This day, the last of July of the year One Thousand Six hundred and Eighty seven, We declare whom it may concern, in presence of Hector, Chevalier de Callieres, Governor of Montreal in

to all

the said Country

and Commandant of the Camp under our orders, and of Philippe Derigaud, Chevalier de Vaudreuil, Commanding the King's troops, being encamped with all the army at the post of

Niagara, returning from our expedition against the Seneca villages, that being come to the camp of

Niagara situate south of Lake Ontario west of the Senecas, twenty-five leagues above them, in the angle of land East of the

mouth of the River of the same name, which is the outlet of Lake

coming from Lakes Huron, Illinois, the Great Lake Superior and several others beyond the said Great Lake, to reiterate anew for, and in the name of the King, the taking Possession of the said Post of Niagara, several establishments having been formerly made there many years since by Erie,

the King's order, and especially

by Sieur De la Salle having spent several years two leagues above

the Great Fall of Niagara where he had a Bark built which navigated several years Lakes Erie,

Huron and Illinois, and of winch the stocks (les chantiers) are still to be seen. Moreover the said Sieur De la Salle having erected quarters (logemens) with settlers at the said Niagara in the year one thousand six hundred and Sixty Eight which quarters were burned Twelve years ago by the Senecas, which is one of the causes of discontent that with many others have obliged us to wage war against them, and as we considered that the houses we have thought fit to rebuild could not remain secure during the war, did we not provide for them, We have Resolved to construct a Fort there in which we have placed one hundred men of the King's troops to garrison the same under the command of Sieur de Troyes, one of the Veteran Captains of His Majesty's troops with a necessary