e
adventure in a wolf's den, so familiar to every
reader. He was appointed to the command of some of
the first troops raised in Connecticut for the
French and Indian war in 1755, and was an active
officer during the entire period of that conflict,
especially while in command of a corps of rangers.
He was ploughing in his field when the news of the
skirmishes at Lexington and Concord reached him. He
immediately started for Boston, and, at the head of
Connecticut troops, was active in the battle of
Bunker Hill. He was one of the first four
major-generals of the continental army appointed by
Congress in June, 1775, and he was constantly on
duty in important movements until 1779, when a
partial paralysis of one side of his body disabled
him for military service. He lived in retirement
after the war, and died at Brooklyn, Windham
county, Connecticut, on the 29th of May, 1790, at
the age of seventy-two years.]

[Footnote 35: General James Abercrombie, the
commander-in-chief of the campaign. He was
descended from an ancient Scotch family, and,
because of signal services on the continent, was
promoted to the rank of major-general, the military
art having been his profession since boyhood. He
was superseded by Lord Amherst, after his defeat at
Ticonderoga, and returned to England in the spring
of 1759.]

Tuesday 4. This day I cut my hat and received my amanition and
provision for 4 days and made radey for to go on.

Wednesday 5th. This day the Army by son rise got ready for to March
and Marched of by Water, and Arived at the Saberday point[36] & stayed
their til midnight then Marched again to the first narrows & Landed
their and went down.

[Footnote 36: Sabbath-day Point. This is a fertile
little promontory, jutting out into Lake George
from the western shore, a few miles from the little
village of Hague, and surrounded by the