INDEX. 



Civil and political history, .* G51 



Discovery by Champlain, 652 



Eattle with the Iroquois, 657 



Crown Point, occupation of, by France, 659 



Mohawks captured Montreal, 662 



Schenectady burned, 662 



John Schyler's incursion to Canada, 663 



Dieskau's campaign, 665 



Abercrombie's expedition, 671 



Abercrombie's and Amherst's campaigns, 675 



Colonization of Champlain valley, 681 



William Gilliland's settlement, 686 



Ticonderoga taken by Ethan Allen, 696 



Proceedings from 1774 to 1784, 701 



. William Gilliland's personal history, 706 



Emigration from New England, . : 708 



Clinton county organized, 708 



Essex county organized, 711 



Increase of population from 1810 to 1850, 713 



Settlement of the county from 1812, 714 



Physical geography, 727 



Mountains, 729 



Lakes, 730 



Rivers, 735 



Natural curiosities j, Indian Pass, 737 



Wilmington Notch ; walled banks of the Au Sable, 738 



Split Rock, 740 



Natural History ; animals, 741 



Fish, 745 



Forests, 755 



Reptiles, 759 



Climate and meteorology, 759 



Meteorological observations, 764 



Mineralogy and geology, 771 



Adirondac Iron district, 771 



Moriah Iron district, 780 



Old Sandford mine, 781 



Penfield mine ; Hammond ore bed, 784 



Little Pond bed, 785 



Dr. Chilton's analysis of ore, 786 



Black lead, 786 



Black clouded marble, 786 



Porphyry, 789 



Copperas, analysis of, « 792 



Copper, 792 



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