the Sovereignty & protection of Great Brittain, and have ever since been considered as subjects, & their Country as part of the dominions of the Crown.

By the Treaty of Utrecht, the French King expressly recognized the Sovereignty of Great Brittain over those Nations.

Godfrey Dellius's purchase from the Mohocks, & grant under the Seal of New York in the year 1696, is esteemed a memorable proof of the Right of this Province, under the Crown, to the Lands

on Lake Champlain.

It comprehends a large Tract extending from Soraghtoga along Hudson's River,

the Wood Creek, & Lake Champlain, on the East side upwards of twenty miles, to the northward of

Crown Point

;

& it is thought a circumstance of no small importance, that this Grant was repealed

by the Legislature in the year 1699, as an extravagant favour to one subject

;

which act would have

been a nullity if that territory had not been within the jurisdiction of this Province. Altho' the Canadians by their Savage depredations had long obstructed the settlement of this

Frontier part of the Colony, it was not

till

the year 1731, that, in profound peace, they took possession of Lake Champlain k ordered Fort St. Frederick at Crown [point] ; at Ticonderoga.

& afterwards another Fort This was regarded as an act of hostility, and as such complained of & resented ;

and the Colonies before the late war, to disappoint so dangerous a project, raised money and Troops The operations became more to erect Fortifications on His Majesty's lands, at, or near Crown Point. general, and the success of his Maj s arms, rendered it unnecessary. The French had endeavored to fortify their encroachments by Negotiations in 1756 their Am4 >'