ton, 97.

Penn, William, endeavors

to

acquire the lands

on

the Susquenannah river, 261, et seq. Pennsylvania, evils arising from its being independent of New- York, 99; the proposed boundary between New-York and, ib.; evils arising from the

purchase of land on the Susquehannah by, 270, el seq.

Picquet Abba, proceeds from Quebec to establish a mission among the Iroquois, 277 selects a site at proposes a the mouth of the Oswegatchie river, ib. ;

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mode to render the upper part of the St. Lawrence expense incurred for improvenavigable, 278 ments by, ib. ; biographical sketch of the, 280 ; leads an expedition against Saratoga, ib. ; burns fort Edward, ib. ; builds a fort, &c, at Oswegatchie, 282 establishes a form of government among the Indians, 283 ; visits the bay of Quinte, Toronto, ib. measures the height of the falls of Niagara, ib. ; explores the Genesee river, 284 ; describes fort Oswego, ib. ; distinguishes himself in the war withdraws from Canada and returns of 1755, 285 plants a cross at to France, 286 his death, ib. Oswego on the reduction of that place by the French, 319. Plan of La Presentation, 281 of Oswego, 292, 312, 315. Poor, provision for the maintenance of the, 62, 117. Population of the Province of N. York, in 1678, 61 statistics of, from 1647 to 1774, 467, in 1687, 96 ;

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Powder, price of, in 1696, 215. Prerogative court, in 1693, officers and functions of the, 202. Presbyterians, 62, 116. Presentation la, the Abbe" Picquet establishes the mission of, on the Oswegatchie river, 277, 282