Town of Volney, NY timeline

              1655   August 16—Father LeMoyne left Onondaga to return to 
Canada via the river.  He was the first known white man 
to travel through the township.  It 1/vas said that he 
passed the falls on 19 August 1655. (Churchill P.35-36) 
 
1656   17 May— 50 Frenchmen under Sieur Du Puys accompanied by 
Father Dablow, 3 Jesuit fathers and 2 brothers left for 
 
the Onondaga nation.  Reached mouth of Oswego River in July 
Messenger sent to Onondaga and the Indians came down to 
meet them. (Churchill, P. 36) 
 
I658  DuPuys party departed Onondaga nation for Canada. 
(Churchill, P. 37) 
 
1696   Count de Frontenac visited Oswego Falls area in July. 
His canoe with him in it was carried over the Portage. 
(Churchill, P.48) 
 
July 30-31—2200 French regulars, Canadians and Indians 
portaged the Oswego Falls on way to attack Onondaga 
nation.  They returned 11 August. 
 
1697   Treaty of Ryswick— French king acknowledged William of 
Orange as the king of Gread Britan and Ireland. 
(Churchill, P. 50) 
 
1713  Treaty of Utrecht— Control of Iroquois was conceeded to 
the English. (Churchill P. 51) 
 
1725  De Longueil found a hundred English and Dutch traders 
and 60 canoes at the Oswego falls. 
 
1743  July— John Bartrau of Philadelphia visited through 
the area on his way to Oswego. (Churchill, P. 56) 
 
1748  October 18— Treaty of Aix-La-Chappelle, between British 
and French.  (Churchill P. 60) 
 
1754   The French and Indian wars began. 
 
1755   300 ship carpenters send down the river to Oswego in June 
followed by 3 regiments. 
 
1756   Shirley came through the area on his way to Oswego 
(Churchill, P. 72-4) 
 
In May 200 bateaux and 200 whale boats and 1,000 bateaux- 
men came through the area heading to Oswego. (Morrel Press 
Fulton booklet,P. 17) 
 
3 July—Colonel Bradstreet while returning from Oswego to 
Albany fought the battle between Minetto and Fulton whereby 
Battle Island obtained its name. De Villers was the French 
leader. (Churchill, P. 75-77) 
 
1758  Some 8 or ten rods below Oswego Falls on the grounds of 
Timothy Pratt on the east bank of the river a fort was 
erected .