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It may be that Carleton combined necessity with diplomacy in letting the Vermonters believe that he turned back at Ticonderoga merely by way of keeping the promised truce. After he left, another British force came to Ticonderoga in 1781 under General Barry St. Leger, and this time, though secret meetings between him and the Vermont commissioners were taking place at the fort, an unfortunate encounter between a Vermont scouting party and one sent out by St. Leger, almost upset the whole intricat...e scheme. Sergeant Tupper of the American troops stationed at Castle- ton led the scouting party, and coming suddenly upon St. Leger's scouts, exchanged shots with them, and the American sergeant fell. St. Leger, fearful for the success of the annexation scheme, made the mistake of treating the matter as an unfortunate acci- dent and apologizing to Vermont for it in an open letter. He sent home the body of Sergeant Tupper, and by the time the escorting party had reached Governor Chittenden, they had acquainted themselves with the contents of St.
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