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Boats empty tmd** Boats again & Lay Concealed all Day being of 6 th Currant , this Day near one hun-I'ioadc^going 3 ^ dred Boats Passed us Seaven of Which Came very [near] us and asked to land at theto Ttcondorogo Point Where we lay but their officer went farther on & Landed about 25 Rods from usWhere they Dined in our View But did not think it advisable to Attack them in the Situationwe were in About 9 in y e Evening Set out again Passed y e fort at Crownpoint & went ten milesfrom it Down y e Lake & hailed up y e Boats about brake of Day.
July 7 th about 10 in y e Morn. 30 Boats Passed towards Canda also a Light Schooner of aboutsupose pan of those 35 or 40 tuns—Set out again in y® Evening & went 15 miles farther Down andseen the day before. we nt ashore about 1 oClock a. m. upon a Point on y e East Side of & ImmediatelySent a party farther Down the Lake for Discovery, who Saw a Schooner at Anchor Some Distancefrom y e Shore about a mile from us And upon this Intelligence lightned our Boats & prepared toBoard them but were prevented about 3 of y e Clock by two Lighters Coming up the Lake who wefound intended to Land in y e Place Where we Were which Vessels we fired npon immediately andafterwards hailled them & offered them Quarters if they would Come ashore which they said theywould Comply with but Instead thereof put off in their Boats to y e opposit Shore but we followedthem in our Boats & Intercepted them & after taking them found twelve men three of which werekilled & two wounded one of the wounded Could not March therefore put an end to him to PreventDiscovery—as soon as y e prisners were Secure we employed our Selves in Destroying & SinkingVesels and Cargoes—Which was Chiefly Wheat & flour Rice Wine & Brandy excepting Some fewCasks of Brandy & Wine which we hid in very secure Places with our Whale boats at Some Distanceon y e opposite Shore the Prisners informed y l about five hundred men of which they were foremost,were on their Passage at about two Legs Distance which occasioned us to set forward on our Returnye Morning of the 8 th Currant & persued our March till y e 12 th Where we arrived on the WestSide of Lake George about twenty five miles from Fort Wil m Henry & Sent Lieut Rogers to saidfort for Battoes & Provisions to Carry us by water the 14 th in y e evening y e Lieu 1 Returned to uswith thirty men and ten Battoes & y e 15 th at two of the Clock we arrived safe With all my Party &Prisners at Fort Wil m Henry. Robert Rogers .
To Sir Wil m Johnson.
From Albany to Still Water ----------- 22 mills
from Still Water to Sarichtoge .-.-------14
from Sarichtoge to the Great Carrying Place - - - - - - - -14
from the Carrying Place a Cross to Wood Creek - - - - - - - 10
from the Wood Creek Down to the forks -------- 6
from the forks to the Little falls Being the end of the Wood Creek 24
from the Little falls to the Narrows in the Drowned Lands, where 2 hills are
opposite one another - - - - - - - - - - - 9
from the Narrows to Tjondaroge where Lake S f Sacrama falls into the River - - 21
from Tjondaroge to Crown point.- - - -15
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