somewhat distant the one from the other are in the league which

is

still

to

be travelled to get to

Cannatchocari.

The Inhabitants of this Country are Palatines or Germans. They form a Company with some who dwell above the Fall on the other side of the River which is the left bank. This company consists The road from one to the other of these two forts is good for all sorts of carriages. of about 80 men.

Fort Cannatchocari is situated at the side of the Mohawk River on the right bank.

It is a square

They are fifteen feet high, about of four bastions of upright pickets joined together with lintels. one foot square with port holes inserted from distance to distance with a stage all around to fire from. This Fort is one hundred paces on each side. It is not surrounded by a ditch. There are some small pieces of cannon at each of its bastions, and a house at each curtain to serve as a store and barrack.

Five or six families of Mohawk Indians reside outside the fort.

From Fort Cannatchocari to Fort Hunter is about 12 leagues ; the road is pretty good; carriages pass over it it continues along the banks of the Mohawk river. About a hundred houses, at a ;

greater or less distance from one another are found within this length of road. situated also about half a league in the interior.

There are some

The inhabitants of this section are Germans who