Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-09
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of England, France, Gaisi.taS ana ulS
United States are taking part IN the
exercises 1t i9 a notable occasion. INC
states. New York and Vermont, have
united in entertaining the guests III
,oyai style, and every branch of the
Federal government has done some
thing TO aid in the celebration.
ono OF the most important historic
points TO which attention IS directed
BY this celebration is Fort Mconderogl,
which now Is being restored under tic
direction OF Mrs. s.. II. P. Peli at u
cost Of 100000 For months, reprcsail-
4tsltives OF Mrs. Pcll, who is the daush-
Ter of Col Robert Thompson OF New
York, have been going over the old
records III England and France relating
4;tosthe Fort From these Alfred c. Bos-
som, an architect of New York, who is
I'm charge of the work for Mrs. Pell has
evolved the plan for ita restoration
.The authorities OF the British Museum,
4 have given much valuable assistance,
and MIR. Bosom, who has personally
devoted much time to the research, Is
tilGe pSii' b
built on lines historically correct.
The hull of The schooner Revenge is
another object of historic Interest, This
was raised from the bottom of Lake
Chanlplain last winter and is now on
the beach. The Revenge was in tho
ticet with which Benedict Arnold. on
October III, 1916, en- gagged a greatly SUI
aperior British fleet just southwest OF
Ns,icour Island. In this engagement
Arnold, though he displayed great yalor
and ability as a commander, lost heav-s
ily The sloop Enterprise, the galley
Trumbull,S and the schooner Revenge
mana sed 10 escape the British and get
to the protection Of Fort Ticonderogtl
There tfey-y~ere r,urned to the waters
ed e,s and tho hulls sunk BY Col, Crown,
who, the following year. made an un-
successful assault upon the fort. The
hull of tho Revenge will be preserved
bcneath a permanent enclosure, and
next winter steps will be taken to raise
from the bottom of the lake the hullS
Of the Enterprise and the Trumbull.
The Navy department has also given
its permission to raise from the bot
i ton, Of the lake the hull of the Royal
savage, Arpod's flagship, which now
rests where 1t went aground, and WaS
burned and sunk by the British, after
At had been abandoned by Arnold
little southwest of Valcour island.
The site OF Fort Ticonderoga is sup
posed to have been the scene Of Cham
,plair,ss first encounter with the lro--8
5uuois. though opinions are divided as
10 that. This battle was fought on July
80. 1909, and it served to bring upon tho
head of Champlain and upon the
French generally the everlasting hatred
of the Iroquois.
Shortly after the discovery of Amer
lea By Columbus, the Pope drew q line
on the map declaring that all the new
land west OF this should belong to
Spain, and all east TO Portugal. The
king of France, when he heard Of this
exclaimed. SHOW mo the clause in y
the Will of Father; Adam which divides
America between you and excludes the
Fa.ench.,' And he decided that it was
time for France to obtain her share
of tho New World.
Champlaln was the man to plant the
French standard here, He sailed for
Newfoundland ON March Is, 1903. On
reaching the Gulf Of st. Lawrence he
followed Carriers route On approach-5.
ing a place on the river where it be-
comes very narrow the Indian guides
called 1t Kebec, which means .'rEar
and here champiain founded
the first permanent French settlement,
Quebec,
In March, 1904, ciiamplaln called COR
North America Il second time. He eS-
plored the coast of Nova Scotia and
planted u fort and a colony at the
mouth of the st. Croix River. seventy
nine men we're left here to stay dur
ing the winter but Of this number
thirty-tive We're dead and twenty sick
when ships with fresh supplies ar
rived the following spring The see
ond winter proved less severe.
In iG01 Champaign went to France but
returned the following year as the gov
.ernor Of the new country, He had u
large stock OF supplies. trinkets for the
Indian trade, furniture, tools of all
kinds, and was accompanied by many
skilled workmen, such az rn4sons, car
renters. lock smiths, and ship builders
On July 8, 1908, the uolonists landed at
Quebec. where they soon erected houses
and IL storehouse within an enclosure
But the colonists suffered terribly from
cold and sickness during the following
winter.
The ALGONQUIN Indians now urged
5c'han,plain to Join them in an expedi-
ton against the Iroquois. He consent-
ed A small band With champlam and
two other Frenchmen, consequently,
started south They padded up the
RicheJieu river, and after a few days
came to a large lake filled with beauti-
fui islands. This lake Is now known
as Lake Champain
One night in July, three weeks after
the start they came to tho site OF Fort
yriconderoga, when war whoop was
heard, and a bard OF lroquois Indians
suddenly appeared before them in
Saiioes; Fostilities We're deferred until
the following day, The Iroquois had
selected camp and barricaaed ii. The
sAlgonquins and the Frenchmen landed
4 and moved down towards the enern,- &