. New France and New England. BEGIxNNINGS OF THE GREAT WAR 239 timents of the native tribes. The command of this partywas entrusted to a captain and chevalier named Celoron de. CELORON DE BIENVILLE Bienville. They went up the St. Lawrence as far as FortFrontenac, crossed Lake Ontario in canoes which they car-ried up by the bank of the Niagara River, and launchingthem at a safe distance above the falls, made their way intoLake Erie. Then for seven days they forced their way 240 NEW FRANCE AND NEW ENGLAND through the dense forest to the placid waters of Chautau-qua Lake, and after landing where
. New France and New England. BEGIxNNINGS OF THE GREAT WAR 239 timents of the native tribes. The command of this partywas entrusted to a captain and chevalier named Celoron de. CELORON DE BIENVILLE Bienville. They went up the St. Lawrence as far as FortFrontenac, crossed Lake Ontario in canoes which they car-ried up by the bank of the Niagara River, and launchingthem at a safe distance above the falls, made their way intoLake Erie. Then for seven days they forced their way 240 NEW FRANCE AND NEW ENGLAND through the dense forest to the placid waters of Chautau-qua Lake, and after landing where Jamestown now stands,and struggling once more with the tangled woods, theyreached the Allegheny River. At that point of their routeon the 29th of July they took possession of the country inthe name of Louis XV. This act of taking possession wasCeleron performed as follows : The royal arms of Francesessk)n°of Stamped upon a tin plate were nailed to a Ohio At the root of the tree a plate of lead was buried, valley for Louis XV., upon which was an inscription stating that Mon-^^ sieur Celoron had buried this plate as a token of renewal of possession heretofore ta
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