Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-08-04

tity of old-fashioned knives and forks
have been found, perfect old-fash-
joined bottle and many bar-shot, can.
mister shot, mortar shells, cannon
balls and pieces of guns.
Officials of the war departments Of
both England and France, as we'll as
of the British museum, have given
much valuable assistance In the mat
ter OF restoring the old fort on his
torically correct lines. The records
show that Fort Ticonderoga was a
star" fort, and the excavations now
| going forward bear out the records in
this respect The entire fort was sur
rounded by a moat about 10 or 16 feet
deep, and in some places 80 feet wide.
| Two drains which were used by the
| former occupants of the fort years ago
have been cleared out and are now
being used again. Two underground
stores, one located in the northwest
and the other in the southwest angle
OF the fort, have also been opened.
On the tip of the tongue of land
which Fort Ticonderoga was built to
command stands all that remains of
the grenadier battery, as it is known
locally about Fort Ticonderoga, though
there seems to be no real reason for
its being given this name. In 1856
the French began the erection of q
fort on the present site of Fort Ticon-
deroga, which they named Fort Carlton,
name meaning "a chime of bells"
and referring to the music of a nearby
waterfall. In strength this fortress
was second only to Quebec, but in
1859 the English had gained so I'm
numbers and the French had been
weakened so by their campaign in
Canada that the English, under COM
mand of Gen. Amherst were able to
drive them from the stronghold and
force them from the Champlain val
ley. The year before Abercrombie.
commanding $4,000 troops, had made
an assault upon the stronghold which
was successfully repulsed by Mont
calm, commanding 1000 troops. Gen
Amherst, following the evacuation OF
the fort by the French, repaired and
rebuilt 1t, for before leaving they had
destroyed as much as possible of the
fortihcation. The rebuilt fort was
chrlstened Ticonderoga and was held
Dy the English until it's capture on
May 10, 1775, by Ethan Allen and his
little company of Green mountain
boys
History throughout all these years
has credited Allen with demanding
the surrender of the fort I'm the name
or the Great Jehovah and the CONT
mental congress-" and in this connec-
ton the investigations of Mrs. Pelps
representatives must prove a severe
shock, for according to them Allen
did not use the choice language with
which history has credited him. Ac-
cording to Alfred c. Bosom tbe
architect, who has personally exam
med many records of the surrender
and has talked with descendants Of
men who were with Allen on the night
OF that memorable May 10. the
Robin Hood Of New England" an
Allen has sometimes been styled
sailed across the lake from Larrabee'a
point in the dead of the night land
ing with his small command of 8.
men at Willow point, or the we,4
shore OF the lake about a half min
horth OF where the old Pell mansion
now stands. Crossing what is now
the garden of the old mansion he went
down flight Of stone steps and along
an underground passage admitting IN
rear entrance on the east side Of tba
tort. Through sally-Dort he made
MS way into the fort proper. In the
parade ground Allen divided his small
command into two parts. lining one
up at the east and the other at the
west end. lie then climbed the stairs
10 the second story of the west bar.
racks and walked along the balcony
10 the last door at the southern end
Before this door he made his demand
lot the surrender of the fort-Louis
f. Shattuck.