New Yorke is the Metropolis, is scituate upon a barren island bounded by Hudson's River and the East River that runs into the Sound, and hath nothing to support it but trade, which chiefly flows

from flower and bread they make of the Corne the West end of Long Island and Zopus produceth which is sent to the West Indies, and there is brought in returne from thence amongst other things a liquor called Rumm, the duty whereof considerably encreaseth your Majesties revenue.

Zopus is a place upon Hudson's River, 80 miles distant from New Yorke ;

consists of five small

PAPERS RELATING TO THE SUSQTJEHANNAH RIVER.

above 3000 acres of manureable land all towns whose inhabitants manage husbandry and have not cultivated. be the rest being hills and mountains, not possible to 144 miles, only settled for Indian trade ; Albany lyes upon the same River distant from NewYorke Sinnekes Country in winch is the itself as far as the Lakes of Canada and the ;

its

commerce extends

traffick with the 5 Nations called Sinnekes Susqaebannah River their chiefe dependance is upon their in the time of the Dutch[did surrender Indians which Maquase; Cayeugoes Oneydes Onondages and and upon that place's reduccon Albany, of protec6n themselves and their lands to the obedience & the same successively to all the confirming they continued to your Majesties Crowne of England confirmed the same unto your Majesty ; so Governours of this Province, and hath now ratifyed and extent of the Sinnekes Country unto Albany hath that all that tiact of land from the Westermost the Inhabitants of Albany, upwards of fourty unto belong absolutely and did ;