Oswego, remonstrance of the traders to, 561 ; rumor of an army coming to destroy, 621; a French army passes, 625; the English excuse for selling rum at, 640; Sir Wm. Johnson anticipates the loss of, 715; a road to be cut to, 729; consequence of the loss of, 733. ^

Otisco lake, 118W

Otter creek, scouts sent to 203.

Owasco Lake, 1187.

Ox cart, price of an, in western New- York, in 1799, 1151.

Dyer and terminer, a court of, ordered, 61, 62; suspended for Kings county, 307.

Oysterbay, rate lists of, 528.

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Paepskanee, a fort to be erected at, 90.

Painted post, the village of, 1159.

Pamphlets, on the Leisler troubles, 424; on early steam navigation, 1011, 1039; on the Genesee country, 1169.

Papers relating to Lt. Gov. Leisler's administration, 1 ; to Long Island, 439; to western New-York, 1103.

Papists, all reputed, ordered to be arrested, 71.

Pawnee prisoners, the, usually sold by the western tribes, 984.

Pay of men employed against the French, in 1748, 620.

Pell, John, gunpowder of, ordered to be seized, 68.

Penn, Thos., report on certain proposals from, 704.

Ppnnsylvania,Indianhostilitiesagainst, ascribed by Sir W. Johnson to the land purchases of, 736 ; answer of the

Prop, of, that charge, 738; remarks of Sir. W. Johnson on the answer of the Propr. of, 748; of Mr. Croghan on the observations of the proprietorsof, 756; petition of Ben j. Franklin, to the King, on behalf of, 770; report of the board of trade on the petition of the agent of, 772; order in council on the petition of the agent of, 789; divisional line west of the Allegany mountains to be run between Maryland and, 853 ; petition of Henry Voight to the Assembly of, 1082.