Slaves, in 1678, prices of, 61; number of, imported 117. into New-York, from 1701 to 1726, 482. Seigniories, French, on Lake Champlain, instruc- Snow shoes, the French march from the St. Lawtions to the government of New-York not to make rence to the Mohawk on, 46, 50. any grants within the, 348, 354, 356; order of the Southampton, names of the officers of militia of, in king in council relative to the, 355; council of 1700, 229 of the inhabitants of, in 1698, 437. New- York call on the owners of the, to produce Southold, names of the militia officers of, in 1700, their titles, 357 Lt. Gov. Cramahe communicates 229 of the inhabitants of, 447. list of the, 35S list of papers relating to the, 359 Stanwix, Fort, boundary between the whites and InFrench ordinance reuniting several of the, to the dians agreed on at, 379. Ships,

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INDEX.

St. Francis'

St.

Supreme court, justices of the, in 1693, 199; powers

Lake, 44.

Lawrence river, 44

difficulties of the

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navigation

of the, 202.

of the, ib.; Abbe Picquet proposes to improve the rapids of the, 278; Gov. Tryon claims for N. Y. all the lands south of the, 36S. St. Louis, Fort, on the river Richelieu, by whom built, 43 ; in Illinois attacked by the Iroquois, 70, 72,

Susquehanna river, efforts made to engage New- York traders to move to the, 99; fall of the, recommended as line of division between New- York and Pennsylvania, ib.; papers relating to the, 257 distance ;