Brookland, officers of the militia of the town of, 231. Bruyas, Father, 87. Buildings at Niagara in 16SS, description of the, 169. Bull, instructions to Capt. Jonathan, on the burning of Schenectady, 189 account of the capture by the French, of Fort, 329, el. seq. Burk, Mr. Edm., opposes the French claims for land on Lake Champlain, 369 letter of, to the Sec. of the board, 372. Burnet, Gov., forms a settlement in Western NewYork, 2S9 informs the Board of Trade of his de;

;

;

sign to build a fort at

de Beauharnois, 295 Trade, 297.

Oswego, 291 ;

letter

of,

dy, papers relating to the, 177,

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to

Burning of the Onondaga village, 33

165.

itcs,

officers

in 1700, 229.

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replies to M.

the

Board of

of Schenectaof German

et seq.;

Flatts, 332, et seq.

Mayor of New- York, 112; member of Bushwyck,

Brockholles,

council, 118.

officers

of the

militia

of

the town of,

232.

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M. de, letter from, announcing that some Iroquois are to be shipped to the French galleys, 146 ; project for the reduction of Albany and NewYork by, 179; recommends the French court to obtain James the Second's approval of the design, 182 to be governor of New- York when reduced by the French, 185. Canada, enumeration of the Indian tribes connected with, 17, 24; account of the march into the Province of New- York of the Governor of, 50 the cold of, fatal to the French troops, 101 ; population of, in 1685, ib.; memoirs on, 123, 132; state of, in 16S7, 141 state of the British Province in 1743, with reference to, 301. Cannatchocari fort described, *340. Capitulation of Oswego, articles of, 319. Cayugas, numerical strength of the, 16, 21, 44, 123 ; date of the first mission to the, 44.