Revenue officers in 1686, 104 papers relating to the provincial, 475, et seq. Rhode Island, annexation of, to New York recom;

mended, 97. Richelieu, fort, by whom built, 43

;

river, 44 ;

why so

1756, ib. ; in 1771, 474. Ridings, number of, in 1678, 61. Rigolle, situation of, La, 211. Religions, variety of, in New York, in 1678, 61, 62 ; in 1687, 116. Rome, early forts at, 329. Rum considered by Christians better for Indians than brandy, 140.

called, 45.

S.

Saguinam, location of the country called, 132. Salle, M. de la, sent back to France by M. de la Barre, 67; the Cayugas and Senecas demand that he withdraw from the Illinois country, 70 Louis XIV. ;

he be left in possession of Fort Frontenac, 73 aldiscovery of a great river by, 101 lusion to his having built a fort on the Illinois river, and above the Falls of Niagara, 150 ; his fort burnt by the Senecas, ib. Salt Petre, none found in the Province of New York, directs that ;

;

;

61.

Salt Springs, papers relating to the discovery of the 27 ; encampment of M. de Frontenac's army at the

211. Santen, Lucas, collector of customs at N. York, 104 charges against, 106 suspended from office and imprisoned, 107 Gov. Dongan's character of, 108 ;

;

a defaulter, ib. ; sent back to England, 118.

public domain, 360; report of the New- York counreport of the Board of Trade on cil on the, 365 M. de Lotbiniere's, 373, 375. Senecas, numerical strength of the, 16, 21, 44, 66, sue for peace from the French, 47 ; unite with the Cayugas in plundering French canoes, ib., 70, 74 account of M. de la Barre's operations against the, 81 hide their grain and prepare for war, 85 the Duke of York's arms erected in the country of the, and torn down, 87 ; description of the forts of the, 90; surrender their country to the English, 100; an account of M. de Denonville's attack on the, 146; number of the killed and wounded, 147; quantity of grain possessed by the, ib.; verification of the French possession of the country of the, 149; M. de la Salle's fort burnt by the, 150 ; account of the French attack on the, 151, et seq. in 1678, 60 Sessions, County, in 1668, 59 in 1687, 95.