Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-09-04

beftd CurdinaEs, commonly called the Indian
eye. Bright, fullblosomed into beauty upon the
margin of the unconscious waters. likewise serv-
I'd partially TO enlven the scene. The Indian
Eye Bright is one of the most beautiful flowers
IN America. Its dies are as richly crimson as
the streams of life which erst gushed into the
fountain whose banks 1t now adorns Nth such
appropriate scenes. But psha!-I.eigh Hunt or
ONE of his tea-drinkns a,compllces, in yellow
breaches may one day mistake this letter for
bit of their own cOckneyism.
1t is niue miles from Glen's Falls 10 the sou
thern extremity, which is. the head, of Lake
Georse--be vond doubt 0r controversy the queen
of lakes either in the new or old world. II the
lake poets OF England had only beer .ored With
such lake as this to look upon. " .an they card
ed and spun tn cir metre. they would probably
have shared US much of their naHbv PANTY: and
the American bards. from ScarsOn down to bnet.
McHenry aud the anonymous minstrel of
..Lubly Rosa" would have had better rnndels
for study. But there is no help for the lskers-
and so pass along.
The narrow ridge of country which divides the
waters Of the Hudson from the tributaries oil the
ST. Lawrence, is rough and wild, but, as men
toned IN the beginning Of this letter, 1t IS hsto-
rcal ground. During what is called &" The CH
French Har.'' when England and France were
fercely contesting Tor the supremacy in the New
World Lake George was the Thermopy ln--the
Grand passace-between the British and French
coIonies. Its possession was therefore of the
highest Importance to both the brilisercnts; and
MANY and obstinate were the conflicts which took
place at either extremity OF this beautiful lake
II was in the deiile between French Mountain
on the East. and the lofty range OF muuntalns cx-
tenline down from the Western side OF the lake,
that three bloody battles were fought between the
French and Indians. commanded by Baron Dies
kau, and ,''e Brush troops and proVinclals, un-
dar Colonel " ,ilian,s. and General, afterwards
Sir William Jonrson--ou rhr 9th Ut September,
1855 1t was COR his cont,nct on that day, that
lnnpson wa, houotrr, WITH ms parruetcy. But
for al, this history. a. we'll rs IL. details 0t sub
seoaent sancuinary events III this region. | must
refer YOU TO Blssett and old Captain Carver-the
British Annual Register. Mrs. Wiilard'- i!st0-
nv. and the nutchman's F!reside, -ThesLast OF
the Mohicans, Holmes Annals, all the Guid"
Books.-and, what is lar better than the whole
Of them, YOUR own immortal Ten Days in The
COlntryH'
We arrived at Caldwell, ard were safely de-
posi, ed m the comfortable hotel; formerly BairI's
but now very well kept by MIR. Le"iS-at good
hour in the afternoon. The lake lay ia bcautl-
full stiffness amidst the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on It's
western side casting their dark shadows across
its bricht bosom. while the frowning SUBMITS Of
the eastern range we're yet crowned with sun
beams. The numerous islands, seemingly ahoat
in clusters upon the clear waters. were rep",ns
in their freshness and beauty; aud The tempta-
ton for sail, though fa,Igued by ride over
roads that are none of the smoothest, was too
great to be resisted
While, therefore, the incompatible bass of the
lake were being got ready Tor supper, we
chartered pretty little boat, and danced lightly
across the lake Ia The foot OF Prospect Mounta'n,
and thence along the emerald shore TO the head
of the lake, ihflort Of old Fort George. The tort
bearing this name or rather the ruins Of stands
upon a moderate elevation, about quarter OF a
mile from the water, twas strongly bril'. with
stone, the walls of which are yet standl.g, tho
in a ruinous and crumbns condition, To the
height of some fifteen or twenty feet. This for
tress was the depot for the army Of Burgnyne;
but fortunately that boa,ing commander was
soon relieved from the necessity of drawing thence
his SUPPLIES. The finest view of the lake. and
the mountains for twenty miles towards Us "at
let. is from the broken ramparts ct tins fort
once frowning in the pan"piy OF war, bu, now the
lone habitatUn of the mole and the bat.
At halfa miles distance from Fort George, i'm
mediatev on the shore OF the lake. wesiwardy,
| are the mounds and trenches which yet mark
with tolerable ,i,.tlnctness, the site OF the vet
older Fort Of William Henry. For the history
Of this work, and the bloody tragedy which mar
ked us fall into the hands of the French, under
the MARQUIS de Mnn'caim, IN 1877, must again
refer YOU to the authorities above cited-togeher
with Professor silsioan, whose name. as tour
ist. had before forgotten. Suihce II to say, that
the massacre OF the captulating garrison Of Col
Munroe, was the blrodie.t TRACED, ever wantonly
enacted on the American Continent. The little
village of Caudwel stands upon the ground OF
the French Eucampment. We drew our cioaks
around us-for even the August evenings are
chilly among these elevated mountains-and re-
turned to our lodgngs-before ample justice was
done to the delicate fish, and other suitable NOR
ceaux. as they came hot and smoking from the
pans.
ed in testing the capacity of the powerful! echo,
mentioned m all the Guide Books. For this pur.
nose. bunderbuss was twice loaded and dis
charged in the direction of moun'ain-slen, on
the eastern side of the lake. opposite the hotei:-
the effec, was prodig'cusIy fine. Fora moment