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.

Camp at Lake George 8 Noyr Afternoon taken by me

Peter WRAXALL (Endorsed) The Report of James Connor

relating to the Enemys Advanced Guard.

SIR WM. JOHNSON'S scouts. O77

A REPORT OF THE SCOUT TO THE N. E. OF THIS INCAMPMENT.

Camp at Lake George 8'» Novt 1755

Having according to Orders Gone the Distance w® we Reach'd: the 6t sent out Two Scouts Imediately one for South Bay the other for wood Crick. the one that went to wood Crick returnd the same Evening and acquainted me they had Discoverd Newly beating Tracts to the st w4 upon w® on the 7h at day break sent four ye same way to reach the falls of wood Creek But being a Rainy day & having no Compass within they went about S Eas nigh as I can judge from their Information, and In the' Close of the Evening Came up with a Tract Just Trod which they Immediately follow'd: & not Long before they discoverd the Rise of a smoke from a small hutt on the side of a hill, they made a halt & Concluded to send one forwarded to make what discoverys he Cow'd (the other lay in ambush abt 30 rod off) on his Coming near he Discovered Seven Nigh the fire Three french and four Indians.