the third is Onnontague which could bring out three hundred men, ('tis one hundred leagues from Montreal) the fourth is Goyoguoain (Cayuga) which could put two hundred men a-foot, at twelve leagues from Lake Ontario, and the Sonoutouans (Senecas) the fifth, who comprize, as it is reported, twelve hundred men bearing arms, ;

;

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at five leagues South of the Lake.

The Senecas being the strongest, are the most insolent.

The idea must not be entertained that this

Nation can ever be reduced except by being in a position to pounce on them

;

which cannot be done

without approaching them, occupying some posts where provisions can be placed for the troops who

be sent after them. To accomplish this sufficiently apropos without being perceived by the enemy, in consequence of the navigation of the river, which is full of Rapids and Cascades, impassable except by portages, independent of the distance herein consists all the care and difficulty.

will

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The post of Catarokuy appears to me the most advantageous, by placing it in a better state of defence than it is. It is at the entrance of Lake Ontario from the extremity of which the Senecas are distant only five or six leagues, in a beautiful country towards the South.

The position of this fort is sufficiently favorable to secure the barks against the storms and the atThe passage to be made through this lake is forty or fifty leagues before disembarking near the Senecas. The three barks at Catarokuy will be particularly useful in this enterprize by putting them in repair, for they