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Historical Magazine, The, 352.
Historical Sketch (of the Presbyte- rian Church of Glen's Falls), by the Rev. A. J. Fennel, 208, 213, 214.
Hoffman's (Charles Fenno), Vigil of Faith, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35,
Hoskin's History of Vermont, 476. Hough, Dr. F. B., 481.
Hough's Northern Invasion, 121, 470, 476, 477, 479, 481, 482, 491.
Hough's History of St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties, 25, 27, 31, 32, 34, 274, 275, 447.
Howell, George R., Assist. State Librarian, 223.
Hoyt's Antiquarian researches, 29, 31, 296, 299, 313. Insurance Age, The, 172.
Irving, Washington, 33.
Johnson's Reports, 353.
Josselyn, an early writer, 25.
Journal of the Legislative Council of New York, 387.
Journal of the New York Provincial Congress, 448, 463, 464.
Kellogg's Historical Discourse (con- cerning Whitehall), 337.
Authorities referred to in this work -
Kip's Early Jesuit Miss., 24, 29, 315. Knox's Historical Journal, 178, 279, 318, 337, 342.
Laws, Session, of New York, The, 33, 34.
Lossing, Benson J., Field Book of the Revolution, 337, 453. Life and Times of Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler, 276, 280, 321, 405, 413, 417, 418, 420, 436, 443, 453, 463.
The Hudson from its sources to the sea, 26, 28, 31, 33, 352. Loudon's New York Packet and American Advertiser, 491.
Macauley James, the Historian, 30. Macauley's History of New York, 25, 27, 347.
Magazine, The Knickerbocker, 404. Memoirs, of an American Lady (Mrs. Grant), 321, 377.
Gen'l Riedesel, Trans. by Wil- liam L. Stone jr., 147, 434, 456, 459.
Madame Riedesel, Trans. by Wm. L. Stone jr., 147, 456. Maj. Gen'l. John Stark; 178, 453, 459, 460, 462, 464, 465, 468, 493, 494, 495, 496.
Robert Rogers, the partisan, 178. The Rev'd Ammi Rogers, 245. The Rt. Rev'd Philander Chase, D.D., 245. Minutes of the Washington (Bap- tist) Union Association, 198.
Mitchill, Doctor, 25, 28, 32.
Mohicans, Cooper's Last of the, 163. Morgan's League of the Iroquois, with Map, 26, 27, 32, 33, 34.
Morse's Universal Geography, 27, 31.
Munsell's Annals of Albany, 25, 28, 32, 48, 84, 246, 349, 350, 354.
Munsell's Historical Series, 284, 301, 317, 332, 339, 340, 342, 348, 369.
Murray's British America, 25.
Neilson's Burgoyne's Campaign, 420, 475.
Niles's American Revolution, 424.
O'Callaghan, E. B., LL D., 121, 421, 453. Works, 32.
Calendar of English Mss., 71, 371.
Calendar of N. Y. Hist. Mss. Rev. Papers, 48, 54, 395, 408, 416, 419; 420, 421, 444. Calendar of The New York Land Papers, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 54, 229, 230, 356, 448.
INDEX. 513
Authorities referred to in this work - O'Callaghan's Documentary History of New York, 25, 26, 27, 284, 287, 296, 301, 316, 334, 368, 370, 387, 393, 394, 396, 419, 479.
Documents relating to the Colo- nial History of N. Y., 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 286, 287, 288, 291, 298, 299, 300, 303, 305, 312, 318, 325, 328, 329, 343, 345, 400.
History of New Netherland, 24, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 284.
Paine, Dr. Lemuel C., Letter from, 302, 303.
Palmer's Hist. of Lake Champlain, 392, 434, 436, 437.
Parkman's Jesuits in North Ame- rica, 278, 280.
Parks, Daniel E., Esq., 424.
Peck Genealogy, The, by Darius Peck of Hudson, N. Y., 41.
Peck Genealogy, The, by Ira B. Peck of Boston, Mass., 41, 114.
Peck Mss., The, 158.
Peck, Mrs. Peter, relation of, 453.
Plymouth Record, 55.
Pouchot's Memoirs (Hough's trans- lation), 311, 326, 327.
Pownal, T., M. P. On the Colonies, 27.
Pownal, T., M. P. Topographical Description of North America ; with map, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 34, 285, 318.
Prime's History of Long Island, 212.
Queensbury town record, 50, 77, 143, 167, 355.
Randall's Digest, 67.
Ranger, Samuel, relation of, 326.
Records of the Oneida Baptist Church, 193.
Revised Statutes of N. Y., 143.
Robards, Judge, docket, 19, 102.
Robards, Judge, Mss., The, 158.
Rogers's Journal, 327, 334.
Ruttenber's Indian Tribes of the Hudson, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34.
Ruttenber's Obstructions to the ,Hudson river, 397, 401.
Sabattis, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 35.
Sabele, 24, 25, 28,29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35. Schoolcraft, Henry R., 3, 6, 24, 27, 30, 33, 34.
Schoolcraft's Notes on the Iroquois, 24, 25, 29, 32.
Schoolcraft, Indian and his Wig- wam, 26, 27, 29.
Scott, George G., relation of, 28. Sears's Pictorial Hist. of the Revolu- tion, 459, 497.
Authorities referred to in this work - Session Records of the Presbyterian Church, 214, 219.
Sexagenary, The, 304.
Shew, Godfrey, 32.
Simms's Trappers of New York, 25, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33.
Smith's History of New York, 349. Smith, The, Rev'd Courtney, 20.
Smith, The Rev'd Reuben, 21.
Spafford's Gazetteer of New York, 3, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32. 33, 142.
Sparks's Correspondence of the Rev- olution, 458, 484.
Letters to Washington, 438, 443, 461, 491, 507.
Life and Writings of Washing- ton, 415, 449, 455, 480, 482, 484, 497.
Stebbins, Ralph S., relation of, 21, 22, 50.
Stedman's History of the American War, 394, 398, 416, 433, 434, 450. Stone's Life and Times of Brant, 18, 395, 413, 414, 416, 460, 462, 465, 466, 468, 475, 476, 494, 495, 496.
Life and Times of Red Jacket, 26, 33:
Street, Alfred B., Frontenac, 26, 33. Temperance, A History of, in Sara-
toga Co., by Hon. Wm. Hay, 46. The Salem Press, 471.
The Troy Times, 30, 32.
The Warren Messenger, 216, 498. Thompson's Gazetteer of Vt., 50, 385.
Transactions of The N. Y. State Agricultural Society, 503.
Troy Conference Miscellany, 231.
Upfold, Rt. Rev. George, Letter from, 246.
Varney, Joseph, relation of, 499.
Warburton's Conquest of Canada, 315, 343.
Warren County Messenger, The, 235.
Washington County Gazetteer, 191. Wilson's (David) Life of Jane McCrea, 54, 450, 452.
Wilson's orderly book of Amherst's Campaign, 178, 284, 301, 317, 318. 319, 331, 332, 339, 340, 342, 348, 369.
Wilkinson's Memoirs, 416. Wing, Abraham, 40.
Wing Mss., The, 47, 48, 55, 58, 81, 84. 85, 100, 101, 130, 158, 353, 373, 375, 439, 460, 472. Woodworth's Reminiscences of
Troy, 209. 4
Autographs, Fac-similes of -
Amherst, Maj. Gen. Sir Jeffrey, 348. Brown, Benedick, 45. Butler, Truelove, 83.
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY.
Autographs, Fac-similes of -
Fennel, Rev. A. J., vi. Ferriss, David, 60. Ferriss, Reed, 101. Higson, James, 72. Hicks, Jacob, 84. Johnson, Maj. Gen'l. Sir William, 301. Jones, Daniel, 72.
Keenan, John, 102.
Moon, John, 233. Park, Daniel, 404.
Putnam, Asaph, 63.
Sherwood, Adiel, 492. Tearse, Peter B., 53.
Vernor, John, 47. Wing, Abraham (the pioneer), 55. Wing, Abraham (the grandson), 80. Wing, D. W., 66, 82.
Ballston, burned in 1781, 494. Ballston laid waste in 1780, 484.
Baptist church at the Round pond, The, 189.
Baptist church of Glen's Falls, The, 197. Baptist churches of Queensbury, The, 188.
Barnes family massacred by Indians, 452. Battle of Fort Ann, 438.
Battle of Lake George, The, 297.
Biographical Sketches of- Alden, Dr. Seth, 50.
Alderman, Rev'd J. W., 238.
Amherst, Maj. Gen. Sir Jeffrey, 331.
Babcock, Phineas, 57.
Babcock, Rev'd J. H., 259 ..
Baker, Albert jr., 482.
Barnes, Linus B., 160.
Bates, Rev'd. Henry H., 260.
Berry, Capt. Sidney, 224.
Boardman, Rev'd William, 212.
Bostwick, Rev'd S. B., S. T. D., 252. Bronson, Elder Asa, 200.
Brown, Daniel V., 45. Buell, Horatio, 44.
Butler, Truelove, 83.
Butler, Zachariah, 76.
Champlain, Samuel de, 272.
Cheney,Hon. Albert N. (portrait), 50. Cheney, Hiram, 50.
Clark, Dr. Billy J., (portrait) 38.
Coe, Rev. Jonas, D.D., 209.
Cowper, Jeffrey, 71.
Davis, Hon. I. J., 106.
Duer, Hon. William, 403.
Emmons, Hon. Halmer H., 36.
Eyre, Maj. William, 301. Fennel, Rev'd A. J., (portrait) 221. Ferguson, Elder Charles, 202. Ferguson, George, 58. Ferriss, David, 60. Ferriss, Hon. O., (portrait) 107. Ferriss, John A., 100.
Biographical Sketches of - Ferriss, Reed, 101. Folsom, John, 215.
Gage, Maj. Gen. Sir Thomas, 338.
Geer, Walter jr., 51. Glen, John jr., 356. Hall, Rev. Edwin, D.D., 215. .
Haviland, Gen. William, 317.
Hawkins, Rev'd William George, 255. Hawley, Rev. Bostwick, D.D., 243.
Hay, Hon. William, 45.
Hendrick, King, (portrait) 293.
Hicks, Jacob, 84.
Higson, James, 72. Hitchcock, Dr. Jared, 113.
Hitchcock, Dwight, 104.
Hudson, Henry, 275.
Jogues, Father Isaac, 277.
Jones, Daniel, 72.
Keenan, John, (portrait) 102.
Lapham, Hon. Jerome, (portrait)
Lewis, Andrew, 81.
Little, Hon. and Rev. R. M., (port- rait) 171.
Lyman, Gen. Phineas, 283.
McDonald, Hon. William, (portrait) 64.
McVickar, Rev. Henry, 253.
Merritt, Ichabod, 73.
Montressor, James, 348.
Moon, Robert, 233.
Morgan, James, (portrait) 174.
Newton, Rev. E. H., (portrait) 217.
Noble, Rev. Louis Le Grand, 257.
Nordberg, Capt. John, 400.
Olin, Rev. Russell A., 264.
Parsons, Rev. Henry M., 222.
Peck, Daniel, (portrait) 41.
Peck, Hon. Bethuel, M.D., 113.
Peck, Marvin R., M. D., 114.
Putnam, Col. Israel, 316.
Ray, Rev'd John W., 220.
Robards, William, 61.
Rogers, Major Robert, 314.
Rodgers, Rev. Ravaud K., 213.
Romans, Col. Bernard, 397.
Rosekrans, Hon. E. H., (portrait) 43.
Sanford, George, 52.
Sanford, Hon. George H., 49.
Sheldon, Dr. N. E., 38.
Sherman, Augustus, (portrait) 159.
Sherwood, Capt. Adiel, 491.
Sherwood, Capt. Seth, 119.
Sickles, Gen. and Hon. Daniel E., 36.
Skene, Major Philip, 386. Spooner, Rev. John Alden, 247. Stark, Maj. Gen. John, 319. Stower, Dr. Asa, 61.
Tearse, Hon. Peter B., 53.
Van Wormer, Jacob, 423. Vernor, Hon. John, 47. Wells, Elder A. R., 200.
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Biographical Sketches of -
Williams, Col. Ephraim, 289. Wing, Abraham (the pioneer), 55. Wing, Abraham (the grandson), (portrait), 78. Wing, Daniel W., (portrait) 8" . Wing, Halsey R., (portrait) 66. Blind rock, The, 61, 72, 324. Blind rock, The, legend of, 14.
Block house at the Half-way brook, 71. Block house built at Saratoga in 1781, 496.
Bloody brook, The, 178.
Bloody morning scout, The, 38, 179, 293, 295, 296. Bloody pond, The, 48, 294, 295, 304, 480, 482. Bloody pond, The, battle of, 299. Brown's Half-way house, 163, 288, 294, 479.
Burbank, Capt., killed and scalped, 338. Burgoyne, movement to cut off his base of supplies, 457. Burgoyne's Advance, 435, 450. Burgoyne's Campaign, 433. Burgoyne's Surrender, 454, 460, 461. Buried treasure, 328.
Burning of Kingsbury and Queensbury, 453, 482, 483.
Cabal, The Gates Conway, 461. Canajoharie laid waste and destroyed, 477.
Cankusker bay, Lake George, 181. Capitulation and Surrender of Fort William Henry (1757), 308. Capitulation of Fort Anne in 1780, 479. Capitulation of Fort George in 1780, 481. Capture of Crown Point in 1759, 347.
Capture of the Fort at Ticonderoga in 1759, by Amherst, 345.
Carleton's raid in 1780, 72, 73, 76, 81, 82, 162, 478, 480, 481.
Carroll, Hon. Charles of Carrollton, 300, 410.
Carroll, The Rt. Rev. John, 410.
Cedar swamp, The Big, 41, 82, 100, 145, 162, 182, 501.
Charlotte county, erected, 385. militia, 476.
name changed to Washington, 498. troubles in, 463, 464.
Cheshire's mill, 410, 418.
Chipman, Capt. John, 476, 478, 479, 480, 481.
Churches of Queensbury, History of the, 188.
Church of the Messiah, Glen's Falls, 249. Civil list of the Corporation of Glen's Falls, 100.
Civil list of the town of Queensbury, 36.
Commutation for Quitrents in Queens- bury, 504, 505, 506.
Copy of the original patent of Queens- bury, 364.
Corners, The 60, 186, 205, 212, 273, 390, 413.
Council of war, a, decides Crown Point untenable, 413.
Court Martial for the trial of Gen. Phil. Schuyler, 462.
Cowper, Jeffrey, some account of, 372. Crane's mountain, 29, 413, 475, 479.
Crocker, Levi, shoots a tory, 466.
Crown Point seized by Carleton, 417.
Death of Baron de Woedtke at the head of Lake George, 415.
Death of Gen. Montgomery, 406. Dedication, III.
Defeat and capture of Capt. Burbank and party 338.
Dellius grant, The, 349.
Deposition of Ezekiel Roberts, 421.
Description of Glen's Falls in 1780, 491, 492.
Destitution of the American troops, 435. Destruction of Fort George, 448.
Diamond island (Lake George) fortified, 457.
Diary of Abraham Wing on his first visit to Queensbury, 372.
Dieskau's advance, 286.
Disturbances at Fort Edward in 1775, 404.
Early settlement in Luzerne, Warren co., N. Y., 431.
East creek, Lake George, 72.
Election of militia officers for Charlotte county, in the early part of the revolutionary war, 407, 408.
Engagements and massacres at the Half- way brook, 322, 326.
Engagements and massacres on the Lake George road, 307.
Episcopal Church, 65, 83.
in Queensbury, sketch of, 244.
Erection of military post (subsequently enlarged and named Fort Am- herst), at the Half-way brook, 302.
the first grist mill in Queensbury, 384.
Escape of tories to Canada, 432.
Excursion of Samuel Champlain into, northern N. Y., 272.
Expedition and scout to Ticonderoga by Major Rogers, 334, 335.
Expedition and scout to Ticonderoga by Capt. Putnam, 316.
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY.
First Court of Justice in Charlotte county, 387.
First mills at Luzerne, 430.
First National Bank of Glen's Falls, some account of, 158.
First recorded senatorial election in Queensbury, 503.
First religious meeting held in Queens- bury, 381.
First saw mills erected in Queensbury, 375.
First settlement in Queensbury, 376.
First white child born in Queensbury, 377. Five mile run, The, 14.
Flight of Sir John Johnson, to Canada, 413.
Forge pond, The, 148, 166.
Form of oath used by the provincial congress, 403.
Fort Amherst, 146. erected, 336.
Fort Anne, engagement of, 325. invested and taken 1780, 479. Edward, assault upon, 307.
erected at the head of Lake Cham- plain, 327.
George commenced, 342. small pox at, 414, 415, 416.
taken possession of by the Ame- ricans in 1775, 400.
troops ordered to winter quar- ters at, 1776-7, 417.
Fortified camp established at South Glen's Falls in 1777, 443.
Fort or military post erected on the Sacandaga river, 407.
Fort Ticonderoga, captured, 397, 398. seized by the revolutionists in 1775, 397, 398.
William Henry, attack upon (1757), 305. begun, 284, 285. demolished, 312. Williams, 146.
Franklin, Benjamin, and other commis- sioners pass through Queensbury on their way to Canada, 410.
Gates, Maj. Gen. Horatio, appointed to the command of the northern army, 455.
Gilchrist family, The, 60.
Gilliland, William, passes through Queensbury on his way to found a settlement at the north, 378.
Glen Patent, The, 355. Glen's Falls Insurance Company, some account of, 170. when and how named, 359. Gooseberry mountain, 169.
Graham, Oliver, some account of, 467. Half-way brook, The 14, 41, 60. 74, 76, 144, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 163, 167.
Hammond, Thomas, 178, 181.
Harris's, Bill, camp ground, 2.
Harris's bay, Lake George, 2, 34, 178.
Harrisena, 2, 143, 144, 150, 151, 163, 178, 185, 190. Harrisena, patent of, 150.
Harris family traditions, The 178, 444, 445, 446, 447, 467, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 494.
High, William, adventure of, 476.
Howe's (Lord), advance, 320.
Hudson, Henry, discovers and sails up the river bearing his name, 276.
Hunter's bridge, The, 162.
Hunting ground, The Indian, 2.
Hunting hill, The, 145, 179.
Illustrations, list of- Clark, Dr. Billy J., likeness of, 38. Cob-money, illustration of, 17. Indians on the war path, 282. King Hendrick, likeness of, 292. Little, Rev. and Hon. R. M., like- ness of, 173. . Map of the Dellius grant, 351. Entrenchments and fortifica- tions at Ticonderoga, 1777, 435.
Old military routes between Lake George and Fort Ed- ward, 341.
Scouting in 1778, 323.
View of an early settlement in the forest, 380. Cosgrove Music Hall, 165.
Early settlement at the Head of Lake George, 48.
English church and Fort Fre- derick, Albany, 313.
Fort William Henry, 306. Johnson Hall, 469.
Peck and Delong's store, 46.
Provision sloop making its way with supplies up the river, 418.
The Arch and part of Glen's Falls, 156.
Episcopal Church, 249.
Ferguson Stores, 59.
First National Bank, 157.
Methodist Church, 240.
Presbyterian Church, 204.
Rockwell House, 183.
Soldiers' Monument, 138.
Union Church of East Lake George, 228. Village fountain, 168.
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Incursion of tories led by Sir John John- son in the month of May 1780, 475. Indian Council at the Boquet river, 443. Indian kettles, The, 180. Indian treaty at the head of Lake George, 273. Insurrection at St. Coick, 496. Introduction, 1.
Investment of Fort Ticonderoga in 1759, 344. Investment of Fort William Henry by Montcalm, 308. Iroquois Confederacy, The, 1,2,3, 4, 6,7,8. territory, 7, 8. Island, by the river bridge, 179. Island, Wing's, 179.
Jessup's battalion, 73. falls, 181, 182. Jogue's, Father, adventures and fate, 277, 278, 279, 280. John's farm, 147, 456. Johnstown, tory raid upon, 468.
Kayaderosseras patent, The great, 163, 353.
Kingsbury, patent of, 73. town line, 152. town of, 28, 47, 73, 103, 123, 142, 149, 159, 180, 192. street, whig celebration at, 405. Knapp, Benjamin, adventure of, 481.
Lake George, 169, 177, 182, 185, 186, 187. Local Directory, tabulated, 158. Long pond, The, 2. 145, 180. Losses in the revolutionary war, indem- nity for, 504. Lovelace, the tory, 431. Lydius, John Henry, 119. land grant of, 350. mills of, 4. his settlement at Fort Edward, 352.
McAuley's creek, 142. McDonald's bay, Lake George, 22. Manhattans, The, 3.
Marauding expedition of Joe Betteys, with a party of Indians to Skenes- borough.in 1779, 470. Massacre at the Cold brook, 328. Massacre at the Half-way brook, 302. Meadow run, The, 2, 145, 146, 148, 163, 166, 180. Methodist church, The, account of, 229.
Middleville, 151. Military rosters, 119.
Mohicans, The tribe of, 3, 5, 6, 31, 33. Montressor's folly, 167.
Moon's mills, 180.
Morgan ford, The, 167. redoubt erected at, in 1777, 459.
Moss street, 28, 73, 102. Mount Independence fortified, 436.
Murderous affrays on the Lake George road, 304. Mud pond, 145.
Names of localities in Queensbury, 158. Nations, The seven, of Canada, 4.
Naval engagement on Lake Champlain, 416. New England tribes, The, 5. Nichol's mills, 181.
Nordberg, Petition of Capt. John, 400, 401. Norman's bay, 181. Northern posts, threatened invasion of, in 1776, 416. Northwest bay on Lake George, 25, 27, 181.
Oak hollow, 181. Ogden's mill, 181. brook, The 145, 164.
Oneida, The origin of the name, 152. Oneida The, 181.
Outlet, The, 162. Ox, The scalped, 325.
Parks family traditions, The, 358, 402, 424
Parks, The tory, arrested, 464, 465. Pattens' mills, 146, 181.
Paul, The Rev. Anthony Paul and family, some account of, 17.
Pearl village, 181. Physicians, list of, 113. Picket posts, the 3 in Queensbury, 146. Picket post erected near Sandy Hill, 327.
Pitcher brook, The, 146, 164.
Pitcher tavern, The, 182, 147, 150.
Pond, Long, 102, 182. Pond, Brown's, 163, 182, Pond, The Little, 182.
Preface, V. Presbyterian church The, Sketch of, 204.
Prindle patent, The, 163, 359. Proprietors of Queensbury,names of the, 374.
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY.
Proprietors of Queensbury - Meetings, records of, 373.
Provision train attacked on the Lake George road, 316. Putnam, Capt. Israel made a prisoner, 326.
Quaker (Friends) society organized, 382, 460.
Quaker Meeting House, The new, 152, 153, 155, 182. The old, 57.
Queensbury, Baptist Church of, 189. boundaries of, 142, 163.
during the Great Rebellion, 131. military quotas of, 133, 134.
oldest monument in the town of, 503. patent of, 56, 71, 100.
proclamation by the governor for its settlement, 374.
settlement of, at the close of the revolutionary war, 497, 498.
some of the first settlers of, 388, 389, 390.
suffering of the inhabitants of, du- ring the revolution, 409, 439, 440, 441, 442, 472, 473, 474.
suit relating to first saw mill in town of, 374. survey of the township of, 363.
topography and description of, 142, 361.
visit of General Washington to, 249,497.
Record of the first town meeting, 380. Reed's meadow creek, 181, 182.
Retreat of the American forces from Ticonderoga, 436, 437.
Revolutionary war, The beginning of the, 395.
Ridge, The, 2, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 152, 155. Riedesel, Gen., constructs a fortified camp in Queensbury, 456.
Riedesel, The Baroness and Lady Ack- land pass through Queensbury, 457. Roaring brook, 146
Robards, William, capture and impri- sonment of, 422, 423, 424.
Rock, The great, 183.
Rockwell House, the, some account of, 183. Rocky brook, 146, 163.
Rogers, Capt. Robert, his famous scout, 317.
Round pond at the Oneida, The, 2, 79, 149.
Sabele and Sabattis, 23. Sand beach, The, 185.
Schaghticoke Indians, The, 1, 3, 4. Schuyler, Gen. Philip, placed in charge of the northern army, 405. superseded, 455.
Scouting expeditions to Ticonderoga and Crown Point, 320.
Seelye, Justus, adventure of, 474.
Seizure of Fort Ticonderoga planned in 1775, 395.
Shad cauglit at Glen's Falls, 150.
Six Nations, The, 4, 6, 7.
Skenesborough, affair at, in the spring of 1779, 470.
settlement of, 386.
taken possession of, by the Ameri- cans, 399.
Soldiers' monument, The, some account of, 136, 137.
State dam, The, above Glen's Falls, 165. St. Francis Indians, The, 12, 13, 14, 24. destruction of their village, 13.
Stockbridge Indians, The, 3, 6, 18, 29. Straits of the early settlers, 391.
Territory of the Iroquois, 7.
The northern frontier stripped of its resources, and cleared of its inhabit- ants in 1777, 449, 450.
The town plot, 363.
Threatened invasion of the northern settlements by the way of the Sa- candaga river, 462.
Tories, arrested in 1777, by Col. Gordon, of Ballston, 421.
of the Saratoga district, 430, 432.
Tory conspiracy in the spring of 1777, 420.
irruption into Tryon county in the spring of 1778, 465.
Town officers, list of, 54, 55.
Treasure hunting, 17. Twenty-second Regt. N. Y. Vols., 131.
Union Church of East Lake George, sketch of, 228.
Hall, 164. Hotel, 164, 186. Meeting house, 164.
Valuation, comparative, of real estate, after the revolution, 506. Van Wormer's bay, Lake George, 2 186,
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Vermont. controversy, The, 392, 393. declares itself independent under the name of New Connecticut, 419. suffers from tory incursions, 476. Village fountain, description of, 168. Visit of Jefferson and Madison to Queens- bury in 1791, 507. Vocabulary of Indian names, 23.
Warren county, Fair Grounds, 76, 149, 155, 167. bank, The, 161.
West church, The, 186. mountain, The, 161, 164.
White Creek laid waste and burned in 1780, 484. Wild cat swamp, 145, 149, 186. Williams, Fort, 146. rock, 187. Wing's Falls, 78, 187. island, 73, 81. tavern, 166, 411. Woedtke, The Baron de, 168.
Year of the burning, 82.
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