[E.B. O'Callaghan (1849)] Present His Excel0 y the Govern1" &c. It being now plaine that yc ffrench are Resolved to Do all the Prejudice they can to the Kings Subjects of this Government It is for ye preventon thereof Ordred that ye people of ye City and County of Albany Do Cutt Pallasadoes and by ye five and twentienth day of March next Cart them to ye sd Citty and yc towne of Schanechtade to fortifye those places in ye Spring That in ye meanetime they Keep a careful Watch there and that this ordr be sent to yc Justices of ye Peace of yc sd County who are to take Care that it Be put in Execution. That ye Mayor of Albany send ordrs to ye North Indyans to Keep thirty or forty Indyans allways towards Corlaers lake. That the sd Mayor if he be in Albany send a belt of Wampum to Each of the five Nations with ordrs that ye Christian Indyans who Come from Caunada to them be sent Hithr DENONVILLE's EXPEDITION TO THE GENESEE COUNTRY AND NIAGARA. 168 to his Exy ye Govern1, and to encourage ye Indyans to look out Carefully letting them Know the Go-vern1 will be up early there yc next Spring Ordred that a Proclamacdn be Drawn up Prohibiting ye Bringing any Indyan Corne or Pease Out of yc Countys of Albany and Vlster until further Ordrs Ordred that Peiter Schuyler take examinacons of ye antientest traders In Albany how many yeares