Lansing and John Van Alle, are safe here yet, with the rest of their Men.

Philip

Just now 70 of our Indians are came in, and acquaints us, that by the Tracts of the Enemy, they imagined there was at

The Names of the Persons, Residents in and about Albany, and supposed to be John, Jacob, and Andries Kidnee, John Vanderheyden, Jacobus Sickles, Wolker Dawson, Anthony Brandt, Peter Griffins, Cornelius Sprong, three Servants k five Negroes.

least 500 of them.

killed, are as follow, viz 1

.

FRENCH DESCENT ON THE GERMAN FLATTS. [

Paris Doc. XIII. ]

Summary of M. de Belletre's Expedition, the 28 th November, 1757. M. de Belletre with his detachment of about 300 men, Marines, Canadians and Indians, arrived notwithstanding all the obstacles of the season and the greatest scarcity of provisions, at the river a la

Famine [Black

river,]

where he met seven or eight Nontagues who on a message

reported to them in the General's name, expressed delight in uniting with him.

PAPERS RELATING TO THE ONEIDA COUNTRY AND MOHAWK VALLEY.

He continued his route and after inexpressible fatigues and suffering reached the vicinity of the Oneida Castle whither he sent four influential Indians as bearers of the General's Word. He continued his march as far as the River Corlaer and had the satisfaction of examining five

English forts abandoned by command for that erected since the reduction of Chouaguen, on the site

of Old Fort Bull.

The Indians, informed that there was a garrison of 350 men in a Fort named Kouari situate on the said river about a quarter of a league from the Village of the Palatines 1 did not fail to exhibit fear, but M. de Belletre having told them that their Father did not despatch a picked detachment, so well selected, except to