A. 1689 15 October The above is a coppy of my last to which I referre you since we have certaine news from new England that they have killed 50 Indians of their enimies & tooke six captives monks with the King* the English have lost S'l^men &2 Indians In the actions I had Intelligence of severall persons meeting in a papist house where I thought some of yOur fugitives might have been mongst them, made me resolve to send 25 souldiers wKo besett the house in the night but found non but the family & disarmed the man & brought him to me whom I released again upon his parroll to harbor no Jesuit nor to intertaine bigger company than tuo in his house, we hear from pensilvania that there is lately arryved a man of warr katch from England to Virginia, I desire if any newes worth will acquaint me with it, we expect tomorrow our committees to meet for to resolve to send some forces to Albany to secure them from the french next winter, our Indians doe daily gett spoile upon them the french prisoners reports that warre betwixt france & England is proclaimed at Canada, having for present no more to enlarge after my respects I remaine &ct.

*COL. BAYARD'S VINDICATION OF THE LEGALITY OF GOV. ANDROS' COMMISSIONS.

To Capti Abram De Peyster & Capn John De Bruyn commander of the two respective companies of the trained bands in New York to be communicated to the rest of the commissioned Officers --