21t Abt 3 o Clock afternoon came within fair Prospect of Crown Point Fort and the adjacent Plantations, but could make no remarkable Discovery as the Place seemed quite desolate to us we could observe no smoke in the Fort or neighbouring houses tho' we staid till dark, saw no Body stirring, no Craft upon the Lake, heard only 2 or 3 Guns fired in the Woods over the Lake, We thought to intercept a Prisoner there or burn their Grain but seeing no house inhabited, & no stack wth Grain (which article Henry the Indian observed to be too precious to the french as to leave it upon stacks :) we returned at Dark a little ways & encamped.

224 Weather & Scarcity of Provisions would not permit us to lay by any longer, wherefore took to our Retour, had an other

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view upon an eminent Rock of a Mountain of Diondaroga, heard firing of Guns & Cutting of Wood, & seen some smokes on the other side of Take Champlain, when the old Indian was convinced of the Enemy's marching backward as he said the smoke of y® Camp was higher up the Lack when he saw it last, as also the firing & beating of Drums ; 23, 24, 25th Travelled homewards under great deal of hardships suffered by y® severity of the Weather. Which is Report of your Honours Most Obedient humble Servants Ricuarp RopeeErs Dant Cravs. To The Honoblé Major General Johnson