Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV
28 Jest as the Day Brock I went out with 4 men and trauiled 2 or 3 miles North Est and Came to a Camp which Looked varey New and Judged to be made by the Enemey and we went in and thare fier was not all out But we Judged that they had begon 2 ouers or more and they trauiled Right North and maid A Larg Road then I Returned to our Camp and sent out a Scout of 10 men which folowred that Road 3 miels and then thay Could Not folow No futher for the Enemey Scatrad so that thay could not tel which way they went and then thay Returned to the Camp our other Scouts mad no Descovery.
29 Day Send out Sundery Scouts which mad No Discovery' of Any Enemey and then we all marched for this Camp and on our Return made no Descovery of any Enemey Nor No New sins. James Reep Capt.
272 JOURNALS OF
REPORT OF CAPT. RODGERS & C0.
_ OF THEIR SKIRMISH WITH THE ENEMYS ADVANCED GUARD. May it Please your Honour
Pursuant to your Orders of ye 29th of October Last I set off with ye Party to me ordered and Went Down ye Lake and ye 31st made a Discovy ofa nomber of fires By night Scituated on a Point of Land on y® West Side of ye Lake, upon Which we Landed and Secured our Battoes upon ye Same Side of ye Lake about a mile & half Distance from their Encampment, Next morning Sent out Spies for further Discovery, in y® Evening Capt Fletcher one of y® Spies return'd Leaving 2 of ye Spies there, and made Report yt there was four Tents and Sundry Small fires on Sd Point,and upon yt after Consultation it was Concluded advisable to acquaint your Honour of our Discovery and Reinforce us if you thotight advisable in order to Proceed further and Make a Push upon our Enemy, accordingly Capt Fletcher. was Dispatch¢ to you with Six men in ye Battoe and Six being return'd as Invaleeds Leving me with nineteen men only, but being un Hasie with the Report, I took a Battoe with 5 men and went Down within 25 Rods of their Fires Discovered a Small Fort with Several Small Log Camps within ye Fort which I Judged to Contain about } of an acre Said Fort being open towards ye Water The rest Picketted.