The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . s over amountain-gorge, from near the middle of Lake Georgeto the waters of Lake Champlain, and then rowed withmuffled oars under the French fort at Ticonderoga, soclose as to hear the sentry give the watchword, and thenpassed the fort at Crown Point in the same way. Hecaptured and sunk two sloops laden with provisions, hidhis boats, and got back afoot to Lake George. Afterwardhe returned and reconnoitred Lake Champlain in hisboats, captured some prisoners, and again hid his time the French found the bo
The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . s over amountain-gorge, from near the middle of Lake Georgeto the waters of Lake Champlain, and then rowed withmuffled oars under the French fort at Ticonderoga, soclose as to hear the sentry give the watchword, and thenpassed the fort at Crown Point in the same way. Hecaptured and sunk two sloops laden with provisions, hidhis boats, and got back afoot to Lake George. Afterwardhe returned and reconnoitred Lake Champlain in hisboats, captured some prisoners, and again hid his time the French found the boats, and sent out scouts COLOXIAL WARS WITH THE FRENCH. 143 to find some water-passage by which they could haveconic into Lake Champlain, not suspecting that theycould have been carried over. Rogers, when unable tocapture any stragglers, once determined to get informa-tion b\ securing a sentinel on duty. With five men hewalked coolly up to a sentinel near the French challenged, he answered in French. Then, whenhe had got near the soldier, and the latter demanded, in. amazement, Who are you? he answered, Rogers,and took him prisoner. There is a tradition that, in es-caping from the Indians, he once threw his packs down asteep rock to the ice on Lake George, and then turnedround on his snow-shoes and walked away with his snow-shoes reversed. The Indians, seeing the tracks, believedthat two men had approached and slid down the fright-ful slope. The place is still known as Rogerss Slide. 144 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Evil influences of III many ways the French wars tended to corrupt the French wars. i c i i • the people oi the colonies. A race of traders secretlysold arms to the Indians that were butchering their ownpeople. Another set of men, some of whom were con-nected with the government, sold provisions to theFrench. Very many embarked in privateering—thatis, they fitted out ships to capture and plunder themerchant-ships of France. This was only a kind of law
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