We then bivouacked until day break. '

97th ditto. We got on the right road when day dawned» and

continued our march. On the way we passed over much stoney land and hills, and had to tarry at the swampy, long, broken

and even frequent kills where we halted and must-cut trees 'to make bridges to pass over, and divers mountains were so steep

that we were obliged to haul the wagons-and cannon up rand

down with ropes. Thus our progress was slow. When about two miles from the Indian fort, sent forward Capt. Lieutenant Couwenhoven, Lieutenant Stilwil and Ensign Christiaen: Niessen, with 116 men 'to surprise it. I followed, meanwhile, with the remainder of the force, the guns and wagons, but on coming ~ within a short mile of the fort, found the way so impassable that I was under the necessity of Jeaving the cannon, as I could not get it farther. I left 40 men there and gave them orders to fortify themselves and set palisades around, which they did,and T followed the preceding troop with the remainder towards 'the Indian fort. On arriving there, found our people in possession of it, as it had been abandoned by the Indians two days before. | Our Indians had caught a Squaw in the corn-field, whither she was coming to eut maize. Now the evening falling, for it was about 6 o'clock when we came to the fort, we passed the night there, having found 3 horses at their fort.