& some of my men pursued them within Gun Shoot of the Fort but could not overtake them So we Being Discouerd thought it needles to waite any Longer for Prisoners but Imedently set fire to the Barns & Houses where was abundance of wheat & other Graiens & we Kill4 there Cattle, Horses and Hoogs in Number Aboute fifty Left none Living in s¢ Village to our knowledg aboute 11 o'clock we march4 Home ward Leving the Village on fire the 5th Insta: In the Morning one of our men was taken Sick soI stooped with Seven men & sent the Rest Home with Cap» Cushinn & Liev' Ogden they Arré at our Fort Aboute 6 In the Evening & I got Home the next Day Aboute 4 o'clock In ye - afternoon with the Remainder of my Partey A true Accouny by

your Humble Servant. ° Rosert Roperrs Witnesses

Sermo CusuHine

JOURNAL OF A SCOUT

From Fort William Henry down into Lake Champlain pursuant to an order from his Excellency Major General Shirley to Captin Robert Rogers--as followeth--viz'.

June y® 20th 1756 Set out with a party of fifty men in five Whale Boats & Proceeded at abt twenty miles to an Island in Lake George were we encamped ye next day went five miles farther Down ye Lake and there landed, halled out our Boats ashore and carried them over a Mountain about six miles to South Bay whare we arrived ye 34 July in the afternoon and ye Same evening went down ye Lake at about six miles Distance from ye Forts.