. New England; a human interest geographical reader. Sunset near Colchester Point in the day the party would land, draw up their canoes,and range them closely side by side. Rude, bark-covered sheds were then made, dry wood was gathered Lake Champlain 295 for the fires, and trees were felled with which to forma defensive barricade on the landward side of thecanoes and shelters. Champlain went on amid the islands and broadreaches of water to the more open portion whence hecould see the forested ridges of the Green Mountainsfar off in the east, while on the western horizon loomedthe Adirondacks.
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. Sunset near Colchester Point in the day the party would land, draw up their canoes,and range them closely side by side. Rude, bark-covered sheds were then made, dry wood was gathered Lake Champlain 295 for the fires, and trees were felled with which to forma defensive barricade on the landward side of thecanoes and shelters. Champlain went on amid the islands and broadreaches of water to the more open portion whence hecould see the forested ridges of the Green Mountainsfar off in the east, while on the western horizon loomedthe Adirondacks. At the southern end of the lakethe expedition encountered a party of Iroquois, andfought them victoriously. That satisfied Champlainsallies, and the party paddled back to Canada. The Indians name for the Lake meant The Gateof the Country, and this very well described it in thedays when waterways were the chief could go from it to the St. Lawrence, or south-erly to either the Hudson or the Connecticut, with onlyshort portages. T
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