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 A PROSPECTIVE PLAN 
 
 WITH AN EXPLANATION THEREOF 
 
 By SAMUEL BLODGET 
 
 OCCASIONALLY AT THE CAMP WHEN 
 
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THE 
 
 BATTLE NEAR LAKE GEORGE 
 
 IN 1755 
 
 A PROSPECTIVE PLAN 
 
 WITH AN EXPLANATION THEREOF 
 
 By SAMUEL BLODGET 
 
 OCCASIONALLY AT THE CAMP WHEN 
 
 THE BATTLE WAS 
 
 FOUGHT 
 
 REPRINTED IN FACSIMILE FROM THE 
 
 EDITION PUBLISHED IN LONDON BY THOMAS JEFFERYS IN 1756 
 
 WITH A PREFATORY NOTE 
 
 By henry N. STEVENS, F.R.G.S. 
 
 LONDON: HENRY STEVENS, SON & STILES 
 
 39 GREAT RUSSELL STREET, OVER AGAINST THE SOUTH-WEST 
 
 CORNER OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM 
 
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PREFATORY NOTE 
 
 HE BATTLE NEAR LAKE GEORGE on the 8th of September 
 1755, when General Johnson turned the tables on the French 
 after the disastrous defeat of General Braddock on the 9th of July, 
 has always been regarded by historians as a most important incident 
 in the campaigns which eventually culminated in the loss to France of all her 
 possessions in North America. 
 
 The most interesting and reliable contemporary account of the Battle is 
 undoubtedly Samuel Blodget's " Prospeftive Plan . . . with an Explanation 
 thereof, containing a full, though short, History of that important Affair." 
 Blodget was present at the camp as a sutler, and during the battle (to quote 
 his own words) "had, it may be, as good an Opportunity as any Person 
 whatever, to observe the whole Management on both Sides ; especially as I 
 took my Post at the Eminence where the Field-Piece was planted, from 
 whence I could, with Advantage, view the Aftion, in all its Parts, from the 
 Beginning to the End of it." 
 
 On his return to Boston, Blodget appears to have lost no time in having 
 his sketches of the Battle engraved by Thomas Johnston and his explanatory 
 notes printed in pamphlet form by Richard Draper, for in the " Boston 
 Gazette" of December 22, 1755, appears the following announcement: 
 
 THIS DAY PUBLISH'D, 
 
 And Sold by Samuel Blodget, at the South End of Boston, near the 
 Sign of the Lamb, and opposite to Capt. Smith's. A prospedive Plan of 
 2 of the Engagements the English had with the French at Lake-George on 
 the 8th oi September 1755; exhibiting to the Eye a very lively as well as 
 just Representation of them; together with Part of the Lake, the Camp, 
 the Situation of each Regiment, with the Disadvantages attending them: 
 The Appearance of the Canadians, Indians and Regulars, as they made 
 
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 their Approach to the Brest-work; the Form of the Land and the Enemy; 
 together with the Advantage they had in their Ambuscade against 
 Col. Wilhams. As also a Plan of Hudson' s-River from New-Tork to 
 Albany, with such Marks as will be of great Service to Navigation: 
 Likewise the River and Waggon Road from Albany to Lake George; 
 together with a Plan and Situation of each of the Forts that have been 
 lately built. All which is carefully and neatly struck off from a large 
 Copper Plate. N.B. There will be Sold with each Plan a printed 
 Pamphlet with Explanatory Notes, containing a full, tho' short History 
 of that important Affair from the Beginning to the End of it. The 
 above Map, together with the Pamphlets, may be had of the Printers 
 hereof. 
 
 In an "Advertisement" dated Boston November lo, 1755, which is 
 printed on the back of the title-page of the " Explanation," Blodget further 
 states " I herewith offer to the Public a visible Representation of two of the 
 Engagements the English had with the French, on the 8th of last September, 
 with explanatory Notes; by the Help of which any one, who will be at the 
 Pains to compare what is said under each Figure with the corresponding 
 Figure on the Prospeftive Plan, may easily be let into a clear Idea of this 
 whole Affair. The Representation I have given, whether as appearing to the 
 Eye in this Plan, or to the Mind in the descriptive Notes, contains the real 
 Truth. ... As the Aftion near Lake George is the greatest, in its Kind, that 
 ever happened in North-America, it is hoped, the Prospedt and Account, 
 here given of it, will not be unacceptable, unless to those who don't wish well 
 to his Britannick Majesty's Interest in these Parts of the- World." 
 
 It was not till quite recent times that Blodget's quaint Plan and Explana- 
 tion were re-discovered. In the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical 
 Society, Second Series, Vol. 5, Boston, 1890, page 416, Dr. Samuel A. Green 
 gives a facsimile of the Plan, with an interesting account-'^ of how a copy of 
 the original was found in a bound volume of the " Boston Gazette " for 1755, 
 which formerly belonged to the Rev. Abiel Holmes, D.D., and had been 
 presented to the Society by his son in 1883. Fortunately the Society was 
 already in possession of the " Explanation," for a copy, together with other 
 pamphlets once owned by the Rev. Jeremy Belknap, D.D., had been presented 
 by his daughter in 1858. The Plan and pamphlet on being compared were 
 found beyond all doubt to belong together, and to explain each other by the 
 
 ' A few copies were also struck off in separate pamphlet form for presentation. 
 
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 corresponding reference numbers common to both. Dr. Green adds some 
 further interesting personal details of Blodget and Johnston. In 1902, in his 
 " Ten Fac-simile Reproductions relating to New England," Dr. Green issued 
 another facsimile of the Plan (slightly reduced) with some additional notes. 
 Unfortunately he does not reprint Blodget's explanatory pamphlet, so that the 
 interest of the Plan is to a great extent lost for the want of the key to the 
 reference numbers. 
 
 The original Boston Plan and pamphlet seem to have quickly attracted 
 the notice of Thomas JefFerys the enterprising Map Publisher of London, for 
 he reprinted them without delay, the Plan bearing date Feb. 2 1756. In the 
 course of a long experience several copies of JefFerys' issue of the Plan have 
 come under my observation, but I never met with the " Explanation " till a 
 copy of it, together with the Plan, was found in a large Colleftion of Maps 
 which my firm acquired at the Sale of the Library of the Rt. Hon. Lord 
 Polwarth at Sotheby's Auction Rooms in London on February 15th, 1909 
 {Lot 182). From that copy the present facsimile has been made. 
 
 The London issue of the Plan has several times been reproduced in 
 historical works, mostly in a reduced and mutilated form, without any indica- 
 tion of its origin and without the key to the references.^ A comparison of 
 JefFerys' issue with the Boston edition shows (as Dr. Green puts it) that " in 
 general features it is the same as the original Plan, but the engraver has taken 
 many liberties with it." The size of the Boston original as given by Dr. Green 
 is 17I X 134 inches, while JefFerys' plate measures 20-|- x 1 1. In the original 
 the title is at the bottom in three lines within the border, and a map of 
 Hudson River runs across the top, with insets of Forts Edward and William 
 Henry in the top right corner. A Dedication to Governor William Shirley 
 occupies the lower left corner. In JefFerys' edition the title i§ in two lines 
 across the top, outside the border line. The map of Hudson River is removed 
 to the left-hand side of the Plate, running from top to bottom. The Plans of 
 Forts Edward and William Henry are placed near the lower left corner and 
 the Dedication to Shirley is altogether omitted. 
 
 I have not had an opportunity of comparing the London " Explanation " 
 with a perfe6t copy of the Boston original, but as the reference numbers on 
 both issues of the Plan are identical, I cannot but suppose that the text is the 
 
 ' Cf. Bancroft's History of the United States, Vol. 4 (1852), page 210— Bryant and Gay's 
 Popular History of the United States, Vol. 3, p. 288— O'Callaghan's Documentary History of the 
 State of New York, Vol. 4, p. 169— Hough's edition of Pouchot's Memoir, Vol. i, p. ^j— Third Annual 
 Report of the State Historian of the State of New Tork, 1897, P- 504) etc., etc. 
 
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 same in both. In fa6l, in the British Museum there is (at 1197, ^' ^^) ^^ 
 imperfedl copy of the " Explanation " containing only the 5 pages of text, 
 which I presume to be the Boston original without the title leaf. As compared 
 with Jefferys' edition the impression is quite distinft although the subje61: 
 matter, including the references, is apparently exaftly the same. The head- 
 piece of page I is a row of type ornaments three-eighths of an inch deep, extending 
 the whole width of the type measure. The second line of the heading ends 
 September 8, 1755: and at the foot of the second column on page 5 are two 
 full lines of asterisks. The verso of page 5 is blank. The title-page being 
 missing, and the name Blodget not appearing elsewhere, the tradl was 
 catalogued as an anonymous publication under George Lake, where I had at 
 first overlooked it. There is no copy of the Jefferys edition in the British 
 Museum. 
 
 It is hoped that the present reprint may prove useful as a key to the 
 copies of the Plan preserved in various Libraries, also to the several repro- 
 duftions in the above-mentioned historical works. As to the Plan itself, 
 Jefferys refers to it as " the only Piece that exhibits the American method of 
 Bush Fighting." It was subsequently reissued by Sayer and Jefferys in " A 
 General Topography of North America" published by them in 1768, where 
 it forms plate No. 27. 
 
 In conclusion I desire to acknowledge my obligation to Dr. Green and 
 to tender to him my thanks for the use I have made of his valuable Notes on 
 the original Boston Plan and pamphlet. 
 
 HENRY N. STEVENS. 
 London 
 
 20 May 191 1. 
 
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PROSPECTIV E-P LAN 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Battle near Lake George^ 
 
 O N THE 
 
 Eighth Day of September-, 1755. 
 
 WITH AN 
 
 EXPLANATION thereof; 
 
 CONTAINING 
 
 A full, though (hort, Hiftory of that important Affair. 
 
 By Samuel Blodgety 
 
 Occafionally at the Camp, when the Battla was fought. 
 
 BOSTON, NEW-EN GLAND, printed; 
 LONDON, re-printed for T. Jefferys, at the Corner of Sc. Martin's-Lane. 
 
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 ADVERTISEMENT. 
 
 I Herewith offer to the PuMic a vifible Reprefentation of two of the Engagements the Englifh 
 had with the French, on the Bth of laji Septembtr, TO/ii explanatory Notes ; iy the Help of 
 •which any one, who will be at the Pains to compare what is faid under each Figure with the cor- 
 refponding Figure itt the Profpeftive-Pian, may eafilybe let into a clear Idea of this whole Affair. 
 
 The Reprefentation 1 have given, whether as appearing to the Eye in this Plan, or to the 
 Mind in the defcriptive Notes, contains the real Truth. I was myfelf prefent in the Camp; and 
 though I could not be in the Front, and Rear, and on either Wing, at the fame Time, yet being 
 an independent Perfon, not belonging to the Army, I had, it may be, as good an Opportunity as 
 any Perfon whatever, to obferve the whole Management on both Sides ; efpecially as I took n^ Pofi 
 at the Eminence where the Field-Piece was planted, from whence I could, with Advantage, view 
 the A£iion, in all its Parts, from the Beginning to the End of it: Though Jmufi confefs, the thick 
 Smoke, which arofe Jrom the "DijcKiarge of fo many Gum on both Sides, rendered the Sight lefs 
 clear than I could have wifhed; and I was often interrupted by taking Care, that the Guards, he- 
 ginning at the above Eminence, kept to Order, and attended their Duty. I have not therefore con- 
 tented myfelf with my own Obfervations, but made it my Bujinefs to converfe with thofe, at the 
 Camp, who were mofi capable of enabling me to give a fair and full Account of the TranfaSlions of 
 this memorable Day, After ally I may have fallen into fame fmaller Mijlakes ; though I am not 
 fenfible of any fuch. I timfure, I have nofmifter End toferve, nor do I know of any Thing that 
 Jhould biafs me to vary in the leafifrom the Truth of FaSi. 
 
 As to the Fight of the Detachtnent of which Col. Williams had the chief Command, T am 
 beholden to others, but of the heft CharaSler in the Army, for the Account I have given of it ; and 
 I received it immediately from their Mouths : Though I was myfelf well acquainted with the 
 Ground upon which they fought, and viewed the Dead as they lay after the Battle was over. 
 
 What 1 have faid of the laft Engagement alfo, in which a Party of our Men from Lyman's 
 Fort drove off the Ground, and routed, double the Number of the Enemy, I had from thofe that 
 •were pre fent at it, befi able, and mofi difpofed, to reprefent the Matter as it really was. 
 
 As the ASlion near Lake George is the greatefi, in its Kind, that ever happened in North- 
 America, it is hoped, the Profpeft ««^ Account, here given of it, will not be unacceptable, 
 unlefs to thofe who dorlt wifh well to his Britannick Majefifs Inter eft in thefe Parts of the World. 
 
 Boston, 
 November lo, <75Sf 
 
 SAMUEL BLODGET. 
 
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An EXPLANATION of the PROSPECTIVE-PLAN 
 
 of the Battle near Lake GEORGE, September 8, 1755; containing a 
 full, though ftiort, Hiftory of that important Affair. 
 
 N. B. The Figures i, 2, 3, &c. anfwer to the fame Figures, as they are placed on the 
 Profpeft, and explain nvhat is there reprefented to the Eye. 
 
 The firji Engagement. 
 
 I. rTT^H E Road from the Camp to Lyman*s 
 Jl Fort, in which Road a Detachment 
 of 1000 Englijh, and about 150 Indians, with 
 Hendrick the Mohawk Sachem among them, 
 were marching in order to annoy the Enemy, 
 who, it was fuppofed, were attacking the Fort, 
 or retreating from it. 
 
 2 The Form in whxh the French and In- 
 dians appeared, being like (hat of a Hook; for 
 fo they had placed themfelves, extending a 
 curve Line from their Front on each Side of 
 the Road, near half a Mile on the Right, and 
 about one half that Space on the Left. They 
 had Opportunity to do this, as they had re- 
 ceived Intelligence from a Scout they had fent 
 out, that a confiderable Body of our Men 
 were marching in order to oppofe them. The 
 Reafon of their thus forming themfelves was 
 this i — on the Left of the Road, all along the 
 Line they had placed themfelves in, they had 
 the Advantage of being covered with a thick 
 growth of Brufh and Trees t fuch as is common 
 tofwampy Land as this was : On the Right, 
 they were all along defended, as with a Breaft- 
 work, by a continued Eminence filled with 
 Rocki, and Trees, and Shrubs as high as a 
 Man's Breaft. Our Men, while marching in 
 the Road, were within 150 Yards of the Ene- 
 
 my, who lay inv'Jible on either Side. They 
 had ported themfilves in the moll advanta- 
 geous Place there was between the Camp and 
 the Fort for an Ambufcade. And confidering 
 this, together with their great Superiority in 
 Numbers, being upwards of 2000, 'tis a won- 
 der they had not entirely routed and deftroy- 
 ed this Detachment. Our Men mufl: have be- 
 haved with the utmoft Bravery, and Wifdom 
 too, or they could not teive made fo honour- 
 able a Retreat, killing even more of the Ene- 
 my, than they loft themfelves-, as the French 
 General owned, after he was taken : Tho', in 
 this Fight, which began about two Miles and 
 an half from the Camp, our lofs, both of 
 Officers and private men, was much greater 
 than in the other Battle. 
 
 3. Hendrick, the Indian Chief, or King of 
 the Six Nations, who was drefled after the 
 Englijh manner. He only was on Horfeback, 
 becaufe he only could not well travel on Foor, 
 being fomewhat corpulent as well as old. He 
 fell in this Fight to the great Enragement of 
 the Indians, and our lofs 1 as he was a very 
 good Friend to the Englijh, and had mod In- 
 fluence to keep the Mohawks fo. 
 
 4. Our Men reprefented as breaking their 
 Order, and haftily running. Their Defign 
 herein was to gain the Advan ags of the Emi- 
 nence on the Right i but the Enemy having 
 
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 unhappily gotihePoffeflionofit, rofeup from 
 the Roch^ and Shrubs, and from behind the 
 Trees, when our Men came within fiire Reach 
 of their Guns, and made a confiderable Slaugh- 
 ter among them. The trees were thinly fcat- 
 tered where our Men were thus fired upon, 
 arid, the Shi-ubs but low : However they made 
 the beft ufe of them they could, and conti- 
 nued Fighting here for forae Time with the 
 greaieft refolution. The greater Part that 
 were killed in this Fight, whether of the Ene- 
 my, or of our People, were found the next 
 Day at this Ambufcade, or not far diftant from 
 it ; tho' they lay fcattered more or Icfs all the 
 Way to the Camp. ** 
 
 5. An advanced P&ny oi ladians, whofirft 
 difcovered the Enemy, and fired upon them ; 
 which gave the Alarm to our Men, began a 
 very furious and defperate Fight, and led the 
 Enemy, by our Recreating from them, into 
 the Engagement they afterwards had with the 
 Army at the Camp. 
 
 The fecond Engagement. 
 
 6. The Appearance of the Canadians and 
 Indians, as they made their approach to our 
 Camp, and began their Fire within about 140 
 Yards of the Bread-work (fuch as it was) 
 about its Front. It is to be noted here, after 
 the firft Fire, both the Canadians and Indiana 
 became imjijible to our Men, by fquatting be- 
 low the under-growch of Shrubs, &i\d Brakes, 
 or by concealing themfelves behind the Trees, 
 only when they rofe up with their Heads above 
 the former, and difcovered Part of their Bo- 
 dies from behind the latter, in order to make 
 their Fire after they had charged their Muflcets. 
 
 7. A View of the Regulars, fuppofed to be 
 about 4 or 500, drawn up in Order, and be- 
 ginning their Fire in Platoons : Tho' it is to 
 be obfcrvcd, they kept their Order but a little 
 while i for after the Djfcharge of our Cannon 
 once, or twice at moft, they went into the 
 Indian Way of Fighting, fquatting below the 
 Shrubs, orplacing themfelves behind theTrees. 
 And indeed, had they not done thus, they 
 mtlft all have foon been dcftroyed i as our 
 
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 men. 
 
 8. The Road we had cleared, leading from 
 the Camp to the Fort at the Carrying-Place. 
 And this was the only clear Ground tlwre was. 
 All the reft was in its natural State of Wild- 
 nefs, covered with Piub-Pine Trees, and a 
 thick under-growth of Shrubs interljperfcd with 
 Brakes, both Waift-higb. 
 
 9. The Form in which our Men were placed 
 v/hen the Aftion begun, and in which they 
 remained during its whole Continuance, only 
 as they might fomewhat alter their Pofture 
 v/hile loading their Mulkets. 
 
 10. The Breaft-work Gen. Jobnfon fpeaks 
 of in his Letter ; which was nothing more 
 than the Bodies of Trees laid fingly on the 
 Ground. They were haftily fcll'd while our 
 Men were retreating from the former Battle, 
 and not in Number fufficient to lie all of them 
 contiguous to each other. The under-growth 
 alfo was all cleared away about the Camp j for 
 which Reafon, the Enemy were better defend- 
 ed than we were. 
 
 11. Three heavy Cannon in the Fronr, 
 which did not do the Execution we fliould 
 have been glad of, while the Regulars were 
 together •, and afterwards they were, in a 
 Manner, ufclefs : Nor were they difcharged 
 more than 4 or 5 Times. 
 
 1 2. The Field-Piece on the Eminence men- 
 tioned by General Jobnfon in his Letter j and 
 not fired more than once or twice. 
 
 13. A long large wind-fallen Tree, upon a 
 rifing Spot of Ground, within 18 Rods of our 
 Breaft-work, behind which a Number of In- 
 dians pofted themfelves, and did us MifchieL 
 
 14. The Manner in which a great Number 
 of the Enemy (chiefly Indians) ran naked, [for 
 it is their Manner to fight without any other 
 covering than a Flap over thofe Parts it is de- 
 cent ftiould be concealed] in order to reach a 
 Swamp on our Right Wing; where, having 
 pofted themfelves, they were under Advan- 
 tage to do us Damage-, and from hence it 
 was we received moft hurt. 
 
 15. A Ridge of Land, 15 Rods diftant 
 from our Men, behind which fome Hundreds 
 
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 of the Enemy (moftly Indians) covered them- work to join our Men, who were now, and 
 felves ; not being obliged to difcover more had for fame Time been, in AfUon, The 
 than the Tops of their Heads, and notthefe, Rcafon why they did not join them at firft 
 only when they were about to Fire. Here was this;— when they retreated from the ffrft 
 
 alfo-was a wind-fallen Tree, which added to 
 their Safety. 
 
 16. Col. Tticemb, and Lieut. Barron, that 
 they might fire at the Enemy with greater Ad- 
 vantage, got behind this large Tree ; tho' at 
 a Rod's Diftance from the Breaft-work : And 
 
 Battle, they went to their Cann^, beyond the 
 Swamp pn our right Wing, to take Care of 
 the Squaw5 and Children they had brought 
 with them j and having conduQied them to 
 the (afeft Place, which took fome Time, they 
 then haftened in the Form here reprefentcd to 
 
 here it was they both unhappily fell, being in* join the Army in the Fight. 
 
 fenfibly flanked by fome of the Enemy. 
 
 17. The Guards, as placed about the Camp, 
 conlifting of more than 500 Men. This lef- 
 fened the Number of thofe who were in Ac- 
 tion s bringing it down to about 1500. 
 
 18. Wet fwampy Land, not at all cleared 
 on our right Wing, which gave the Enemy 
 great Advantage. 
 
 19. Two Gullies, which, together with the 
 fwampy Land within the Camp, occafioned 
 the Tents of the. feveral Regiments to be 
 placed in the Form they are here rcprefented, 
 however irregular or inconvenient. 
 
 20. Cannon pointed all the Ways in which 
 the Enemy could attack us, with a Number 
 of Men to make ufe of them. Here was the 
 Place where we kept our Powder, Shot, 
 Shells, &c. 
 
 21. Waggons placed fo' as to be a kind of 
 Battery to the Guard and Cannon about our 
 Powder, &c. 
 
 2 2. Our Magazine of Powder. 
 
 23. Our Store of Shot of various Sizes. 
 
 24. Our Shells of various Sizes. 
 
 25. Two Mortars, from the fmalleft of 
 •which two Shells were thrown into the Swamp 
 on our right Wing, fuppofed to be full of 
 Indians. 
 
 26. A Caufey 12 Rods in length, extend- 
 ing through the fwampy miry Land between 
 the Camp and the Edge of the Lake. 
 
 27. The Battoes in the Lake. 
 
 28. Store-Houfes, not finilhed, for the ufe 
 of the feveral Regiments. 
 
 29. A Log-Houfe, in which the Prifoners 
 were kept till they were fent to Albany. 
 
 30. The Msbawks running to the Breaft- 
 
 31. General Jobnfon*s Tent. 
 
 32. General Lymati's Tent, and the Tents 
 of his Regiment. 
 
 33. Col. Harris's Tcnty and the Tents of 
 his Regiment. 
 
 34. Col. Cockrofi's Tent, and the Tents of 
 his Regiment. 
 
 35. Col. miliams's Tent, and the Tents 
 of his Regiment. 
 
 36. Col. Ruggks's Tent, and the Tents of 
 his Regiment. 
 
 37. Col. Titcombh Tent, and the Tents of 
 his Regiment. 
 
 38. Col. Gutridgeh Tent, and the Tents 
 of his Regiment. 
 
 39. Officers, who appear very few inNum- 
 ber J becaufe fo mixed with the private Men, 
 while in Action, as to be undiftinguifhed from 
 them. 
 
 The third or laji Engagement between a 
 Party of our Men, and a greater Party of 
 the Enemy, I have not reprefented to the 
 Eye', but ih& Binary of it is, in brief, this. 
 
 They heard at Fort Lyman, between 9 
 
 and 10 o'clock, the Noife of a Multitude of 
 Guns ; and, as it continued without Inter- 
 ruption, they judged our Army at the Camp 
 was attacked by a large Body of French and 
 Indians : Upon which it was thought proper 
 to detach between 2 and 300 Men to their 
 Affiftance. This IDetachmcnt confided partly 
 of Yorkers, but moftly of New-Hampjhire 
 Troops, and was put under the Command 
 of Capt. Ginnis and Cap'. Folfom. They ar» 
 rived between 4 and 5 o'Cloek at the Plate 
 where the French encamped the Night befote, 
 
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 which was rear the Place where the Fight be- 
 gan in the Morning ; and here they difco- 
 vered about 500 of the Enemy (chiefly /»- 
 dians,) who had fled from the Battle at the 
 Camp : Upon which they fell upon them, 
 drove them from the Encampment, and pur- 
 fued them till the Evening came on, making 
 a confiderable Slaughter among them. Our 
 Lofs was fmail ; bur, by all Accounts, an 
 Hundred of the Enemy were killed. Our 
 Men loaded themfelves with their Packs, and 
 left great Numbers behind that they could 
 not carry away ; which were brought in the 
 next Day, wiih as much Ammunition, Pro- 
 vifions, and other Plunder, as filled 4 or 5 
 Waggons. Their Flight was fo hafty, that 
 they dropt fome of the Scalps of our Men, 
 which we recovered. 
 
 Upon the whole, the Day of this Aftion, 
 the 8th of September, may well be recorded 
 in the New-England Annals, as one of our 
 moft memorable Days. The greatefl Battle 
 was now fought, and the greateft Viftory ob- 
 tained, thac we can yet tell of. The Number 
 of the Enemy is thought to have been between 
 2 and 3000. Our Number, inclufive of In- 
 dians, is known to have been about 2250; 
 Though it ought to be remembered here, not 
 more than 1500 Englijh were in Aftion at 
 the Camp, (the reft being employed as 
 Guards) which, with the Ltdiam, will fall 
 fhort of 1 800. The wounded on our Side 
 are 94 Englijh, about 12 Indians % the miffing, 
 61 i the killed, 126 EngUJh, and about 20 
 Indians. Among our Slain are two Colonels, 
 one Major, about 12 Captains and 2 and 3 
 Lieutenants. How many of the Enemy were 
 ■wounded, or miffing, we can't tell •, but we 
 have abundant Reafon to think 700 of them 
 at leaft were killed. This we collea partly 
 from tlie Numbers of their Dead we found 
 within a few Days; partly, from the Num- 
 bers (50 in one Place) we have fince found 
 that were concealed ; partly, from the Scores 
 of Biers we have found in a blcody Hue j 
 partly, from the ofFenfive Stench which has 
 been fmelt in all Places within 6 or 7 Miles 
 of the Camp i and partly alfo, from the dead 
 
 the Profpeftive-Plan 
 Bodies ourScouts have found in many Places, 
 even as far as Crown-Point, The. French 
 General is a Prifoner in our Hands j and 
 from him, with the other Prifoners, we learn, 
 that moft of their Officers were flain -, in par- 
 ticular, their Major-General ; and St. Pierre, 
 the chief Commander of the Indians. 
 
 I fhall only fay, I heartily wifh our Troops, 
 in Spite of all Difficulties, may yet proceed oft 
 the projefted Expedition againft Fort-Frede^ 
 rick, tho' the Seafon is far advanced ; and if 
 they fhould, I fhall expeft foon to hear it is ' 
 in Englijh Hands. 
 
 A s to the Plan I have given of Hudfon*^ 
 River ; it is partly defigned for the Direftion 
 of Navigation^ and partly to convey a more 
 plain Idea of the Difficulty of the Carriage 
 from Albany to LakeGeergey to which Diffi- 
 culty it is principally afcribed that our Army 
 has not, as yeti been able to proceed any 
 further on the intended Expedition." 
 
 The River is navigable from New-Tork 
 to Albany •, and though the Tide flows as far 
 as the Mouth of the Mohawk's River, it does 
 not fet or run up, further than the Flats, in 
 Summer Seafon j that is, not more than about 
 6 Miles from Albany. 'Tis obfervable, the 
 Time of Higb-IVater at the aforefaid Flats 
 and New-Tork, is one and the fame ; tho' ic 
 is dead low Water at that Time at Sopus^ 
 which is half Way from New-Tork tothefaid 
 Flats ; the Occafion whereof is the Length 
 of the River. As I have given two Scales ; 
 one for the Length, and another for the 
 Breadth of the River, with a Compafs ; any 
 Perfon, acquainted with the Names of the 
 Places here mentioned, may very eafily, with- 
 out being at the Charge of a Pilot, proceed 
 from the former to the latter of thefe Cities, 
 by attending to the Marks here laid down for 
 his Direftion : In order whereto, it is to be no- 
 ted, the pricked Line ftands for the Channel; 
 the dotted Places for Shoals or Flats that will 
 take up any common Sloop-, and the Mark 
 ■\-\-\-iorfunken Rocks. The firft Flat or Shoal 
 is at Tappaanfee, the fecond at the Clafs-Houfe 
 at New-fVinfir, &c. On the Eaft Side of the 
 
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 here (hoots firft to the Eaft and then to the 
 Weft, &c. After you have got part Kender- 
 book, if you incline to the Eaft Side of the 
 Iflands, you mu ft give the Point a Birth, and 
 you will find 1 1 or 1 2 Feet of Water for iVliles 
 together and a fandy Bottom. Keep the Mid- 
 dle of the River till you come up with the 
 weftermoft Ifland, where the pricked Channel 
 meets ; keep this Ifland clofe a-board for near 
 20 Rods, then bare over to the Eaft Side gra- 
 dually, as the Channel will (hew itfelf if you 
 obferve the Current ; for there is the upper 
 Over/law, or Reaf of Sand, at high Water 6 
 Feet Depth, or more, every common Tide. 
 As fo the Weft Side of the three Iflands, I 
 have given it as near the Truth as I coiild by 
 the Defcription I had from the Pilots not 
 pafling that Way myfelf. 
 
 The River fiom Albany to Lyman's Fort 
 has fuch a Multitude of torn Falls, and Reefs, 
 and is fo extremely rapid in its Motion, efpe- 
 cially in thefe Places, that it was with infinite 
 Difficulty our Men could get the Battoes, as 
 filled with Stores, to the Carrying-Place. 
 Many Hundreds of them were employed in 
 this Bufinefs. It took them much Time, and 
 immenfe Labour. They were obliged to be fo 
 often, and fo long, in the Water to force them 
 along, that many of them fell fick, and others 
 became fo infirm as to be capable of little Ser- 
 vice. Inftead therefore of conveying our Pro- 
 vifions and Stores any more by Water, it is 
 done from Albany by Land. The pricked 
 Line from Albany to Lake George reprefents 
 the Waggon Road in which all our Stores are 
 carried. This Road, you may obferve, crofles 
 the three Branches the Mohawks River divides 
 itfelf into, each Branch being about 30 Rods 
 wide, and ■<jtx. for dalle, at leaft in the Sum- 
 mer Seafon, not being more than 20 Inches 
 or at moft ? Feet deep. The Road in general. 
 
 Feet in Depth, or 
 largeft Allowance. 
 
 half a Foot more at the 
 
 As to Fort Lyman, (now called Fort Ed- 
 WARD) of which I have given a Plan, it is 
 planted upon the Edge of the Qz.nkoiHudfons 
 River, fo as that the River iferves inftead of a 
 Trench upon the Weftern Side, its Bank 
 being near 30 Feet in Height from the Water, 
 very fteep. Jn like Manner, the fmall Brook 
 pointed out in the Plan, fcrves the fame 
 End on the South Side, it's Bank being equally 
 fteep and high, though the Stream is fmall. — 
 Thus the Fort, being planted in the Crotch 
 that is formed by the River and Brook, is ad- 
 vantagioufly fituated, and impregnably de- 
 fended on thefe two Sides, with the Help of 
 only a little Labour and Art. 
 
 I have only to add, that I've received from 
 a Friend a Sketch of Fort William Henry, 
 which is nor as yet compleated : This For: 
 is built at Lake George, and is equally de- 
 fended as Fort Edward ; being planted in 
 the Crotch of Land formed by the Lake and 
 the Brook that empties itfelf into the faid Lake. 
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 Fort Edward, and equally fteep. On the 
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 near two Miles from the Fort totheTop of it: 
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 the Enemy can receive no Advantage from if, 
 unlefi they can look from the Top into our 
 Fort ; but as the Trees are very thick, it will 
 in a great Meafure prevent their taking a pro- 
 per View thereof. As the Dimenfions of this 
 Fort is in Figures on every Angle, I fliall only 
 mention theHeight and Thicknefs of its Walls, 
 which are as follows, the Foundation 32 Feet 
 thick ; the Parapets, 16 Feet thick, and is 12 
 or 14 Feet high, where it isfiqifhed : It is 
 built of Pine Logs, and filled up with Earth; 
 
 the whole Way from Albany to Lake George and fomewhat larger than Fort Edward, and 
 
 is plain and eafy, with but ffew Hills, and thefe is fuppofed (if well mann'd) able to withftand 
 
 not high and difficult j and tho' it crofles the all Canada. 
 River at Saratoga, this is eafily done in Sum- 
 
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