& Refractory) and y* he had much adoe to Escape they being very numerous.

They fyred severall

times at him at last throw his Thigh and wounded his horse and was come over Canatagione 1 to bring y e news.

The allarm being given all People Repared to there Post y e fort fyred severall gunns to give y e alarm to y e farmers but few heard there being such an Extream Snow above Knee Deep Severall e y

Now Niskayuna.

:

INVASION OF NEW-YORK AND BURNING OF SCHENECTADY.

People haveing Escaped y e Cruelty of y e french and there Indians came Running here & told us y e Village was a fyre and y l they had much adoe to Escape for all y e streets were full of french and Indians, & y* many People were murthered and y l y e enemy were marching hither which news was Letters were sent forthwith to Sopus for y e assistance of a hundred men an Expresse sent to Skachkook but by reason of y e highwater deep snow & yse could

Continually Confirmed

till

afternoon

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not Proceed, notice was given to all y e farmers of Kinderhook Claverak & ca of y e sad news, Some horse men sent out to Discover y e Enemies force and there march but were forced to Return y e snow

being so Deep yet some were sent out again who got thither, Laurence y e Indian with y e Maquase y* were in Town were sent out also to Skinnechtady to Dispatch posts to y e Maquase Castles for all e y Indians to come doune, but unhappily sa d Indians comeing to Skinnechtady were soe much amazed to see so many People murthered and Destroyed that they omitted y e sending up to y e Maquase Castles