Dongan to the Far 43, 46S French expeditions against the, 4] et seq.; some French officers murdered by the, 47 verifiIndians, 100 taken prisoner by the French, 158 233.

Militia,

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detained at Montreal, 161

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measures for the release of, ders from France, 166.

the Council propose 162 ; liberated by or-

Mercer, Col., appointed to the 2d American Regiment, 319 killed at Oswego, ib. Meulles, M. de, report against M. de la Barre, 79. Miamis, numerical strength of the, 25 attack the

cation of the French conquest of the country of the, 53 the English flag planted in the villages of the, 67 ; map of the land on the south side of the river, 274 ; topographical description of the valley of the, ;

338; Moore, Gov., on the French grants on Lake Champlain, 353, 356 instructions to, not to make any grants of Land within the French Seigniories, Iroquois, 134. north of Crown Point, 356; report of, on the manuMichilimakinak, the English visit, 133 Gov. Donfactures in N. Y., 498. gan despotches an expedition to, 138; Indians ar;

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INDEX.

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Names of the Iroquois tribes, 11; and towns, 15, et

179; number of tbe houses and adults in, in 1689, 181 proposed disposition of the people of, and their property when conquered by the French, 183, et seq.; officers of the corporation of, 1693, 200; militia of the prov. of, in 1693, 203; names of the militia officers of the prov. of, 229; address of the Gov. and Council on the state of the prov. of, in 1691, 267; city of, in 1691, ib.; first settlement of the English in Western, 2S9; papers relating to the city of, 383; Nichol's charter for the city of, 389; Benck's and Evertsen's charter, 3D0; Colve's charter, 392; census of the city of, in 1703, 395; Dutch Ministers of, 1758, 406; tables of population of the prov. of, 465 ; population of, in 1647, 1673 and 1712,467; in 1723,471; in 1731, ib.; and 1737, 472; in 1746, ib.; and 1749, 473; in 1756, ib.; in 4771 and 1744, 474; revenue, &c, of the prov. of, 475 trade and manufactures of, 483 Gov.