Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-01-21

| Mr.. Bailey's letter is as follows:
To the Editor OF the Free Press:
I am glad to note the manifest in
tcrest taken In historical matters re
lating 90 Samuel de Champlain and
Lake Champlain through the columns
Of the Free Press. Permit me to quote
John strong in IIemenway's Gazeteers.
vol. /, PIP. /. After mention OF the
| Champlain encounter with the 1ro-
quois. John Strong says:
After the battle they crossed the
lake to Chimney Point. Champlain
here named the lake for himself, and
in the afterpart OF the day started on
their return for Canada"
For one I should be glad to have
this true | have been unable to find
n scrap of evidence anywhere. or the
testimony of any other historian TO
substantiatc this claim made by John
Strong.
Also ITemcnways, vol. !, PIP. 75i.
says Jacobus dc Warm built a stone
fort Mt Chimney Point in 1890. hope
this Is true, but more light than I now
have will be necessary to make 1t
plain that there was any fort or sct-
Element or a garrison at Chimney
Point prior TO the establishment Of
ISITOnRHDIu ny IlH f1Fnfn At 'IoN IL
Point in 173o-31 except perchancc
scouting parties sont out from Albany.
y. y. that may have rendezvouscd in
this vicinity.
John Strong says Hcmenway's. vol.
/. PIP. 2. that in 1890 the French built
, small fort at Chimney Point and
probably repaired the little stone fort
built by de Warm in 1890.
II is notable fact that Samuel
Swift, tho able and learned historian
e 90 Addison county and of Middlebury.
r In his history. published in $50, does
not mention Champlain coming over
to Chimney Point TO christen the lake,
or that Dc Warm built a fore there In
1890. VIII some reader of the Free
/, Press shed light on these two import
!, ant csupposedJ historical events?
@ Respectfully,
: HORACE ". BAILEY.
4 Ncwhury, VI. Jan. :. 1903.
The data which Mr.. Bailey seeks
e would be Of nestimable value and i'm
Il portance to Vermont. if It could be
V provided, as we'll as OF material as
-. sistance to him in connection with the
=. work he has in hand preparatory T.
great discovery; and it is to be hoped
-, that residents of Vermont or of Other
- states, having books or pamphlets oi
8. manuscripts relating to the early his
j., tory OF the Champlain valley vii
carefully go over the same and fur.
or nish us for puhlication any statement.
81 having a bearing ON the points il
=. question.
A. In this connection we reproduce tbs
j. correspondence growing out OF an in
a quiry addressed to Editor Joseph Bat
~ tell of the Middlebury Register by Hon
* NJ. +. Barnes Of Addison short tim
~ since, as follows:
in In very interesting and able ad
dress delivered by Senator Henry "
HIN of Buffalo. y. y. before the Yer
1t mont Historical society at Montpelie
as the 9th inst, upon Samuel Cham pla
and his discovery of the lake whic
bears his name. while speaking OF hi
celebrated engagement with the lro
&c quois. is reported to have made III
he following statement: There has bee
=, some controversy among historians n
to the location of this cnEa genent. blu
"" most agree that II was in the vicinit
r of Ticonderoga. although George +
o. Bixhv in a formal address before tn
~, Albany Institute on November ), lsS!
contends that the first battle of LAX
20 Champlain occurred at Crown Poir
n and his address on that occasion WI
be read with interest by those VIII
IT. hold the latter views"
one would be led to infer from tn
ne statement that pr. Rixhy was the onl
e. prominent authority who made tn
m claim
| believe Hon. L. T.. Chitterden wa
u regarded. previous to his death a fe
- years ago. one of the best authoritie
by II not the leading one, upon histor
~ cal matters i'm this country II l al
not mistaken Nj Chittendcn wror
~ YOU "a letter a few wears ago while
you published in tho Register. calm
i your attention TO the fact that II
he statement You made al that time
tn your publication entitled "lllustrate
a Vermont" which Won issued as sui
re PIGMENT to the Register, regarding Il
dc location of that battle was not In a
No cord with views held by modern hi
he torians. who hold that that engag'
no ment took place "on the north end
le- Crown Point" which is now known
mt orchard Point and upon which w
lc- located the old French city In IL
,te ana later.
ny Could YOU turn to that letter Of NJ
is Chittenden's or its publication in II
~ Register, and may ask To be favor
lis with a COPY of it?
he Editor Battell responded by reprin
nv - L., which "