Sergt Thompson of the Rhode Island regt Went down the Lake yesterday with a Battoe & 4 Men between 6 & 7 a Clock in the Evening rowed abt 4 hours came to a little Island abt 8 miles off halted struck up a little Fire & eat some victuals when Connor in his Battoe joined them, then set off & stopped at a little Island abt one Mile on this side the first Narrows, there went ashoar & reconnoitred it, thus went round it twice in a Battoe by web time it was abt Sunrise, thus supposed were discovered by the Enemy, for immediately a large white Flag was hoisted on a point of the Main Land on the East side of the Lake from hence not above a Mile from where we were & is one of the points of Land we makes the narrows w¢ did not seem to me to be above 40 yards wide, the Flag continued flying till we were out of sight. Connor thinks the Flag was 7 or 8 Miles from the Island -where they discovered it.

They say that to the Northward of the s¢ White Flag, they discovered a large Smoak wh appeared to be a Mile long.

REPORT OF THE SCOUTS TO SOUTH BAY.

Lake george November y® 15" 1755 then set out a Scout with two of ye Mohawk officers and two of their Indians and three of my men went towards y® South Bay to See what Descovéry we Could make of an army Comming against us and traveled about