The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-10-18

be given, The messenger wM brought 10
Col. IlavilAnd's quarters blindiolded, Amer
delivering his proposals 10 the council Of o'i-
osn there sssemblcd, he was conducted out
Of tho roam while the council considered their
sHswer, It Wa eallan'iy and ttaHins',sly
resolved by the officers 'to bury themselves
IN tho rufus Of Ills Maieaty's fort rAtheH than
surrender" Braddock's defeat, two years
before, was still fresh IN thu minds Of the sol.
dien, They crowded around the CoIonels
quarters IN anxieiy for their decisioni fearing
that they would surroider-H HMononeaheia
and revenge" was the cry with tho hen. The
French oni@ 9was again brought Ia tile an
swer given by Col. llayilandi and twenty
minutes allowed him To join his party.
In the course Of tho day general attack
was male on the fort At four different points
with great ohsiinacy and perseverance bat
AZ Eallagil EsFasl.ad ,e.,sI-s..,, 92s,-
then burned a vessel on the stocks. set fire 20
the wool provided for the garrison, and tho
hut. oft tho rangers tsumn,cr huts) outside of
the fort and amer a Siege Of fvc'iays retreat
ed carrying away most Of their wounded
They concealed their loss in killed by cutting
holes IN the Lake and throwing them in. RE-
port says that they 6rst scalpcd their dead, 10
obtain the bounty then given 10y both Govern
ncnis for the scalpa Of their enemies. The
prcsoHt generation will bo shocked to hear
that such traffic did exist, but.so u was.
The wounded prisoners who were picked
up on the day the French rctrcatcd. reported
tbp, their orders were, if tho fort ww carried
10 put every man, woman and child Ia il to
the bhYunct.
! Ia tho defence not man OF the garrison
wnA killed, two or three we're wounded. Capt.
Stark was strurk by spcnt hall upnn tho
shoulder, which produced slight coninsion
bnt drew no blood. Soon a0cr this affair
Capt Stark received from some gentlemen
of Nantucket a cane made Dom the hone Of
whale A- token Of respect Cor his con'lncI ut
I Fort Williaig Henry, The cane j. still IN
! the posse s1ioh ol his family,
Thus ended the frst toigc of Fort William
Horny, In March, 1857. In August fellow
ing, Il WAS hcsicged hy the Marquis dc Mont
cam aud surrendered in uine DAYS Few of
its gallant defenders in the frst siege witness
cd H. fall The fort was entirely destroyed
I by the French.
Tho cause oft. capture was ~ follows:--
In 767. the EHrl of London was appointed
commnndcr-in-chicr of Ills Britanc Maicsiy's
| forces in .Norih America Tie camc wiihihc
hope of gaining iAnrcls. but fonnd mono. lie
rirrw uH tho farScE of'tffc North Ia Nova $40
ia, and threatened Louisbprg and Quebec.
but effected nothing. lie len garrison NJ
t,r' rurTI ut FORT fsrtrv7rryi, ruIruHurfrri-
Gen. Webb. hn imbceilc, who suffered Fort
William Henry only 10 miles distant, 90 hc
hcsicrcd nine days and captured hy the
| French General without making the least
movement for iis mccor A Gen. Wolff, in
command Of Fori Edward, would have told a
diIiront story. ~
The campaign of 1888 was aircnlrd with
no bct,cr success. An army of 5000 British
and Provincial troops wercShamefully rcpus-
ed before the lines Ticundcroga, hy fdrcc or
of2, 800 French, commanded by Marquis do
/. Monicnlm.
In the campaign of 1889, the Earl Chatham
was called to the helm. Under his vigorous
administration the aspect Of affairs changed.
Active officer. we're brought into tho field
imbccics laid upon the shelf and victory
crowned the British arms in every quarter Of
the globe.
We will now hcstow a passing tribute to
the gallant Marquis dc Montralm. Tho only
blot upon his fame is the mnssarrc which was
enacted 10y his Indian allies, aner the reduc-
ton of Fort William Henry, in AuEustl757
He fell upon the heights of Abraham in 1859
IIo and Wolfe fell together. One reioced
that he died in the arms Of victory, and tho
other that he should not live to witness the
surrender of Quebec. v.