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JOURNALS OF SIR WM. JOHKSOn’s SCOUTS.
THE REPORT [OF] HENDRICK & NICKLAS
TWO MOHAWK INDS MADE; WHO WENT UPON A DISCOVERY TOWARDS CROWN POINT TIONDAROG &C.
1755. Nov r 2 d . Encamped upon a large Mountain near the Lake ;
3 d . Still keeping to the westward of Lake George along the mountains, and encamped upon amountain calld Tekaglnvean garaneghton, heard firing in the Woods but could not come up withany Parties tho came upon several Tracks; imagining to be hunting Parties.
4 th . Discovered a French Guard of abt: 30 or 40 men who had two Hutts upon a Point of theLake , they look’d for a place of Ambush and encamped so near the Guard that they heard them speak;
5 th . Laid still trying to get a scalp
6 th . Went to the Road which goes along the Water side towards Tiyondaroga in Order to get ascalp but no Body pass’d and they returned, and built up a small fire some Distance from that Guard,at night observd the fires of an Encampment so bright that it appear'd to them like Day.
7 h . In the Morning resolvd to discover the Encampment nearer accordingly they went, and foundit to their surpriz and amazement so large that they never seen the like and the Encamp 1 at thisLake was nothing in Comparison did not see any Indians in the Encampm 1 returned to the Placeof Ambush.
8 th . Laid there this Day for a scalp.
9. Provision growing short resolvd to return and report their Discovery.
10. Travelled back.
11. In the Evening arrived at the Camp.
A REPORT OF THE SCOUTT TO THE EASTWARD.
Lake George 13 lh Nov r 1755.
having marclit ab‘ Twenty five miles to the Eastw d of this Camp being hinderd by the Rain fromgoing farther, Sent Severall advanc’d Scoutts: But none of us Discover'd any thing Nothing morehas happen’d. Peiter Becker
To Major Gen 11 Johnson.
REPORT OF SERGT. THOMPSON.
Serg* Thompson of the Rhode Island reg* Went down the Lake yesterday with a Battoe & 4 Menbetween 6 & 7 a Clock in the Evening rowed ab‘ 4 hours came to a little Island ab‘ 8 miles off haltedstruck up a little Fire & eat some victuals when Connor in his Battoe joined them, then set off &stopped at a little Island ab‘ one Mile on this side the first Narrows, there Went ashoar & recon-noitred it, thus went round it twice in a Battoe by w cJ > time it was ab l Sunrise, thus supposedwere discovered by the Enemy, for immediately a large white Flag was hoisted on a point of theMain Land on the East side of the Lake from hence not above a Mile from where we were & is oneoi the points of Land w ch makes the narrows w ch did not seem to me to be above 40 yards wide, theFlag continued flying till we were out of sight. Connor thinks the Flag was 7 or 8 Miles from theIsland where they discovered it.
They say that to the Northward of the s J White Flag, they discovered a large Smoak w ch appearedto be a Mile long.