Margret Schuyler her heirs Executors ad^s or assigns in ye Space of a month after y® date hereof, then we whose names are hereunto Subscrib(Ml doe Promise Engage and oblige ourselfs joyntly and severally our heirs Exc" and ad"^* and every of y™ firmly by these p'sents to pay or cause to be paiil unto y« s'l Mis. Margret Schuyler her heirs Executors .administrators «&. asssigns y« s'* Somme of JEIS: -- w^ y® Interest of )« same at P' cento to be Reckond from y® 18 of January next. In witnesse whereof we have hereunto sett our hands in ..i.ll),xiiy )« day of Decembr 1689

Kc;-()lve<l yt Dirk albertse Bratt and hendrik gerritse be sent

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LIEUT. GOV. LEISLER. 137

[Translation.]

Albany 16th Deccmbr 1689 . The Albany Convention having received the following news it is sent from the Mohawk Sachems by post to Akus to be forwarded to us.

1. That 10 Nations of Twigh Twighs are coming to the 6 Nations to destroy them.

2. That two of the Indian prisoners who were sent to France liave returned back home, who say that Ambassadors must come to Canida.

3. That the Oonondages have sent for the Mohawk warriors and Sachems and that they must bring belts with them.

4. That the Mohawk prisoners were to France with the Cowherd who was taken prisoner at Onnondage.

5. That Cadarachqui is abandoned by the French.

Whereupon the gentlemen resolved to send Lawrence alias Jannetje the Indian to Onnondage to learn the truth hereof, and to forbid them in our name to send Ambassadors to Canida or to receive any according to our Treaty -- not to trust the French, and if they let them cheat them not to blame us : and to communicate the following news to them.