most
picturesque scenery imaginable. It was so named, at
this time, because it was early on Sunday morning
that Abercrombie and his army left this place and
proceeded down the lake. There a small provincial
force had a desperate fight with a party of French
and Indians, in 1756, and defeated them.
Abercrombie's army went down the lake in batteaux
and whaleboats, and reached the Point just at dark.
Captain (afterward General) Stark relates that he
supped with the young lord Howe that evening, at
the Point, and that the nobleman made many anxious
inquiries about the strength of Ticonderoga, the
country to be traversed, &c., and, by his serious
demeanor, evinced a presentiment of his sad fate.
He was killed in a skirmish with a French scout two
days afterward. His body was conveyed to Albany, in
charge of Captain (afterward General) Philip
Schuyler, and buried there. He was a brother of the
admiral and general of that name, who commanded
the British naval and land forces in America in
1776.]

Thursday 6th. 12 A Clock at night we marched of again[37] & landed at
the 1st narrows & then we Marched on to the falls[38] within 2 miles
of the fort and there we was attackt by the Enemy[39] and the
Engagement held 1 hour and we kiled and took upwards of 2 & 50, & of
Captain Holmes Company we had 3 Men wounded. Sergent Cada Sergent
Armsba and Ensign Robbins & at Sondown the French come out again 5
thousand strong and our men came back again to the Landing place &
Lodged their.

[Footnote 37: "The order of march," says Major
Rogers, "exhibited a splendid military show." There
were sixteen thousand well-armed troops. Lord Howe,
in a large boat, led the van of the flotilla,
accompanied by a guard of rangers and expert
boatmen. The regular troops occupied the centre,
and the provincials the wings. The sky was clear
and starry, and not a breeze ruffled the dark
waters as the