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JOURNALS OF StR WM. JOHNSON^ SCOUTS.

REPORT OF CAPT ANGELL.

Camp Lake George Novem br 3 : 1755.

Report of my Procedings on a Scout Towards Tenondorogo.

So according to your Orders of the 31 of Oct r Last I put of from the Camp in the Evening of thesame Day about four miles Down the Lake I saw a fier on the West Shoar and went Nigh to it beingInformed by the people With me that Our Scouts Commonly made fiers Near that place I Proceededabout Seven Miles from hear I saw a fier on the East Side on a Neck of Low Land and passed it atsum Distance about fourteen Miles from hear I saw a fier on the West Shoar Which I passed at twoor three miles Distance So Proceeded Down the Lake tel about four o’clock in the morning the WindBlew fresh and Rained and was very Dark I being unserten how far Wee had got Down the Lakeput on Shoar hail’d up the Canoe and staid til morning then found that we had not got Within Sevenor Eight Miles of the Narrows Concluded to travel that Day by Land accordingly at Eight o’clockI satt out Leut Waterbery and one man more and Left two men with the Canoe Wee Traveled tilPast Noon along the sides of Mountains allmost Impasable and got on the top of a very high Moun-tain Where I had a fine Prospect of this Lake and of the Mountains on Champlaine I judged Weehad got about five miles by four hours hard traveling I allso thought I could see all from their bythe Looks of the Land Within a Little Ways of the Narrows and Judged I Could see aney advan-tagous ground this side the Narrows Where the Enemy Would be likely to post their Guard I couldsee no Smoak only at a great Distance towards Champlain Which I Judged the Products of the Campat Carelon finding the Mountains so Bad to pass Concluded to Return to tire Canoe and go Downthe Lake that Night about Eight miles if I Did not Discouer aney Enemy Soner acordingly I didand at Dark Lanched the Canoe and Proceded it Rained and Was very Dark so I could have seenaney Light a great Distance wee padled Down the Lake about three hours got wherethe Lake wasvery Narrow Could Discouer no Light Judged I had got By where the party w T as posted acordingto what Information I had had Looked at it not Safe to Land there that Night as it was so Near theEnemys Camp knowing Capt Rogers had been thar a Day or two before and that Likely he Mighthave alarmed them and that by that means they Might auoyd keeping fires in Order to Lay in Watefor an opnrtunity to Discouer our Spies I Judged that If I should be Discouered in the Day timethat it was more than an Equil Chance to be taken So taking Every Circumstance into ConsiderationLooked at it Beter to Return unsuccessful! then to Run So Big Risk of being Discouered as ILooked at it I must Land there and stay a nother Day about ten 0 Clock that Night Sett out forlioome where I arrived about 12 0 Clock the next Day all Well

To Major Gener Johnson Sam Angell.

(Endorsed) Lake George Nov 3. 1755 Cap* Angells Letter.

THE REPORT OF JAMES CONNOR

OF COL. COCKCROFTS REG T WHO WENT IN 'a BATTOE WITH 5 MEN MORE TO DISCOVER THE POSTURE OF

THE ENEMYS ADVANCED GUARD ON LAKE GEORGE.

Parted from the Camp 5 Nov r in the Evening & lay by near the mouth of the first narrow thatnight—All next day lay still, till Evening ab‘ 7 a Clock, then went on & ab l 10 discovered one of theEnemys advanced Fires on the East shore, proceeded & came in between 2 of their Flank Fires,then went in upon their main Fire & discovered them releiving their jtentrys w 81 * were 5 in numbs*