What to see in America . Lake George, South from Sabbath Day Point More than a hundred years passed, and then the Frenchbegan to intrench themselves at Scalp Point, which theEnglish called Crown Point. Later they fortified Ticon-deroga, a name derived from the Iroquois, meaning the Meeting of the Waters. But the French called it Carillon,which is equivalent to Chimes of Bells, and refers to themusic of near-by rapids. The Indian name for Lake Cham-plain was equivalent to the Gate of the Country. Thelake was a famous fighting region of the Indians, and theFrench and English fought to control it
What to see in America . Lake George, South from Sabbath Day Point More than a hundred years passed, and then the Frenchbegan to intrench themselves at Scalp Point, which theEnglish called Crown Point. Later they fortified Ticon-deroga, a name derived from the Iroquois, meaning the Meeting of the Waters. But the French called it Carillon,which is equivalent to Chimes of Bells, and refers to themusic of near-by rapids. The Indian name for Lake Cham-plain was equivalent to the Gate of the Country. Thelake was a famous fighting region of the Indians, and theFrench and English fought to control it, and later the Englishand Americans battled there. The best known episode inthis warfare is the capture of Ticonderoga by New Englandvolunteers under Ethan Allen. They crossed from theeast side of the lake in rowboats in the night of May 9, surprise was essential, and only eighty-three men were oversoon enough to follow Allen and the next in command,Benedict Arnold, up the ridge to the fortress at m
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