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.

July ye 4th towards morning we halled up ye Boats on the East side of the Lake & Concealed them & lay by untill Evening, then set Out again & Passed by Tiantiroga & found we were not Discovered by being so near ye Enemy as to hear y® Senterys Watch word. We judged from the number of their fires they had a body of about two thousand men, & yt y® Lake in this

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Place to be about Seventy Rods--Continued on till Day light about five miles from ye Fort. then halled up y® Boats & Conee cealed all day on ye Same Shore and discovered 30 going loaded : from expwil point to Sundry Battoes, Loaded and unloaded which ware bark canoes with ing ing ye we e i shout 2 Taian, ae ie & going Bpony rg in ye Evening of from Ticondorog, Y° fifth Day Put of again & attempted to Pass by Crownpoint But thought it imprudent to Pursue this Intention by Reason of the Clearness & light of the Night, So haa Si ome halled up ye Boats again & Lay Concealed all Be cmpty and) Day being of 6t Currant. this Day near one hunpare aoe dred Boats Passed us Seaven of Which Came very [near] us and asked to land at the Point Where we lay but their officer went farther on & Landed about 25 Rods from us Where they Dined in our View But did not think it advisable to Attack them in the Situation we were in--About 9 in ye Evening Set out again Passed ye fort at Crownpoint & went ten miles from it Down ye Lake & halled up ye Boats about brake of Day.