Tryon, 357; order of, noti- Cross, the, why selected as an Indian Totum, 20; fying claimants to land on Lake Champlain, under planted in the Mohawk country, 53; at Niagara, the French, to produce their titles, ib.; report of 169; at Oswego, 319. the, on French seigniories on Lake Champlain, Cumberland, population of the county of, in 1771, 365; minute of the Quebec, 372. 474. County courts, powers of, in 1693, 202. Customs, officers of the, in 1693, 199; produce of Courcelles, M. de, expedition of, against the Mohawks, the, from 1690 to 1795, 477.

D. Dablon, Father Claude, embarks

for

Onondaga, 35,

65.

Dartmouth, the Earl sions of

of,

discountenances the preten-

New- York to all Lands south of the

St.

Lawrence, 368, 371. Delancey, Mr. informing the Board of Trade of the burning of the German Flatts, 334. Delaware, the three lower counties on the, recommended to be annexed to New-York, 98; a fort

recommended to be built on the, 99. Denonville, M. de, succeeds M. de la Barre as Gov. of Canada, 92; letters of, to Gov. Dongan, 100, 129, 131, 159; instructions of the king to, 121 endeavors to gain over the Western tribes, 125 proposed means for a war against the Senecas, 126 recommends that New- York be purchased from the English, ib.; attempts to deceive Gov. Dongan, 129, 133; complains of French refugees being received at New-York; 130; charges Gov. Dongan with having caused the Indians to plunder the French, 131; and with entertaining bankrupts and thieves, ib.; memoir of, on the state of Canada, 132; designs to build a fort at Niagara, 135; difficulties in the way of, ib.; calls for regular troops, 137; informs the minister that Gov. Dongan has sent agents to winter among the Senecas, 138; with intention to proceed to Michilimakina, 139; further instructions from the French king to, 143; informs the French minister that Gov.