Forts, description of the first on the Iroquois river, 43 of the Mohawk in the Province of New York in 1678, 60 in 1687, 96 built by the French, 158 between Oswego and Albany, in 1756, 338. Foundries in N. Y., 499. Flatlands, militia officers of the town of, 231 male Freight, price of, between Montreal and Fort Frontenac, in 1686, 127. adults in, in 1687, 431. Fletcher, Gov. Benjamin, brings the subject of Fremin, Rev. Mr., 65. Count de Frontenac's expedition before the Coun- French, names given by the, to the several Indian cil of N. York, 207; his report thereon to the tribes, 17; the, invited to settle at Onondaga, 33; retire from Onondaga, 39 the, take possession of the Committee of Trade, 216; fails in obtaining assistance from the neighbouring Colonies, ib.; report of Mohawk country, 53 canoes of the, plundered, 70, 73 number of the forces brought by the, from the his proceedings regarding the Indians at Albany, West, to aid M. de la Barre, 79 the, claim as far 217; establishes a Board at Albany for the manageas the Gulf of Mexico, 99 defeat of the, on the ment of Indian affairs, 218; his instructions to the Oswego river, 313; capture Oswego, 315; Seigsame, ib.; his letter to Mr. Blathwayte on the niories on Lake Champlain, 345. French invasion of the Onondaga Country, 220; a journal of his expedition to Albany to renew the Frontenac, M. de, instructions to, 183; account of his expedition against the Senecas, 205, et seq. treaty with the Five Nations, ib.; extract of his Furs, value of the, exported from 1717 to 1723, 481. speech to the Assembly of N. York, 226. ;