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JOURNALS OF SIR WM. JOHNSON’S SCOUTS.
Fort W m Henry Jan r y y e 29 th 1750.
Set out with a Partey of fifty men with Orders to Look Into Crown Point & the Advance Battreysthat is Built Round it the first Day we mar htl Down the Lake George aboute Eighten Miles &Camp 11 so we Procee d by the west rd of the Greate Mountains And Con tin u d our March until the 2 dof Feb r> ' than Clamb rd up a greate Mounton to the west vd of Crown Point about one Mile & Gaveit the name of Ogdens Mount there we took a Particular View of the s d Fort & the Ridouts that isBuilt Round it& a Plan of the Same we Laide there untell the Evening then went Down the Mountenmar 1111 through a small Village Aboute half a mile from the Fort to the Suthor d there we Laide inAmbush upon each side of the Roade that leads from the Fort through Sa d Village there we LaideUntill about nine of the Clock in More and there Came Along one French man which we tookPrisoner & 2 more were upon the Roade Accomming towards us but Discoverd our Ambush & madea Speedy Escape to the Fort & some of my men pursued them within Gun Shoot of the Fort butcould not overtake them So we Being Discouerd thought it needles to waite any Longer for Prisonersbut Imedently set fire to the Barns & Houses where was abundance of wheat & other Graiens & weKill d there Cattle, Horses and Hoogs in Number Aboute fifty Left none Living in s d Village to ourknowdedge aboute 11 o’clock we march d Home ward Leving the Village on fire the 5 th Ins 1 In theMorning one of our men was taken Sick so I stooped with Seven men & sent the Rest Home with Cap tnCushion & Liev* Ogden they An" 1 at our Fort Aboute 6 In the Evening & I got Home the nextDay Aboute 4 o’clock In y e afternoon with the Remainder of my Partey A true Account by yourHumble Servant. Robert Rodgers.
Witnesses
Seth Cushing.
JOURNAL OF A SCOUT
From Fort William Henry down into Lake Champlain pursuant to an order from his ExcellencyMajor General Shirley to Captin Robert Rogers —as followeth—viz*.
June y e 20 th 175(3 Set out with a party of fifty men in five Whale Boats & Proceeded atab l twenty miles to an Island in Lake George were we encamped y e next day went five milesfarther Down y e Lake and there landed, hailed out our Boats ashore and carried them over aMountain about six miles to South Bay whare we arrived y c 3 id July in the afternoon and y e Sameevening went down y e Lake at about six miles Distance from y e Forts.
July y e 4* towards morning we hailed up y e Boats on the East side of the Lake & Concealed them& lay by untill Evening, then set Out again & Passed by Tiantiroga & found we were not Discoveredby being so near ye Enemy as to hear y e Senterys Watch word. We judged from the number oftheir fires they had a body of about two thousand men, & y‘ y e Lake in this Place to be about30 lining loaded Seventy Rods — Continued on till Day light about five miles from y e Fort, then hailedTi’™i"orogo P< two to up y e Boats & Concealed all day on y e Same Shore and discovered Sundry Battoes ,about ao Italians , Loaded and unloaded which ware Comeing & going upon y e lake—in y e Evening ofiromTicomiorogo ye fifth Day Put of again & attempted to Pass by Crownpoint But thought it impru-dent to Pursue this Intention by Reason of the Clearness & light of the Night, so hailed up y p