Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-01-15

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spoke Of it (in Montreal, from rhir-sse =.
wrote to Adams and warrcn) To- III. -
New Hampshire Grants or the to him a..
not appear, nor is it Of any cgp-souer.. D.. -.
Hiaia question" The main oua.rio, -.
took Ticonderoga ? 80 not who sr,t suggested n.
enterprise.
Again Mr.. peCosta says De Ia pl,ea .,-.
even that he did not see Allen But d. =
Place said no such thing. He did po.r..-
Allen or Arnold He said he did not see g.,
ton.
Andh willsay further, thst3Ir. Dec,..
remark, in his Galary article. after au5tirg N.
Browns words, g The people Of the New Ham
shire Grants have engaged to DO thi, bu.fps. p,
does not accurately represent what Mr.. Brown
said. lie does not say IS the only reools' he
had anything to do with were a couple Of .iJ
hunters who ferriei him hurrieIiy down LIKE
Champlain." After speaking Of the d. ias.a.
ceiyable harlships" ofhis fourteen Dag. jour-
ney from Albany to Montreal, partly by water.
and partly On the ice, partly on lanI-the parts
ice had driven them on TO Oh island. ''afs-
which, says be, g. SIC were glad to foot il 5-
land, he goes on at some length to sp-ak ofth-
delivery Of hi- letters TO Ne-srs. Walker
Blake. his interviews with the committee of coz
respondence at Montreal, and the infgrma,i.-
thew gave Of affairs in the Province He tL.s
s,vs two men from the New H,ur-bir.
Grants accompanied me over ,he lakes. Tn.
one was an old Indian hunter, acquainted ~
the St. Francois Indians and their hn--
The other was a captive many years ama1s .-
Cichuawaga Indians These men, he says
he sent among those tribes to So inquire l-I
search out any intrigue carrying 0- aar-
them. and he uarra,e, the information q sy
brought him. For augh- that is said or imp..
in his letter, he may have seen u1n4 per-
from the New Hampshire Grants. Nelr -s
close Of his letter he says Sc have e-ti1l-teI B.
channel Of correspondence through the N.s
Hampshire Grants which may be depended oa.
u is, ut least. fair TO doubt whether the tv
hunters were the only, or the chief, men of be
New Hampshire Grants with whom he bad o.
tlll-el relations.
Mr. DeCosta says thltI ''try to cag-!ea l-
work Of Brown and Eas,on in missing reell--
Most certainly did nothing of the ,ost. 1s r.
careful reader of what s.d VIII plainly
He further complains that / liI rot quote t--
andflIly from Benedict Arnoll's lettertotaeN ..
sachusetts committee. hal no other purp7-.-
quoting the few words u-el from that letter tu.
Der the realer see that Arnold cl4iHCi 10 ha-
entered the Fort first, and that there had .sl
some sort Of agreement between him 'Hl .
Allen alou. the ISSUE of orders, anj tia. i
Allen refused to allow him To- hsye any e.--
ms-I-ths fair inference being that COL Allen
dii not allow that he had made any agrs--s--
which justified Arnoll's claim lr anti.
Arnold Of course crljrc3 all the while t.s. f-
virtue Of his commission from the N.--a.ll-r.
committee he was the risdtiUl commlui.r. b..
authority having been ouly in Aaey44sg u.l.-
dure.s. but revived the moment the lures v..
/ taken Of. aui he wrote 90 tle N.--a. l-s.-.
committee accordingly. Thu; his claim g.
eommaul v.- utterly repuliatei ty 'ls .#-.
/ and men Of the expedition was July -l.v. a
I nv previous article. To argue n .t Col a -..-
remark in his letter 70 the Albany --a-i...
/ that Col Arnold went into the For with Din
/ side by side. was an admission that le Del. --
/ equal command at any stlee Of The business. .
absurd.
There s. little D-ei Of further coule-- .a
what M. I2eCo-ta says above a5outtbe iau-a.--
which Allen says be usel m reply -a Ca.- la
L. PIa.s The dsuaul anil ia, -lreal-e s--
not conducted IN writing, as is most Often ---
cas- .f,srau iuyestmentofa FORTRESS. ta-. g err.
Of mouth I'm the haste and VIC eaee .iaH -.--e
Prise. OmcaI reports Of @als was sF.t, -..
not 90 Pc expected. T. was enough &c
what has taea done. To presume. "a, W. b.
Csat. does, that Col Allen IVES less I.Es.- - -..
excitement Of the moment. .s have u.
reply which be says be u--4e. AL va..l --.-
ton has brought down go us, t4u 20 lave b.
vented It some years ahe-w. .-I-. seems ~ -..-
1 show great lack Of ule-st4ading, t.ee----
Ter 4 Ethan Allen. a5t TO say 4 humsu ---l.-
in general
Mr.. Dc Cys-.'s c1uc'ui.n- remark ah "a. .s
importance OF historians being free from
{ prejudice and here worship is wen enough
itself As to his further remark shat '--.-
I tina. tine arrives lin Vermont we suppose.
/ h.ps 10 man viii be evil sposeu Of t.- .as--
+ that some one bssi5es Ethan Allen h.i . L.--.
share in the work OF taking Tc-ule.-.. Be-
may he assured thar that time clme .-- ~.
Nobody in Vermont supposes when to Toe .le--
ZION ''vho took Iieondero-a.' On the lH.1
May 100: one answers ''Elida .1l!-s 30 ...
he means to say that Allen lNlursAasy
did !. ali alone Allen himself. vita. If maxim.
any exJrayagaut Chains q a-s.. for H.-.
/ gave large credit to t5e oGeat. and men PSI.
I were appointed With hia q, p,- ents--..
dill the Connecticut commit tee. and 81. hove
historians from that iay 70 tbs. But usueeftar-.
eHcep; Mr. DE Costa, 1 believe, goes So ..r .. Pr
try to take away the honor hitherto accredited
TO Ethaa Allen, as the chief efi,er Of the ss-.-
I 'ioa-by whose activity and influence die .--
I portion Of the nee were brought -5-s...s.-'
who lei them i=sS tie Fort. surprising .. -.-.-.
and its e1mmauler, and dclaudlu- ami - ...-
I iug iheir surrende7-iu oljertha, the a..--ag
[ be transferred ta- was attempted ia the ...
artclsl TO Benedict Arnold Before t-a.e
/ be done there VIII ueei to be 'e,ter aa.- E
for it ;haH the assertions o.: an anonymous s.s--
/ paper correspondent, even ifhis cou-ua-.-.
may have appeared in a paper ~ as g. .-..t
as Ihomas's Oracle Of Li5srig GE.E
N'+---,a --3 criticism aa -l- Ga.-., ---...
T o.llt H- OBJ l-.,- il. -.-tra-t 1l Sir 1.--.- a