A Narrative of Events At Lake George From the Early Colonial Times to the Close
A Narrative of Events At Lake George From the Early Colonial Times to the Close
Decosta, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1831-1904
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York Doc. Hist. , Vol. Iv. P. 176. (2) — ib. C O L O ^' I A L DAYS. 23 The next day he went with two men over the hills ou the east side of the lake, until he came opposite the fort on the west side, where the lake was about three hundred yards wide. Here they saw the French come down to the water and carry up timber on hand- spikes to the encampment. They also heard " work- men chopping and hammering, " and saw "a breastwork round their encampment with pickets. '" This was probably what is cal...led Friend's Point, near Anthony's Nose, at least if their estimate of dis- tances is correct. Connor says that he built a fire on an island twenty miles from Fort William Henry, though, according to his own statement, this island must have been south of the Narrows, which are only fourteen miles from the head of the lake. But his account is not perfectly clear, and, possibly, the location of the fort in (juestion was at the more advantageous position afforded by Sabbath Day Point. The scouting was carried on by the use of boats until the lake was frozen over, when- it was continued by parties going over the ice with snow-shoes and sleds.
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