Jochem, ordered by Leisler to take possession of Fort Orange and to be commander thereof, 51, 145; Leisler's instructions to, 52; these commissions but little regarded at Albany, 59; ordered by the convention there to Saratoga, 89; notified by the convention that they will resist all Leisler's efibrts to change the government in Albany, 104; accompanies Jacob Milborne and party to Albany, 113; elected captain by the people, 122; tlie convention propose to appoint him captain, which he refuses, 124; remains in Albany with his company, 132; differences between a delegation from the convention and, 134; visits Schenectady, 135; calls on the convention to proclaim William and Mary, and demands if they acknowledge Leisler as lieut. gov., 147; the convention at Albany protest against, 150 ; ordered to keep 60 men always under his command at Fort Albany, 196.

Stage, the first public, to Western New York, 1142.

Stamp act riots said to be fomented by a few lawyers, 823.

Stanwix, treaty of Fort, ratified, 960, 974.

Staten Island, people of, afraid of a popish plot, 29.

Steam navigation, early, papers on, 1011, et seq.

Steuben county erected, 1135; the Rev. Mr. Gray moves into, 1136; first newspaper in, ib.; militia of, mills in, in 1799, 1152.

Stevens, John, petition of, for an exclusive right for his steam boat, 1102.

Suffolk county submits to Leisler, 248.

Sulphur spring in Western New-York, 1118, 1176.

Superior, Lake, copper mines on, 920.

Susquehannah river, the names of the several Indian settlements on the, 715; the course of the, 1159.