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A Battle Fought on Snow Shoes
A Battle Fought on Snow Shoes
By MARY COCHRANE ROGERS COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY MARY COCHRANE ROGERS By MARY COCHRANE ROGERS Lake George was frozen and the snow four feet deep in the woods, when on March 10, 1758, Colonel Haviland, commanding at Fort Edward, sent Major Rogers with one hundred and eighty men to reconnoitre the French position at Carillon, or Ticonderoga. Rogers and his Rangers marched from Fort Edward in snow shoes to the half-way brook, in the road leading to Lake George, and there encamped the first nigh
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Transcribers’ Notes
Page 7: that → than Page 26: ever → every page 26: table entry regarding Capt. Shepherd’s Company; there is nothing to show what occasioned the two entries. Page 31: fontier → frontier Page 31: contigious → contiguous Page 40: He said: “When a boy in. Opening left double quote removed. (He said: When a boy in) Page 46: sillful → skillful Page 50: duplicate ‘shall’ reduced to one Page 53: Mexco → Mexico Page 54: five → Five Page 56: may → many Page 61: Inchian → Indian Page 64: kim → him (kill hi
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