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JOURNALS Of SIR \VM. JOHNSON’S SCOUTS.

CAPT. RODGERS’ REPORT.

October the 7* 1755.

In the Evening Embarkt by order from the Camp at Lake George with a partey of aboute 50men To make Descouery of the french at Atianderogoe & wee went by three or four fires & in six-teen miles sailing I mist one Batoe it being Dark Could Not find it went on with the Rest of theCommand And aboute brake Day landed ourBatoes on y e East side of y e Lake Georg within Twelvemiles of the Caring Place at atenderrogo lay their that Day Made No Discouery the Eighth Day atEvening Landed our Batoes and Boare towards Tianderrogoe & Descouerd a fire on an Island put toland & sent of a burtch Cannoe to see whate w T as their They that was on y e Island Descouerd y e Can-noe & Put oute their fires & as W r e supposed went of In their Cannoe then went Down with y eParty within aboute 7 miles of the Cereing place & landed on a point on y e west side of y e lackeGeorge and Drewe up y e Batoes and secuered them y e 9 th at morning sent off Cap 1 Putnam with oneman and Cap 1 Hunt with 3 men more In order to goe to y e Carring Place and Tianderogoe andmake Discouerys their & Returne to the Partey at Evening Cap* Hunt Come back with Two menat Night sent of Ens n Putnam with three men and ordered them to make what Discouery theyCould with the Borch Conew and to goe to the Cereing Place Tarry their all Night and in y«morning as soon as it w r as light to Come back To their Command That Night Discouer d Severalfires on y e shoar of ye lake 10‘ h Day Sun half an hour highe In y e morning our burch Canoe Comein keept oute Small Scouts by land and Good Guards for fear of the Enemy Coming on ourBacks y« Sun aboute 2 hours high then came up 3 burtch Canoes Came by y® East Shore Camewithin 70 Rods of y e Point where wee were weel ambushed for them they lay on their oars for y«Best Part of an oure 23 in Number then sent oute our burtch Canoe to Decoye them up by thePoint our Cannoe went Pariled with them within 30 Rods then turnd and Padeled Back up by y®Point But they Did not folow them but turnd Down y® Lake half a mile and boar ouer to the westshore & their landed their Cannoes our Centry and small Scouts Come in and said they DiscourdIndians and heard them talk Cap* Putnam Instantly Came back with y e account y e Indians wereon our Backs wee found their Partey to stronge for us to Encounter with launch 1 * our Batoes andsat homew r ards 15 miles and lodged on an Island y* 11 th Day w r e arived at lake georg the Incamp-ment where wee tooke our Departure from

Sir This is the Most Correct account of my agurnale on my Command till my Returne to thisPlace this with all the Reporte of my Spies I sent oute

Robart Rodgers.

To the Honarble William Johnson Esq r Commander in Chiefeat Lake George Which is presented from

Y r Honnours Most obdiont and Humble Servant

(Endorsed) A Journal of Cap* Rodgers’ Proceedings with aCommand on Lake Georg

deliv<* the 12 October 1755.