. Indian history for young folks . LOUIS JOSEPH OSWEGO IN 1755. In it was Colonel Monro, a brave old soldier, with a garrison of fivehundred men. Two thousand provincial militia were encampedoutside. At the head of eight thousand French, Canadians,and Indians, Montcalm crossed Lake George in a fleet of bateaux, preceded August 1. INDIAN HISTORY FOR YOUNG FOLKS. by swarms of Indian canoes. The lake covered with boats, the bannersund the music, the brilliant uniforms of the French and the picturesque costume of the Indians, moving overits placid surface under a brilliant Julysun. alto
. Indian history for young folks . LOUIS JOSEPH OSWEGO IN 1755. In it was Colonel Monro, a brave old soldier, with a garrison of fivehundred men. Two thousand provincial militia were encampedoutside. At the head of eight thousand French, Canadians,and Indians, Montcalm crossed Lake George in a fleet of bateaux, preceded August 1. INDIAN HISTORY FOR YOUNG FOLKS. by swarms of Indian canoes. The lake covered with boats, the bannersund the music, the brilliant uniforms of the French and the picturesque costume of the Indians, moving overits placid surface under a brilliant Julysun. altogether made a striking andbrilliant, as well as unusual, spectaclein this solitary haunt of nature. It was not altogether a pleasantsight to the defenders of the fort, whoT were taken completely by encamped outside hastily burnedtheir tents and hurried within thewalls. A summons to sur-render was answered by abrave defiance. Montcalm then invest-ed the fort, and battered it with hisartillerv. The Indians were hio-hlv delighted with the can
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