Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I

But a little after their being there a party of our Indians being out attacked a Castle of theirs, took 5 or 600 prisaners and brought them away to their own country, which when I heard of I ordered the Indians to deliver to Roseboom @ to one Major McGregory a Scots gent n (who went with 60 of the young men of Albany, and some of Albany Indians a Beaver trading to those further nations) as many of those prisoners as were willing to return home, the Gov of Canada hearing of their going that way sent 200 French @ 3 or 400 Indians to intercept them, has taken them Prisoners taken r

their goods from them

@ what they further design to do with them is not yet known.

And for this Government which is too poor of itself to help our Indians without adding Connecticut

@ East @ West Jersey in case the war continues without the assistance of our Neighbours @ some men out of Europe will be wholly impossible, for we are the least government @ the poorest @ yet are at the greatest charges @ we find this year that the Revenue is very much diminished for in other years we are used to Ship off for England 35 or 40,000 Beavers besides Peltry @ this year only 9000 and some hundreds peltry in all.

The Council to show their readiness to serve the King have passed two acts for raising l d P lb at New York, Isopus @ Albany, these three places being the only support of the Government @ l^ d on Long Island @ the rest of the Government who do not advance the Kings Revenue neither by r