Sam ANGELL. To Major Gener Johnson

cope creer) Lake George Nov 3. 1755 Capt Angells Letter

276 JOURNALS OF

THE REPORT OF JAMES CONNOR

OF COL. COCKCROFTS REGT WHO WENT IN A BATTOE WITH 5 MEN MORE TO DISCOVER THE POSTURE OF THE ENEMYS ADVANCED GUARD ON LAKE GEORGE.

Parted from the Camp 5 Novt in the Evening & lay by near the mouth of the first narrow that night--AIU next day lay still, till Evening ab! 7 a Clock, then went on & ab' 10 discovered one of the Enemys advanced Fires on the East shore, proceeded & came in between 2 of their Flank Fires, then went in upon their main Fire & discovered them releiving their Sentrys we" were 5 in number then returned about 4 miles in the middle of the Lake, put in on the East Shoar into a little Creek & lay there that night

The 7 Inst in the Morning he & two men went by Land & concealed themselves in some Spruce Shrubs where the Enemy had been felling some Timber abt 5 Rod from the Lake side weh is there about 300 yards wide, saw the Enemy come down to the West side of the Lake & carry away some Timber we lay there floating & carried it up to their Encampt upon handspikes, heard Workmen Chopping & hamering. Saw the Guards from the Two Advanced Fires upon the Lake side, come in, in Two Birch Canoes, each of we contained 12 or 13 men. Saw no Indians. discovered a Breast work round their Incampt with pickets put up like ours here, & several Log houses within it & Suppose there may be between 150 or 160 men there, lay there til it began to rain hard & the Enemy left off working web judge was between 10 & 11 a Clock yesterday morning, then came away & joined the other men at the Battoe lays still till about 12 a Clock at night, then set off for this Camp, about 3 this morning struck up a little fire upon a small Island abt 20 miles from hence about half an hour afterwards heard a whooping of Indians on the East side of the Lake kept a strict watch till Day break when the whooping was repeated more stronly, then set off in the Battoe homewards & made no further Discoveries.