New-York tribune., 1909-06-13

their caronaign in Canada that the English, Un-
der the command of General Amherst were able
to drive them from the stronghold ana lore0
them from the Champlain Valley The year pc
fore Abercrombie, commanding fifteen 'iiouS''''D
+roo,s had made an assault upon the strong
hold which was successfully repulsed Dy MOi'-
calm commanding four thousand troops Cen
81 Amherst following, the evacuation OF the
fo+ -anaired and rebuilt it, for before leaving
tho French had destroyed much as posslh'e
of the fertilization The rebuilt fort was hdII'ed
Ticonderoga and was held by the Enghsh unuI
ite capture. on May 10, 1775, by Ethan All'Ji
and his little company Of Green Mountain D''SS-
History throughout all these years mas
credited Allen with demanding the Sulle'-D'-
of the fort "in the name of the Great Jti"''1
and the Continental Congress-, ana III Iiiis Gun
naction the result of the Investigations oil MrS-
Dir. re,resentatfves must prove severe shock,
for according to them Allen dld not U.s. 1'
choice language so often quoted According 20
~ -, the architect who has personally
,iraI MANY records of the surrender anI
bos talked with descendants Of men VINO Were
Nth Allen on that memorable night, the t1"Oih
Hood of New England" as Allen has sometimes
been STYLED. sailed across the iake Hoil l~lr
rabee's Point in the dead Of nlght ldhulH6 "l'I
his small command of eighty-three men III VII
low Point on the west shore OF the Iahe' s'D'-'
y half mile north of where the old PeI rra'si'"
,o,,. Glands Crossing what is now the garden
Of the old mansion, he went down a his1' Ok
stone stems and along an underground passage
admitting to a rear entrance on the east sloe
Of the fort Through a sallyport he made MS
way into the fort proper
Two British soldiers were encountered One
,,,,t over the head. ran away. The second
man snapped his musket in the faces of the IN
vaders hut the powder failed to explode In the
rarade ground Allen divided his little command
into two parts. lining one up at the east eHo
and the other at the west He then climbed the
stair. TO the second story Of the west barracks
and walked along the balcony to the last door
at the southern end. Before this door he made
his demand for the surrender of the fort
Descendants of the three men who were
with him" said Mr. Bosom, declare he did not
use the language with which he has been
credited What he did do. and what he did say,
according 10 them was this: He beat upon the
door with the hilt Of his sword and thlnderet
forth. surrender in the name Of the Cont
mental Congress. and if you don't By God III
make you"
Last winter MI Peu succeeded in getting u7
on the ice from the bottom Of the lake the huL
of the schooner Revenge, which was one Of
Benedict ArnoId's ships in the battle cf Fa-c'-r
Island which was fought october II, 1lI6- The
sIoop Enterprise the galley Trumb bull and t-e
schooner Revenge We're three ships Of Arnolds
command which mana ged TO make their escape
to Fort Ticonderoga after that encounter. and
the following year they were burned and sunk
nv Colonel Brown who captured Mount Deli
ance and the Outvvorks of the fort
Last September when the water in the vicil-
itv Of Fort Ticonderoga was unusually low. Mr.
PeIl and Mn Bosom located the hull Of the Re
venge deep in the mud several hundred yards
from shore and last winter the work Of raising
the historic old ship begun The ice on this
portion of Lake ChanpIain usually freezes TO a
thickness Of about eighteen inches. and it was
easier to chop and a way down to the old
hull and get it up to the ice, and thence
10 the shore than il would have been TO at
teupt to drag il from the mud and OOZe of the
lake bottom in open weather The hull has been
hauled up on the beach near the old
sion and is 10 be placed the lawn and pre-
served in Il permanent fncIosure- Articles found
in the hull include skeleton. a number OF
cannon balls. wooden pulley blocks. ramrods.
buttons and coins. The Enterprise and the
TrumbuII have been located a little to the north
Of where the Revenge was found. and next win
ter steps Will be taken TO raise them from the
lake bottom The New York Lake ChampIain
Tcrcentenary Commission has received the per-
mission of the Navy Department to raise the
huII Of the ROval Savage ArnOId'S hdgShip