OF THREE MEN SENT FROM LAKE GEORGE TO RECONOITRE FORT FREDERICK, OR CROWN POINT FORT,
THE NEW WORKS, AND ARMY THERE.
Set forward in a Battoe from the Encampment , the 14 th Sep 1 —at about 25 miles distance downthe Lake, landed about day light, took the Battoe out & hid it, left two Men of Connecticut Forcesthere to watcli the Battoe, & Provisions till our return—Saw, that morning, Sundry Indian Canoespassing in the Lower part of the Lake . Went forward towards Crown Point.
The 17 th . day, at evening discovered the wheat fields, & four houses, about 2 miles Southerly fromCrown Point Fort. In the night v r ent to the Intrenchment, made from the Fort, Encompassing alittle Hill, the Trenches not finished, but reaches about thirty rods from the Fort. Which Intrench-ment begins at the Southwest Corner of the Fort, & Trends Southwesterly, about two rods wideat the Fort, & widens to about 15, at the other End—went into the Trench, & spent the night, fordiscovery in & about there till morning, & then retired to a Mountain , about a Mile West from theFort, where there was a Clear view of all the Fort and appurtenances—and saw an addition to theFort, from the Northwest Corner, about 25 rods, which reached to the Water side, Inclosing someBuildings—many Tents set up in it.
A Windmill about Sixty rods South of the Fort, in which Space many Tents were up—had aClear discovery of the Fort, & appurtenances. The Soldiery were Mustered, & Exercised—thewhole of French , & Indians we Judged were near upon Five or Six hundred.
Their People, some few were at work at the Intrenchmen ts seemed unconcerned—huntingPidgeons &c. all round in the Wood. Some of which came within about fifteen rods of the Scout—We came off the Hill at night.
19 th . Set homeward, travelled to the Lake , about Six Miles from Tionduroque.
20 th . Set up the Lake , to where we left the Battoe, found that, & the two Men (we left) were gone,and we set homeward. The 23 d late at night arrived at the great Camp.
The land is Rough, and Mountainous from the Lower end of the Lake , to Crown Point. Thedistance about 20 miles. And we apprehend impracticable to git a leasable Road there—Which isthe General Account of the discovereys we have made. And is humbly submitted by
Your Honours Most Dutifull, and
Obedient Servant
Robert Rodgers.
24 th Sep r 1755.
To the Hon ble Joseph Blanchard Esq. Col° of the New Hampshire Regim 1 In the Expedition againstCroum Point.
May it please your Honour
The foregoing is a Report of Cap‘ Robert Rodgers, under your direction, sent with a party toCrown Point, to Reconoitre that Post. Which is humbly offered by Your
Most humble Servant
Lake George 24 th Sept r 1755. , Joseph Blanchard.
To the Hon bl * General Johnson.
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