Ogdensburgh, papers relating to an early French first French settlement among the, 27; Father Le settlement at, 275. (See, Presentation.) Moine's mission to the, 29; first adult baptism Oneagorah, Oneigra, Onyegra. (See Niagara.) among the, 31; the French invited to settle among Oneida, strength of the, in 1677, 15; in the year the, 33; discovery of the salt springs of the, 34; 1736, 21; in 1763, 24; speech of a chief of the, Jesuit missionaries proceed to the, 35; conspiracy 33; number of the, in 1661, 44; sue for peace from of the, against the French, ib.; surprise of the, on the French, 4V; treaty between the French and learning of the withdrawal of the, 40; the council the, 51; acknowledge themselves subjects of France, of the, assert their freedom, 76; negotiations be52; Father Milet, missionary among the, 74; numtween Father de Lamberville and the, 86, 88; the, ber of the, capable of bearing arms in 16S5, 123; pursuade the Senecas to accept their mediation, 87; M. de Vaudrueil leads an expedition against the, decline Gov. Dongan's belts, 88; papers relating to 213; and lays waste the settlements of the, 216; Count de Frontenac's expedition against the, 205; papers relating to the country of the, 205; vindisend intelligence to Albany of the march of the

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abandon, 304; the council approve of strengthening, 305; M. de Vaudreuil determines to reduce, expedition against the, 208. 306; description of the fort at, ib.; M. de LouvigOntario Lake, 44; extent of, 45; distance from Albany makes a reconnoissance of, 308; the French ny to, 123; early naval operations on, 310, 311. Indians snrround, 309; and attack some ship carOrange, number of the inhabitants in 1693, of the penters near, ib.; Lieut. Blair killed in the vicinity county of, 201; in 1702, 239; population of, in 1698,' 467; in 1703 and '12, 469; in 1723, 471; of, ib.; names of the killed and missing at the fight near, ib.; early naval operations before, 310; Col. in 1731, ib.; in 1737, 472; in 1746, ib.; in 1749, Bradstreet defeats a French force above, 312; de473; in 1756, ib.; in 1771, 474. scription of in 1756, 315; journal of the seige of, Oswegatchie River, the Abbe Picquet forms an estabib., et seq.; articles of capitulation of, 319 lishment on the, 278; different names for the, 286. return of stores captured at, 320; further particulars of Oswego, description by Abbe Picquet of the fort at, the capture of, 321, et seq.; names of the mechanics 2S4: condition of, in 1725, 290; the French enand sailors taken prisoners at, 326; description of deavor to persuade the Indians not to permit the the country between Albany and, 338; distance English to settle at, ib.; a stone wall built around from Albany to, 341. fort, 291; distance from Schenectady to, ib.; M. de Beauharnois protests against the English erecting Ottawas, confederacy of the, number of the, 25; first visit of the English to the, 100. a fort at, 292; summoned by a French officer, 294; Terminer, court of, erected, 95. formalities observed on that occasion, ib.* visited Oyer by M. de Chauvignerie, 304; garrison at, in 727, Ovsterbay, officers of militia, in 1700, belonging to, '231. 291; in 1742, 301; the Indian traders, in a panic,