Beeren island, where, 57.
Bennet, Mr., recommended to Sir Wm. Johnson, 199;
notice of, 212.

Bennington, the town of, patented, 332; claimed to be
within the Prov. of N. Y., 333; names of the in-
habitants of the township of, 362; a military com-
pany established at, 463; Esq. Munro applies for
protection against the rioters at, 472; lenient mea-
sures towards them recommended, 473; armed or-
ganization of the people of, ib.; governor Tryon's let-
ter to the inhabitants of, ib.; names of the leaders of
the mob of, 475; order respecting the sufferers from
the mob of, 478; report of the council on the disor-
ders at, ib.; conditions offered by the government of
N. Y. to the people of, 481; a report of a public
meeting at, ib.; Gov. Tryon requires the inhabitants
of, to put certain families into re-possession of their
lands at Otter creek, 482; orders of the Gov. and
council of N. Y. respecting certain letters received
from, 483; further outrages committed by the mob
of, 485, 503; the people of, send an agent to London
to demand an alteration in the jurisdiction of the
Prov., 487; the mob of, destroy Col. Reid's settle-
ment on Otter creek, 510, 512; and Mr. Munro's pot
ashery, 511; a military force demanded to put down
the rioters at, 511, 518, 534; a man unmercifully
whipped by the mob of, 517; Lord Dartmouth dis-
approves of calling out the military against the rioters
at, 518; the people of Charlotte county demand pro-
tection against the mob of, ib.; the rioters of, erect
their judgment seat, 520, et seq.; Esq. Spencer's house
fired by the mob, 524; report to the N. Y. assembly
on the proceedings of the mob of, 525; erect fortifi-
cations on Otter creek and Onion river, 529, 534 ;
and declare those who accept commissions of the
peace, enemies of the country, 531; Rev. Benj.
Hough most cruelly whipped by the mob of, 540, et
seq.; Lt. Gov. Colden reports to Lord Dartmouth the
recent outrages committed by the rioters of, 550;
forts Ticonderoga and Crown Point seized by the mob
of, 553, (see Wallumschack.)
Benzel, Adolphus, notice of, 517.

Bible, not a gilt quarto, for sale in New-York, 249.
Billings, Capt. Roger, report of his scout to the nar-
rows of Lake Champlain, 177.
Birds of N. Netherland, 3, 78.
Bisset, Rev. John, 657.

Blanchard, Joseph, colonel of the N. Hampshire regi-
ment, 170.

Blok, Adriaen, discovers various parts of N. Nether-
land, 75.

Blom, Domine, at the massacre at the Esopus, 29; vis-
its the Manhattans, 45; returns to Esopus, 51.
Bloomingburg, Sullivan co., an account of a battle with
the Indians at, 48.

Boardman, Rev. Joseph, 205.
Board of Trade, extract of Gov. Wentworth's letter to
the, 340; Lt. Gov. Colden advises the, of the dis-
pute between N. Y. and N. Hampshire as to bounds,
348, 351; transmits Gov. Wentworth's proclamation
to the, and pronounces the New Hampshire grants to

have been made for purposes of jobbing and fraud,
354; report of the, containing a basis on which they
are of opinion the difficulties regarding the N. H.
grants can be settled, 435; plan of the, for the set-
tlement of the difficulties respecting the N. Hamp-
shire grants, 488; approved, 502; (see, Tryon.)
Bogardus, Rev. Mr., drowned, 70.
Boniface, Rev. Frs., 190.

Book of Common Prayer in the Mohawk language. (see,
Prayer Book.)

Boston, latitude and long. of, 114; the Scotch commis-
sioners at, propose to establish English schools among
the Indians, 202; people of, apprehensive that some
of them will be called to G. Britain by a lord chief
justice's warrant, 253.

Boswyck. (see, Bushwick.)
Boundaries of the Prov. of N. York, 111.
Bradley, R., attorney-general of the Prov. of N. York,
report on the eastern boundary of that province by,
334.
Bradstreet, Col., authorized to allow the Presbyterians
of Albany the use of the Forage house for divine
worship, 199.

Brainerd, Rev. John, 226.
Brant, Joseph, an account of his introduction to the
Rev. Dr. Wheelock's school, 197; Rev. Dr. Whee-
lock's character of, 207; Mr. C. J. Smith designs to
take, as an interpreter, to the Mohawk country, 208;
and to defray the expense of his education, 209; or-
dered to return home, 211; assists in translating part
of the New Testament into the Mohawk language, 314.
Brattleborough, declaration of the people at, of their
allegiance to N. York, 564; representation of, to the
N. Y. Prov. Congress, ib.; census of, 623.
Breakenbridge, James, sent by the people of Benning-
ton to London, to demand an alteration in the juris-
diction of the Prov. of N. Y., 487.
Breeden Raedt, extracts from the, 63.
Bressani, Rev. Frs. Jos., 189.
Breucklen. (see Brooklyn.)

Brief considerations on the subject of the independence
of Vermont, 562.

Brookland. (see Brooklyn.)
Brooklyn, the Indians of, called Merekewacks, 65; as-
sessment roll of, in 1675, 93; population of, in 1738,
120; names of the inhabitants of, in 1738, 128.
Brown, J. W., of Schenectady, some particulars of, 244.

Rev. Thomas, apologizes for not being able to
visit Fort Hunter, 196; notice of, ib.; acquaints Sir
Wm. Johnson of his intended visit to the Mohawk
castle, 221; determined to oppose the settlement of
Dr. Wheelock's teachers at Fort Hunter, 232; pro-
poses visiting Johnson hall, 233; accused of re-bap-
tizing children already christened by Presbyterian
ministers, ib.; invited to officiate at Great Barrington,
235.

Brownists, the, obliged to quit England, 84.
Brush, Crean, 392, 525, 544, 547.
Rev. Jacob, 657.

Bruyas, Rev. Jacques, 190.

Burton, Rev. Dr. Daniel, sec'y to the Soc. for Prop. the

gospel, biog. memoir of, 237; mentioned, 268, 292;
Sir Wm. Johnson acquaints, that he has engaged the
Rev. Mr. Mosely as minister of Johnstown, 299;
succeeded as sec'y by Dr. Hind, 301.
Bushwick, assessment roll of, in 1675, 91; population

C.

of, in 1738, 120; names of the inhabitants of, in 1738,
130.

Butterfield, Jonathan, one of Sir Wm. Johnson's scouts,
175.
Byles, Rev. Mather, 205.

Cadarakiu, the Oneida river falls into Lake, 112; Lake | Chamberlain, Rev. Theophilus, remonstrates with the
Erie and the western lakes communicate with Lake,

ib.; the French have a fort at, 156.

Calvin, Hezekiah, an Indian teacher, 232.

Calvinists in New Netherland, 15.

Rev. Mr. Brown for having rebaptized children al-
ready christened by Presbyterian missionaries, 233;
notice of the, 234; explains his motive for remon-
strating with the Rev. Mr. Brown, 235.

Cambridge, articles of Union agreed to at, 603; sub- Chambers, Capt. Thomas, wounded by the Indians, 29;

mission of the people of, to N. York, 605.

Campbell, Daniel, notice of, 263.

Canada, number of persons in 1738 capable of bearing
arms in, 155, 156; father Robault writes to Sir Wm.
Johnson on the necessity of the English retaining,
215; transmits to Gen. Amherst a code of civil laws
for, 216; the clergy of the R. C. church in, take great
pains to preserve the Indians in the faith, 283; the
British regulars ill use the inhabitants of, 567.
Canadesagay, 227. (see Kaunaudasage.)
Canajoharie, Rev. Mr. Hartwick's address to the Mo-
hawks of, 192; Rev. Mr. Oel, Episcopal minister at,
198; Rev. Mr. Lappius, minister at, 214; Philip
Jonathan, Indian schoolmaster at, 216; cost of the
Indian church at, 269; Rev. Mr. Hall declines com-
ing to, 299.

Canasedage, Rev. S. Kirtland's letter from, 227.
Candell, Rev. David P., 657.

Canestogo laid waste, 240.

Canniungaes, why the Mohawks were called, 270.
Cape Breton, Sir Peter Warren bequeaths his pay

due

by Massachusetts for the capture of, to the education
of Indian youth, 202.

Capital punishments, why Indians are averse to, 271.
Capito, Mattys, wife of, killed by the Indians, 31; sec-
retary at the Esopus, 45, 46, 50, 56; sheriff of Eso-
pus, 61.

Carelon, French camp at, 178.
Carheil, Rev. Etienne de, 190.

Carrying places in the province of New York, 112; that
at Niagara in the hands of the French, 156.
“Case, the, of the Episcopal churches considered," (see
Pamphlet.)

Cashiektunk, an Indian settlement on the Fishkill, 114.
Castor, what, 78.

Catholics in N. Netherland, 15.

Cattle, prices of, in N. Netherland, and in N. Eng., 24;
terms on which settlers obtained, 26; domestic, in N.
Netherland, 77.

Caugnawaga, father Jogues killed, it is supposed, at, 14.
Cayugas, strength of the, in 1770, 268; the symbol of
the, 271.

Census of the five Dutch towns on L. I., 89; of the
province of New York ordered to be taken, 108; of
the several counties of the Prov. of N. Y., 118, et seq.,
432.

Center, a Mohawk youth, sent to Dr. Wheelock to be
educated, returns home and dies, 197.

magistrate of Esopus, 30; the Indians kill a negr◊)
belonging to, 31; supplies horses to the expedition
against the Indians, 47; returns from a visit to Fort
Orange, 54; mentioned, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62.
Chambly, in 1738, description of, 156.
Champlain, Col., throws down a church and builds a
tavern on its site, 302.

Champlain lake, 112; the French erect a fort near the
south end of, 114; called by the English, Corlaer's
lake, 156; the French fort at Crown Point on, de-
scribed, ib.; journals of scouts around, 167, et seq. ;
a petition for the erection of a new county on the east
side of, 358.

Chandler, Rev. Dr., the appeal of, approved by several
bishops, 258; about publishing a vindication of his
appeal, ib.

Charles, Robert, agent of the province of New York,
340.

Charlotte county, lord Dunmore offers to erect the pub-
lic buildings of, 469; petitions to have Socialborough
declared the capital of, 470; petitions that Skenes-
boro' be the chief town of, 496; courts of common
pleas and general sessions established for, 512; peti-
tions of several inhabitants of, for a military force to
protect them against the Bennington rioters, 518; ap-
plies for the privilege of electing a representative to
the assembly, 536.

Charlton, Rev. Mr., 657.
Chatham, population of, 471.
Chaumonot, Rev. Pierre M., 189.
Chauncy, Rev. Dr., 198, 202.

Chief Justice of New York, how appointed, 116.
Chittenden, Gov. Thos., promises of, to the people of
Cumberland co., 588; answers of, to the queries of
congress, 589.

Church, Col. Timothy, petitions the legislature of N.
Y. in behalf of the Vermont sufferers, 609.
Church of England, outcry in Pennsylvania against the
bishops and the, 240; on a respectable footing in N.
York, 254; clergy of the, in the state of N. Y. un-
compromising in their loyalty during the revolutionary
struggle, 315; township granted by the Prov. of N.
Y. to the clergy of the, 375.

, the, in New Amsterdam, 15, 639.
Clarke, Lt. Gov., lays certain queries before the council,
107; remarks on the constitution of the province of
N. York, by, 116.

for the settlement of the township belonging to, 466; | Cooper, Rev. Myles, 260; visits Fort Johnson, why, 266;
charter of, signed, 635.

Colonies, information for the planting of, in New Nether-
land, 19; title of a rare political pamphlet on the,
(see Pamphlet.)

Colvin, Oliver, banished from Vermont for being an old
Yorker, 576.

Common Prayer, Book of, in the Mohawk language,
(see Prayer Book.)
Communipaw, 59.

Congress, the Continental, the people of the N. H.
grants send in their adhesion to, 555; some members
of, consulted on the subject of forming the N. H.
grants into a new state, ib.; reported to have autho-
rized Col. Warner and others to raise a regiment in-
dependent of N. Y., 556; the resolutions of, discoun-
tenancing the projects of Vermont to be independent
of New York, 568; are ordered by the N. Y. com.
of safety to be distributed through the eastern part of
the state, 569; Capt. Clay arrested for circulating
the resolutions of, 570; resolves to send a committee
to the inhabitants of the N. H. grants to inquire why
they refuse to continue citizens of the respective states
which heretofore exercised jurisdiction over them, 583;
instructions of, to the committee sent to the N. H.
grants, 587; letter of the committee of, to the com-
mittee of Cumberland co., 588; Gov. Chittenden's
answers to the committee of, 589; resolutions of, re-
commending the states of New Hampshire, Massachu-
setts and New-York to pass laws authorizing congress
to hear and determine all differences between them
relative to their respective boundaries, 596; notes of
the proceedings of the first, 647, et seq.
Connecticut, why the west bounds of the Prov. of, ap-
proach so near Hudson river, 333, 334.

river, called by the Dutch, the Fresh river, 3;
Lt. Gov. Colden claims the, to be the east bounds of
the Prov. of N. York, 346; the western banks of,
declared by the king in council to be the boundary
between the provinces of New-York and New Hamp-
shire, 355; petitions for the erection of sundry new
counties on the west side of, 358, 359, 360; report
of the committee of the council of N. Y. on the said
petitions, 361; number of men fit to bear arms on
the west side of the, and within the province of N.
York, 363; persons having valid deeds under New
Hampshire not to be disturbed in the grants on the
west side of, 365; not two hundred and fifty souls
settled on the west side of, 371; cost of a township
on, ib.; petition praying for the confirmation by New
York of certain N. Hampshire grants on the west side
of, 409; the head waters of, explored, 439; New-
York reiterates its right to the lands west of the,
456.

Connoquaga, 201.

Connor, James, report of his scout on Lake George,
178; joins another scouting party, 180.
Connosomothdian, 200; a place between Connequaga
and Tuscarora castle, 201.
Constable, Dr., of Schenectady, 305.
Cooper, Rev. Ezekiel, 657.

highly esteemed by Sir Wm. Johnson, 267; letter
from Sir Wm. to, respecting Rev. Mr. Griffith, 275;
sails to England, 291, 294; Col. Henry Babcock's
letter to, proposing to take holy orders and to estab-
lish an Episcopal seminary among the Six Nations,
302.

Corlaer's Hook, attack on the Indians at, 7, 66.
Corlaer's Lake, called by the French, Lake Champlain,
156.

Coroners of the Prov. of New York, whence commis-
sioned, 116.

Corsen, Arent, sent by Kieft to Holland with specimens
of the minerals of New Netherland, 75; drowned, 76.
COSBY, Gov., dies almost universally detested, 158.
Couwenhoven, Lt. (see, Van Couwenhoven.)
Cowass, a murder committed between upper and lower,
360.

Cows, price of, in N. Netherland, 32; in N. Eng., 24.
Cranz, David, author of the history of Greenland, 237.
Crea, Rev. John, 657.

Creation, the Indian's ideas of the, 83.
Croghan, Geo., introduces Rev. Wm. Andrews to Sir
Wm. Johnson, 263; some notice of, ib.
Cromme-see Vly, in the city of New York, 650.
Crops, rotation of, in N. Netherland, 23.
Crown Point, latitude and longitude of, 114; the French
fort at, 156; description of, ib.; a party sent to recon-
noitre the French fort at, 169; distance of, from the
lower end of Lake George, ib.; reports of scouts to,
175, 180, 182, 183, 184; table of the distances from
Albany to, 185; reduced by the English, 345; names
of the inhabitants of the district of, 497; entirely
demolished, 512; captured by the Green Mountain
boys, 553.

Cruger, Mr., chosen speaker of New York assembly, 257.
Cumberland county, ordinance establishing courts in,
364; names of the civil officers appointed for, ib.;
Gov. Moore encourages the culture of potash, and
hemp, and at his own expense erects a church in, 368;
act erecting, disallowed, 375; list of the judges, &c.,
appointed for, 377; officers of, obstructed in the per-
formance of their duty, 392, 394, 397, et seq., (see
Grout, John,) petition in opposition to one praying
for the re-annexation of, to N. H., 406; petition
against being annexed to New Hampshire, transmit-
ted by Gov. Dunmore to Lord Hillsboro, 414; cen-
sus of, 432; an account of a riot in, 461; civil offi-
cers for, 471; the people of, demand the privilege of
electing a representative to the assembly of N. Y.,
495; the inhabitants of, demand that the several town-
ships held by them under N. Hampshire be confirmed
under the great seal of N. Y., 498; particulars of
another riot in, 544; the civil officers of, petition the
gov't of N. Y. for the payment of sundry expenses
incurred in the public service, 552; with Gloucester
proposed to form a new state, 555; the several towns
of, invited to declare whether they wish to revolt from
N. York, ib.; the inhabitants of, submitted to the
jurisdiction of N. Y. until the commencement of the
revolution, 558; the greater part of the people of, who

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