2^4 NATURAL AND CIVIL 



they wished to be at peace. Captain Glen was 

 a citizen of note in the village : His v/ife, in 

 the lime of Coi. Doni^in, had shewn many ci- 

 vilides to some French captives. The enemy 

 offered no violence to this man, and released 

 several women and children at his request ; de- 

 claring ihey had strict orders not to do him any 

 injury on account of the former conduct of hi^ 

 wife. The people of Schenectady had been in- 

 formed of the design of the enertiy, and that an 

 expedition was undertalcen against that part of 

 the country ; but they judged it to be impos- 

 sible for any body of men, in the severest sea- 

 son of the year, to march several hundred miles, 

 through thQ deepest snov/s, v/ith their provi- 

 sions on their backs. The civil eovernment of 

 the province, at that time, was incapable of af- 

 fording them any intelligence, or protection ; 

 universal weakness and disorder were spread 

 through the whole province, by a revolution at 

 at New York, under the direction of a captain 

 Lester. 



The success that attended these expeditions, 

 was greatly favorable to the viev»'s of Front^enac, 

 and served to revive the spirits of the French 

 colony : At the same time they occasioned an 

 alarm in every part of the English plantations ; 

 and it was apparent, that unless tliey could be 

 checked, New England and New York would 

 receive much greater injuries and insults. It 

 Was proposed that there should be a meeting of 

 commissioners from all the New England colo- 

 nies, and from the province of New York, to 

 consult, and agree upon measures for the com- 

 mon defence and safety. Coniniisbiouers for 



