. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... , placed theentire arms-bearing population of the Mon-treal district in the field and resolved toprevent Johnson from reaching Crown Pointby attackmg him in his own country. Witha force of two hundred French regulars andabout one thousand two hundred Indians, heset out across the country to attack FortEdward. Upon arriving in the vicinity ofthe fort the Indians learned that it was de-fended by artillery, of which they weregreatly afraid, and refused to attac
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... , placed theentire arms-bearing population of the Mon-treal district in the field and resolved toprevent Johnson from reaching Crown Pointby attackmg him in his own country. Witha force of two hundred French regulars andabout one thousand two hundred Indians, heset out across the country to attack FortEdward. Upon arriving in the vicinity ofthe fort the Indians learned that it was de-fended by artillery, of which they weregreatly afraid, and refused to attack it. Dies-kau was, therefore, compelled to change hisplan, and resolved to strike a blow at John-sons camp, which he was informed waswithout cannon. 302 THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. In the meantime the scouts of the Englishhad detected the movement against FortEdward. Ignorant of the change in Dies-kaus plans Johnson sent a force of onethousand men, under Colonel Ephraim Will-iams of Massachusetts, and two hundredMohawks, under their famous chief Hen-drick, to the relief of the fort. Their marchwas reported to the French, who placed. THE PALISADES OF THE HUDSON, themselves in ambush along the road theywere pursuing, and attacked them as soon asthey had fairly entered the defile. The Eng-lish were at once thrown into was shot down at the first fire, andWilliams fell a few moments later. TheEnglish and Mohawks then began a rapidretreat to their camp, closely pursued bytheir assailants. The sound of the firing- was soon heard in Johnsons camp, and as it drew nearer itbecame apparent that the detachment wasretreating. The troops were gotten underarms, and the trees in front of the camp werehurriedly felled to form a rude few cannon had just arrived from theHudson, and these were placed to commandthe road by which the French were ap-proaching. These arrangements were justcompleted when the fugitives of Williamscommand appeared in full retreat, with the
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