Octobt 24th 1755 after a tedias march over hills and holes we Indeavoured to Disscover ye french on this side of ye Carrying Place but Could not hear any of ye Choping or Shooting or Druming we went Down To ye Lake but Could not Disscover them Then we Proceeded farther To Tiondaroga where we had a fare View of y® french a little before son set They ware at work Clearing of Lahd and Choping of Timber they have Cleared a Pint of Land that Looks East a Cross the Water that Runs from Lake George and ye South Bay which is To appearance but little more than Quarter of a Mile a Cross they have built no fort as I could Disscerne neither have they any Great Guns that I could see we Lay all night within about a mile of them saw them Light up y° fires and Beat ye Drums there appears to be about 150 Tents some small Boarded Housen there may [be] about 100 men as near as I Can Gess we Design' to view y™ ye next morning but'

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was Prevented by y¢ snow filling yeare we then Proceeded Back on ye 25t to Disscover ye french on this side ye Carring Place if Possable we went to the Lake but not near y™ but Dissern ye Buildings but could not Disscover ye strength nor numbers but saw that it was on ye west side of y® Lake at a verey Narrow Place ye next morning we Determin4 to make farther Disscoverey but was Prevented by a thick fogg our Provision being spent Could tarrey no Longer God knows wheather Ever we Get home if we Do I would Humbly Present these fow Lines to Gen! Wm. Johnson Recd 28t Oct. 1755.