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

compose a company of about 100 men each. Fort Hunter is situated on the borders of the Mohawk river, and is of the same form as that of Cannatchocari, with the exception that it is twice as large. There is likewise a house at each curtain.

The cannon at each bastion are from 7 to 9 pounders. The pickets of this Fort are higher than those of Cannatchocari.

There is a church or temple in the middle of the Fort; in the interior of the

fort are also some thirty cabins of fort, like that of

Mohawk Indians, which is the most considerable village.

This

Cannatchocari, has no ditch ; there's only a large swing door at the entrance.

Leaving Fort Hunter a creek 2 is passed at the mouth of which the fort is located.

It can be forded,

and crossed in batteaux in summer and on the ice in winter. There are some houses outside under the protection of the Fort in which the country people seek shelter when they fear or learn that an Indian or French war party is in the field.