Evening Capt Hunt Come back with Two men at Night sent of Ens" Putnam with three men and ordered them to make what Discouery they Could with the Borch Conew and to goe to the Cereing Place Tarry their all Night and in ye morning as soon as it was light to Come back To their Command That Night Discouer¢ Several fires on ye shoar of ye Jake 10 Day Sun half an hour highe In ye morning our burch Canoe Come in keept oute Small Scouts by land and Good Guards for fear of the Enemy Coming on our Backs ye Sun aboute 2 hours high then came up 3 burtch Canoes Came by y® East Shore 'Came within 70 Rods of y® Point where wee were weel ambushed for them they lay on their oars for ye Best Part of an oure 23 in Number then-sent oute our burtch Canoe to Decoye them up by the Point our Cannoe went Pariled with them within 30 Rods then turnd and Padeled Back up by ye Point But they Did not folow them but turnd Down y® Lake half a mile and boar ouer to the west-shore & their landed their Cannoes our Centry and small Scouts Come in and said they Discourd Indians and heard them talk Capt Putnam Instantly Came back with ye account ye Indians were cn our Backs wee found their Partey to stronge for us to Encounter with launché our Batoesand sat homewards 15 miles and lodged on an Island y® 11th Day we arived at lake georg the Incampment where wee tooke our Departure from