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June.
4.25
4.14
1.33
1.38
1.73
2.82
2.11
1.18
2.82
4.82
2.12
July
4,60
6.12
4.49
2.79
7.63
8.03
3.59
1.60
.67
3.93
2,80
August
2.53
1.36
1.87
1.88
3.51
3.46
1.13
2.70
.92
2.73
3,28
September
3.68
8.06
3.18
4.62
4.23
2.17
3.78
5.50
2.65
3,57
3.49
October
6.68
4.32
4.20
7.06
6.82
3.04
2.95
3.12
3.87
5.27
1.45
November.
5.15
4.54
2.55
3.44
3.88
4.90
3.88
3.42
3.40
1.82
2.26
December
1,84
3.67
3.57
2.79
3.69
3.67
5.51
1.28
1.74
3.49
2.17
39.07
42.37
31.21
36.19
44.25
38.57
33.20
33.12
29.46
33.81
27.51
MONTH.
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
January.
1.00
1.83
1.68
1.87
2.61
2.33
2.57
2.46
2.64
2.24
1.26
February
3.57
1.39
1.20
.97
3.27
2.30
2.92
1.33
.58
2.64
1.70
March
2.15
.97
3.40
1.31
3.27
2.83
2.35
2.23
4.16
2.70
.68
April.
5.16
3.16
3.87
1.67
3.27
1.28
2.15
3.31
3.71
2.19
1.96
May ,
2.90
3.54
1.73
1.57
3.52
2.33
3.12
5.92
2.60
3.17
5.67
June.
5.64
2.76
3.50
4.45
2.09
1,39
3.35
.78
4.81
6.25
.71
July
2.46
3.14
1,43
4.56
8.26
3.68
3.37
.80
2.62
1.79
2.42
August
4.45
2.91
5.75
3.55
2.47
1.25
3.60
5.14
1.43
6.52
1.55
September
3.73
4.11
3.20
5.21
4.12
2.58
2.99
3.74
3.27
6.86
3.21
October.
5.78
2.25
2.16
5.00
7.27
3.26
5.85
4.29
6.15
3.66
1.20
November.
4.80
1.90
4.53
5.10
2.26
1.85
4.57
5.70
3.21
7.30
.90
December.
4.97
2.31
3.80
2.24
1.59
3.21
3.03
4.23
2.65
4.96
.92
46.61
30.27
36.25
37.55
44.00
28.29
39.87
38.93
37.83
50.28
22.18
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RAIN-FALL-FRENCH EXPEDITIONS.
MONTH.
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
January.
3.26
.90
3.67
.84
1.09
3.29
6.15
1.80
1.71
2.60
2.42
February
.77
.94
2.25
1.55
1.15
.80
2.14
1.38
3.85
.47
1.40
March
1.52
1.35
2.11
2.74
2.30
4.55
2.33
1.60
4.30
2.92
1.82
April.
.64
.94
.80
2.55
.86
1.90
1.95
1.20
2.12
1.60
1.76
May
3.47
2.96
1.12
1.42
2.35
1.00
.82
2.92
1.42
1.86
1.93
June
1.76
2.69
1.73
1.56
2.88
4.03
2.34
1.12
1.91
1.47
1.43
July
1.93
5.21
1,56
2.74
2,05
2.40
4.37
1.56
2.09
1,64
4.60
August
1.16
.98
1.46
6.84
3.33
.80
1.00
2.29
.30
2.27
8.37
September
3.11
5.17
4.42
2.33
2.74
1.74
2.57
2.46
2.52
2.30
1.53
October.
2.29
1.55
1.66
1.35
4.70
4.50
4.77
2.44
2.41
.92
4.15
November.
5.51
2.36
1.26
2.96
2.74
2.58
2.36
1.47
1.22
2.46
3,84
December.
1.19
2.41
3.61
2.22
2.37
1.71
.92
1.37
2.09
1.37
6.05
26.61
27,46
25,65
29.10
28.54
29.30
31.72
21.61
25.94
21.88
39.30
MONTH.
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
January.
1.34
2.64
2.30
1.67
2.95
3.37
4.53
2.96
3.37
1.48
3.87
February
1.21
2.51
2.52
1.83
3.28
3.06
2.65
2.25
3.66
1.30
2.17
March.
1.46
1.97
2.64
2.43
1.70
2,34
1.47
4.18
1.51
2.64
1.50
April.
.48
1.78
.40
1.31
1.37
.41
3.58
3.75
1.93
1.14
2.07
May.
1.67
2.67
4.07
4.13
5.04
2.66
1.77
2.46
2.00
1.23
1.86
June
1,84
1.88
2.34
2.61
2.22
.51
3.70
2.22
1.50
1.69
5.35
July
1.28
1.70
1.04
2.38
4.57
3.49
3.34
2.49
1.58
1.70
4.20
August
1.89
2.20
.99
3.40
1.95
4.98
2.38
3.05
.93
4.81
1.21
September.
1.22
2.71
1.14
2.30
2.70
3.02
3.48
4.91
1.94
1.75
3.93
October ..
.52
4.27
2 31
.62
2.78
2.44
4.15
1.23
2.40
3.14
3.35
November.
4.40
2.39
2.94
1.72
1,84
3.31
3.50
4.34
2.06
5.23
4.89
December.
2.46
2.80
3.88
2.78
2.31
4.50
4.81
3.50
2.78
3.04
3 32
19.77
29.52
28.03
27.20 32.71 34.36
39.40
37.24
25.66
29.05 | 37.72
For the first three months of 1890 the total has been: January, 4.41; Feb- ruary, 2.70; March, 2.08.
FRENCH EXPEDITIONS.
Although this territory was not actually inhabited at the time it became known to Europeans, it is not without incident connected with the wars be- tween the French in Canada and Iroquois in New York, who from an early period had been under the influence of the English. Within a very few years from the time of first occupation the French had penetrated far into the interior, explored the great lakes, discovered the Mississippi near its source, and established small posts for the double purpose of securing the fur trade and converting to their religion the natives. The Dutch had conciliated the Iroquois, and their influence had been transferred to the English, who suc- ceeded them, which led to a hostile incursion by De Courcelles and De Tracy against the Mohawks in 1665-66, resulting in nothing but the murder of a few aged warriors, who preferred death to the abandonment of their homes, and in exciting to a greater degree of insolence the Indians, who sometime after fell upon a party of French hunters, killed several, and car- ried others away prisoners. Peace was subsequently gained, during which the French got the permission of the natives to erect a fort at Cataroqui (Kingston), ostensibly to protect the traders and their merchandise. The Jesuits, meanwhile availing themselves of the peace, penetrated the settle-
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ments of the Five Nations, and acquired to some degree an influence with the Onondagas. The Senecas and Cayugas were still jealous of the French, and continued to annoy their trade, which led to a complaint * from De la Barre, governor of Canada, to Governor Dongan, of New York, that these savages had plundered seven canoes, and detained 14 French traders; to which the principal Seneca sachem returned a spirited reply, and Dongan requested the French to keep to their own side of the lake.t This provoked; an insolent letter from the French governor, in which he said :-
" I sent Sieur Bourbou to you to advise you of the vengeance I was about to wreak,. for the insult inflicted on the Christian name by the Senecas and Cayngas, and you answer me. about the possessions of lands of which neither you nor I are judges, but our two Kings who have sent ns, and of which there is no question at present, having no thought of conquering countries, but of making the Christian name and the French people to be respected, and in which I will spill the last drop of my blood. I have great esteem for your person, and consid- erable desire to preserve the honor of his Brittanick Majesty's good graces, as well as those of my Lord the Duke of York; and I even believe that they will greatly appreciate my chastise- ment of those who insult you and capture you every day, as they have done this winter in Merilande. But if I was so unfortunate as that you desire to protect robbers, assassins, and traitors, I could not distinguish their protector from themselves. I pray you, then, to attach faith to the credit which I give Sieur de Salvaye to explain everything to you; and, if the- Senecas and Cayugas wish your services as their intercessor to take security from them, not in the Indian, but in the European fashion, without which and the honor of hearing from you, I shall attack them towards the 20th of the month of August, New Stile." #
A plan of operations had been previously arranged under the direction of the home government, and a negotiation with the governor of New York could have no other object than to keep inactive the English forces by pro- fessions of amity, and a declaration that they were only at war with traitors and robbers, common enemies of mankind. Preliminaries being settled De la Barre, in June, 1684, sent five or six picked soldiers, and as many mechan- ics, to Fort Frontenac, to repair that post, and on the 9th of July left Quebec, in three divisions, at the head of 300 militia, which was increased to 550 at Montreal. The regulars and Indian allies made the entire army about 2,000 men, a very powerful army for that time. From the difficulty of procuring boats and provisions, the obstruction of the rapids, and the prevalence of southwest winds the army was delayed till past the middle of August in ar- riving at Frontenac. Meanwhile, through the influence of Lamberville, a Jesuit, at Onondaga, that village had become anxious that the difficulties might be settled by mediation, a course to which De la Barre was the more inclined from the shortness of provisions with which he was threatened. He had crossed with his army to La Famine, a point favorable for hunting and fishing, 24 leagues from Onondaga, to await the result of negotiations. Here, exposed to the sultry heats of August, and scantily supplied with pro-
* Doc. Hist. of N. Y., Vol. I., p. 99.
+ Ibid., p. 100.
# Paris Doc. II .; London Doc. V. (See Doc. Hist. of N. Y., Vol. I., p. 103.)
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visions, most of his men were attacked with intermittent fevers, which as- sumed a malignant type, and destroyed numbers, while it incapacitated the remainder from hostile operations. Being thus situated he hastily dispatched . a Christian savage to La Moine, at Onondaga, to have him hasten the depart- ure of those whom the Iroquois had agreed to send to treat with the French governor. This was done with promptness, and on the 3d of September nine deputies from Onondaga, three from Oneida, and two from Cayuga arrived from La Moine, and were courteously received by the governor, who deferred the business of the embassy till the morrow. The Senecas, against whom the vengeance of the French was to have been directed, did not con- descend to send representatives to the treaty, and returned an insolent answer to the invitation. They had been privately assured of assistance from Dongan, the English governor, in case they were attacked. The inclination for peace, which the Onondagas, Oneidas, and Cayugas evinced, may be ascribed to the ascendency which the Jesuits residing among them had acquired. Upon the convening of the council De la Barre with his officers formed a semi-circle on one side, while Garangula, the Onondaga orator, with the warriors that accompanied him, completed the circle on the other. The French governor made an address to the Indians, in which he accused the several tribes of the Five Nations, and especially the Senecas, who had no representatives in the council, of interfering with the trade with the Illinois and Umamies, and other Indian nations, with whom the French were on friendly terms, and demanded satisfaction and a discontinuance of hostilities, and warned them that the consequences of a refusal to comply with his demand would be a declaration of war. Garangula, in replying to this, assured the governor that the Five Nations feared not the result of a war with the French, and declared that they had plundered none of the French but those that carried guns, powder, and balls to their enemies, the Twigh- twies and Chictagicks. He also assured De la Barre that he understood the object of his journey to the Iroquois country "was to knock them on the head, if sickness had not weakened the arms of the French." On the 6th of September De la Barre hastily took his departure, having had all the sick embarked the day before (so as not to be seen by the Indians), to the num- ber of 150 canoes and 12 flat bateaux, and on the evening of the same day arrived at Fort Frontenac, where he found that 110 of the number left there had departed, sick, for Montreal, whither the governor followed the next day.
The Marquis de Denonville succeeded De la Barre the next year, and brought from France forces thought sufficient for the reduction of the Sene- cas, which was undertaken two years after, with a large force,* but without success, further than ravaging their country with fire, and destroying a few aged and defenseless men and women. On July 26, 1688, the Iroquois, to
* Doc. Hist. of N. Y., Vol. I., p. 193.
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the number of 1,200, invaded the island of Montreal without notice, and destroyed more than 1,000 French, besides carrying away great numbers of prisoners for torture. In these and other expeditions this territory must have been the scene of many events of tragic interest, but the history of the de- tails has not come down to us.
During the French and English war, which in 1760 resulted in the com- plete subjection of the former, the frontier again became alive with military operations, and the principal route between Canada and the Mohawk settle- ments passed through this county. On Six Town Point, in the town of Henderson, a small stockade was erected during this period. Between the bastions, at each angle, the sides were but 48 feet, and the whole affair was of slight aad transient character. In a work entitled Memoires sur le Can- ada there is mentioned the occupation of a post at the mouth of Sandy Creek, of which no trace remains. The most interesting relic of the olden time within the county are the ruins of Fort Carleton, on Carleton Island, which is described in connection with the sketch of Cape Vincent, page 311.
LAND TITLES .*
From time immemorial, down to a few years after the close of the Revo- lution, the title of lands in this section of the state was shared in doubtful supremacy by savages and other denizens of the forests. At the earliest period of authentic history the Iroquois confederacy, and the Oneida nation in particular, were acknowledged to be the owners of the greater portion of our territory ; which, according to Gautinonty, a chief of the Oswegatchie tribe, extended as far north as a line running from the mouth of French Creek to Split Rock, on Lake Champlain ; while the Oswegatchies claimed the land north, as far down the St. Lawrence as Cat Island (Louisville), where a monument had been erected by Sir John Johnson .¡ The Oneidas, accord- ing to a map and survey by Arent Marselis, at the request of John Duncan, and by order of the surveyor-general, claimed " from the 'Line of Property ' reversed, and continued from the Canada Creek, till it comes to a certain mountain called Esoiade, or the Ice mountain, that Canada Creek, opposite to the old Fort Hendrick, heads ; from thence running westerly to an old fort which stood on the creek, called Weteringhra Guentere, and which empties into the River St. Lawrence, about 12 miles below Carleton, or Buck Island, and which fort the Oneidas took from their enemies a long time ago ; from thence running southerly to a rift upon the Onondaga River called Ogoute-
* Condensed from Hough's History.
+ Special message of Gov. Lewis, Assembly Journal, 1804-05, p. 49.
33.
LAND TITLES.
nagea, or Aguegonteneayea (a place remarkable for eels), about five miles from where the river empties out of the Oneyda Lake."*
Marselis was doubtless the first surveyor in the county, and there is pre- served a traverse of Hungry Bay made by him, in September, 1789, which began "at a monument, or red painted post, set up by the Indians, as a di- vision line between the Onendago and Oneida nation " ; from which it would seem that the former claimed some right on the eastern shore of Lake On- tario. To extinguish these claims a treaty was held at Fort Stanwix, Octo- ber 22, 1784, with the Six Nations, by which all the country east of a line drawn from Johnson's landing place on Lake Ontario, and keeping four miles east of the carrying-path between that lake and Lake Erie, to the mouth of Tehoseroron, or Buffalo Creek, and thence south to the north line of Pennsylvania, and down the Ohio, was ceded to the United States. The Oneidas were represented at this treaty by two chiefs. This tribe, by a defi- nite treaty held in September, 1788, conveyed the greater part of their lands to the state, by an instrument, the original of which is preserved in the sec- retary's office ; it is on a sheet of parchment about two feet square, with 35 seals of the parties, and appended to it is a string of wampum, made of six rows of cylindrical white and blue beads, strung upon deer skin cords. This belt is about two inches wide and nearly two feet long. To this treaty, or deed, was attached the names of the following Indians, those marked with a * being women: Odaghseghte, Kanaghweaga, Peter Utsiquette, Toyohagwe- anda, Shonoughlego, alias Anthony, Thaghniyongo, Tekeandyahkon, Olseto- gou, Oneyanha, alias Beech Tree, Thaghtaghguisea, Gaghsaweda, Thougwe- aghshale, Ojistalale, alias Hanquarry, Thaghneghtolis, alias Hendrick, Kan- aghsalilgh, Thaghsweangalolis, alias Paulus, Agwelentongwas, alias Domine Peter, Kahiektotan, Teyoughnihalk, Konwagalot *, Jonegh Flishea, alias Daniel, Alawistonis, alias Blacksmith, Sagoyontha, Kaskonghguea, Kanaw- galet*, Thaniyeandagayon, Keanyoko, alias David, Hannah Sodolk*, Honon- wayele *. The commissioners authorized to treat with the Indians, and whose names were also attached to the document, in addition to that of Governor George Clinton, were Richard Varick, Peter Gansevoort, Jr., William Floyd, Samuel Jones, Ezra L. Hommedieu, and Egbert Benson.
At a treaty held at Kon-on-daigua, N. Y., November 11, 1794, the United States confirmed this treaty with the Oneidas.
The office of land commissioners was created in 1786, and they were clothed with discretionary powers in selling the unappropriated lands of the state. The manner in which they exercised this trust has been made the subject of severe censure. June 22, 1791, Alexander Macomb, of New York city, acting as land agent of a company said to consist of himself, Daniel McCormick, and William Constable, all of New York, applied for the pur-
* The original survey bill and map are filed in the state engineer's office.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY.
chase of a tract of land since known as Macomb's Purchase,* embracing the greater part of Franklin, the whole of St. Lawrence, excepting the "ten towns " and Massena, the whole of Jefferson (excepting Penet's Square and Tibbets's Point), the whole of Lewis, and a part of Oswego counties. This proposition included the islands in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence, front- ing the tract, and excepted five per cent. for roads, and all lakes of a greater area than 1,000 acres. The proposed price was eight pence per acre. One-sixth part was payable in one year, and the residue in five equal annual install- ments. If one-sixth were secured by satisfactory bonds, and paid, and an- other sixth in like manner secured, Macomb was to receive a patent for a sixth part, in a square, in one of the corners of the tract, and the same rule was to be observed throughout, until the whole was paid. Carleton or Buck Island and the Long Sault Island were expressly reserved to the state. This proposition was accepted, and the surveyor general was directed to survey the tract at the expense of Macomb. January 10, 1792, he reported that the conditions had been complied with, and on that day a patent f was issued to Macomb, for 1,920,000 acres, reserving 800 acres to be located by the surveyor- general .¿ This included the whole of the tract not in the present counties of Franklin and St. Lawrence, an uncertaincy existing in relation to the islands in the St. Lawrence ; these were patented after the national boun- dary had been determined, and to other parties. The reservation stipulated to Penet was confirmed by the following proceedings of the land commis- sioners :---
"At a meeting of the commissioners of the land office of the state of New York, held at the secretary's office in the city of New York, ou Saturday, the 8th day of August, 1789. Pres- ent, His Excellency. George Clinton, Esq., governor; Lewis A. Scott, Esq., secretary; Richard Varick, Esq., attorney-general; and Gerardus Bancker, treasurer.
" Resolved, That the surveyor-general be directed to lay out for Peter Penet, at his ex- pense, the lands ceded by the Oneida Nation to the people of this state, by their deed of cession dated the 22d day of September last, lying to the northward of Oneida Lake, a tract of 10 miles square, wherever he shall elect the same, and further, that he lay out for John Francis Pearche, and at his expense, a tract of land stipulated by the said deed of cession to be granted to him," etc., referring to a tract two miles square in Oneida County. §
On the 19th of November, 1789, the following action was taken :---
"The surveyor-general, agreeable to an order of this board, of the 8th of August last, hav- ing made a return of survey of Peter Penet, of a tract of 10 miles square, as elected by John Duncan, his agent, (of the lands ceded by the Oneida Nation of Indians to the people of this
* Full details of this purchase, with a copy of his applications, may be found in Hough's History of St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties, p. 252, et seq.
+ Secretary Office Patents, b. 23, p. 160.
# This was selected at Tibbets's Point, in Cape Vincent, at the outlet of the lake, which was patented to Capt. John Tibbets, of Troy, and never formed a part of Macomb's Pur- chase. It embraced but 600 acres, as surveyed by John Campbell in the fall of 1799.
§ Land Office Minutes, Vol. II., p. 56.
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LAND TITLES.
state by their deed of cession, dated the 22d day of September, 1788,) lying to the northward of Oneida Lake, as by the said return of survey filed in the secretary's office will more fully appear. And the said John Duncan, having, as agent aforesaid, made application to the board for letters patent for the same,
" Resolved, Therefore, that the secretary do prepare letters patent to the said Peter Penet, for the said tract of 10 miles square, accordingly, and lay them before the board for their ap- probation." *
Peter Penet, by an instrument dated January 23, 1789,1 made John Dun- can his attorney, and the latter received, November 19, 1789, a patent į for a tract 10 miles square, which, on the 13th of July, 1790, he conveyed § for the nominal sum of five shillings to James Watson and James Greenleaf, of New York. February 26, 1795, Watson released || to Greenleaf his half of the tract for fr,ooo, the latter having, September 4, 1797, conveyed by deed the 64,000 acres to Simon Desjardines AT for £19,400.
Desjardines conveyed to Nicholas Olive, of New York, January 29, 1796, ** and the latter to Herman Le Roy, William Bayard, and James McEvers 44,000 acres of this tract, ft in trust as joint tenants for certain heirs, of whom Mallet Prevost was entitled to 8,000 acres; John Lewis Grenus to 12,000 acres ; Henry Finguerlin, Jr., 8,000 acres. At the time of this con- veyance Olive held these lands in trust, and 16,000 acres in his own right. A deed of partition between the proprietors was executed May 17, 1802,}} according to a division by ballot, as follows : N. Olive, 16,000; J. L. Grenus, 1,200 ; H. Finguerlin, Jr., 8,000; A. M. Prevost, 8,000 acres, making 44,000 acres, which, with 8,000 to Louis Le Guen, and 12,000 to John Wilkes pre- viously conveyed by Olive,§ § made 64,000 on the whole tract. After the deed of partition, and on the rith of June, 1802, the proprietors released to one another the quantity allotted to each, as follows : John Wilkes and Louis Le Guen, to Le Roy, Bayard, and McEvers, of 44,000 acres ; L. B. · & M. and Louis Le Guen, to John Wilkes, of 12,000; and L. B. & M. and J. Wilkes, to L. Le Guen, of 8,000 acres. || ||
Nicholas Olive, in his will, made his wife and Henry Cheriot his executors, and his widow afterwards married Simon Louis Pierre, Marquis de Cubieres, of Paris, who with his wife did, May 9, 1818, appoint L. B. & M. to convey to Prevost, Grenus, and Finguerlin their several shares. The latter, May
Land Office Minutes, Vol. II .. p. So.
t Sec. office deeds, 22, p. 277.
# Sec. office patents, 21, p. 407.
§ Not recorded.
| Sec. office deeds, 38, p. 350.
T Ibid., 38, p. 344.
* * Ibid., 352.
t + Ibid., 33, p. 165.
## Jeff. Co. deeds, rec. Dec. 14, 1824.
§§ Olive conveyed, Oct. 15, 1800, 8,000 acres to Henry Cheriot (sec.deeds, 38, p. 347).
and Cheriot to John Wilkes the same, Oct. 16, 1800 (ibid., p. 432).
[ 1] Jeff. Co. deeds, rec. June 18, 1825.
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20, 1817, * directed L. B. & M. to convey to Joseph Russell and John La Farge. Le Roy and Bayard deeded to John, Henry, and Edmund Wilkes. 16,000 acres, September 23, 1818, and the latter to John La Farge, April 14, 1823,f having received May 9, 1818, from the Marquis de Cubieres and wife a power of attorney į for the purpose. Le Roy and Bayard conveyed 12,000 acres, November 23, 1818, and to Russell and La Farge 8,000 acres, Sep- tember 23, 1818. § Joseph Russell released his half of these 8,000 acres December 12, 1818. § John Wilkes to Charles Wilkes, January 1, 1818, |} sold 8,000 acres, and the latter the same to La Farge, June 3, 1825. || By these conveyances Mr. La Farge became the owner of the greater part of Penet's Square ; but he allowed the lands to be sold for taxes, and his claims were subsequently confirmed by a comptroller's deed from William L. Marcy, May 13, 1828.
On November 23, 1819, Francis Depau bought 15 lots (21 to 25, 41 to 45, 56 to 60) for $12,000, I excepting parts sold to Samuel Ruggles. In our account of Orleans will be given a detail of the irregularities growing out of occupation without title, and the conflicting. claims which continued many years and produced much difficulty.
The whole of Macomb's contract was estimated to contain, after deduct- ing five per cent., 3,670,715 acres, and was divided into five tracts. Tract No. I contained 821,819 acres. No. 2 embraced 553,020 acres, or the present towns of Parishville, Colton, Hopkinton, Lawrence, Brasher, and a small part of Massena in St. Lawrence County. No. 3 the remainder of St. Law- rence County south and west of the "ten towns," or 458,222 acres. No. 4 contained 450,950 acres in Jefferson County, it being, with the exception of Penet's Square and Tibbets's Point, all of that country north of a line drawn from the southwest corner of St. Lawrence County, north 87º west to Lake Ontario. No. 5 (26,250 acres) and No. 6 (74,400 acres) formed the rest of the purchase ; the division line between which numbers was never surveyed. Soon after perfecting his title to a portion of this tract Macomb employed William Constable (who is said to have been, with Daniel McCormick, the principal proprietor) as his agent to sell the lands in Europe ; and June 6, 1792, he released, and October 3, 1792, conveyed to him the whole of tracts 4, 5, and 6, for £50,000 .** Macomb had become involved in speculations, by which he lost his property, and was lodged in jail ; t t and his name does not subsequently appear in the transfers of land. He had been a fur trader
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