PTION.

Nathan, who had looked upon the men under Colonel Allen much as he had
Corporal 'Lige, was literally amazed by this ready submission of the
king's troops, standing silent and motionless by the side of Isaac as
the garrison was paraded without arms, and the surrender made in due
form.

Some days afterward Isaac learned that the spoils of war at this place
were one hundred and twenty iron cannon, fifty swivels, two ten-inch
mortars, one howitzer, one cohorn, ten tons musket-balls, three
cartloads flints, thirty gun-carriages, a quantity of shells, a large
amount of material for boat building, one hundred stand of small arms,
ten casks of powder, two brass cannon, thirty barrels of flour and
eighteen barrels of pork.

Forty-eight soldiers were surrendered and preparations were at once
begun to send these, together with the women and children, to Hartford.

Hardly was the surrender made complete when such of the troops as had
been left on the opposite shore under Seth Warner, arrived in a
schooner, much to the surprise of all, until it was learned that Captain
Herrick, who had been sent to Skenesborough to seize the son of the
governor, had succeeded in his mission without bloodshed.

He took not only the young major, but twelve negroes and attendants,
seized the schooner owned by the elder Skene, and had come down the lake
in the early morning with the hope of aiding in the capture of
Ticonderoga.

Isaac had supposed this victory would end the adventure, and was saying
to himself that his experience had been rather pleasing than otherwise,
so much so in fact that he almost regretted the time was near at hand
for him to return home, when he saw, much to his surprise, a portion of
the troops being formed in line as if to leave Ticonderoga.

Corporal 'Lige had been assigned to the task of overhauling the goods in
the warehouse for the purpose of making out a list of the same, and it
was to him that Isaac, followed by Nathan, went for information.

"Forming in line, eh?" the old man asked as, wiping the perspiration
from his face, he went outside to have a look around, and instantly he
noted the preparations which were making, turned back to his work as if
it was of but little concern.

"What is the meaning of that, corporal?" Isaac suggested. "Are we going
back without having stayed here a single day?"

"There will be no turnin' back, lad, until the work is finished, and the
fort at Crown Point yet remai