Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-06-06

AS your nOHOr SuVB COiOnel war
ner orders to send q party of npen to
Sisco (MissisquoD bay to burn Med
calfs mills, / have to report that be-
fore he arrived at this post I had al
ready sent off the men In scouting par
ties, so that there were not men hero
sufficient to perform that duty and will
not be until some of them come In
again which expect they will soon do,
Whether 1t would not forward the bus
mess to send to Colonel wait, orders to
do it your honor's wisdom can deter
mine.
Respectfully yours,
GIDEON BROwNSON,
Captain.
american Archives, 5th series, vol. 1,
page 340)
His Honor Major- General Gates, COM
handing at Crown Point
Lieut.. Col Joseph Wait, reached tt
condoroga on September lst where, IN
consequence of his familiarity with the
necessities of the frontier he was
called upon to determine which points
would be the best for posts for the new
troops stationed there. lie decided as
follows:
Ticonderoga, Sept. list, 177G.
This may certify that the most adj
vantageous post on Onion river. for the
posting of six companies of men raised
for the defence of the frontier is 1T
Jericho. at Bakers Block House, and
at Colchester Point.
JOSEPH WATT
Meutenant-C Colonel
Sept. I. 1875. Certified
Headquarters Ticonderoga,
Sept. l. 1916.
Headquarters Ticonderoga,
September !, 1919.
Sir--You are directed to maintain
your post at Jericho on Onion river
with the company under your com
mand. sending out scouts and followin z
the directions you may from time to
| time receive from the committee of the
| county and from Deacon Rood. You
will remain until you receive orders
from the commanding officer here. Any
intelligence or deserters of the enemy
ore to be sent to headquarters immc-
| datcly.
am your obedient servant,
JOHN TRUMBALL
Dep. Adjt. Gen. Northern Army.
(American Archives, 9Th SERIES vol. /,
| page $500
To the Commanding Officer of the Com
pany raised by Captain Faucet:
| General Arnold with his little fleet
| cruised between Crown Point and Bou-
| quet river, on Sept. ond the fleet sailed
down the lake Lcut.-Col Joseph Wait
with his command moved with the fleet
! for the purpose of landing on Ranger S
/ Island off Isle La Motto to act as the
advance guard of General Arnold
fleet
! (Amcrican Archives, 5th series, vol.
ii, page 111D
on Sept :, the English sent strong
parties to erect batteries on both sides
! of Arnold's position. On Sept. :, Mr..
| Silas Merriam was appointed surgeon Of
the regiment commanded by Lieut. Col
Wait by general orders from hcadquar-
ters.
(American Archives. 18th series, vol
ii, page 476D
In one OF the severe skirmishes just
before the battle of Valcour Island
Lieutenant Colonel Wait was wounded
| in the head by splinter from a gun
carriage. A detail started to convey
| MN 10 MS nome, ne feil from MS morse
| dead. at Clarendon. VT and was buried
| where he fell near the roadside. A
| monument was erected by his fellow
| officers to mark his last resting place.
1t is still standing, surrounded by an
iron fence. The inscriptions on the
! monument are as follows:
"To perpetuate the memory of Lieu
tenant Colonel Joseph Wait, an officer
| In the American Revolutionary War
! who died on his return from an eXpedi-
ton into Canada, September 2S, 1776
This stone is erected in testimony OF
respect by his brethren in arms"
On the opposite side is the figure of
| an officer in uniform with a raised
sword, and beneath il this Inscription
Our common country claims our aid