Evening star., 1909-06-29
TO HONOR CHAMPlA|N
Two States to Unite in CeIe-
bration Next Week.
WILL OCCUPY FIVE DAYS
Indian Pageants to Be Given on
Floating Stage.
PRESENTATION OF HIAWATHA
Reconstruction Of Fort Ticonderoga.
Raising Of the Royal Savage.
Trees Planted in Vermont.
PRESENTATION OF HIAWATHA
BY WILLIAM 2. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence OF The Star and TIE
Chicago Record Herald

| Special Correspondence OF The Star ana t1e
Chicago Record d-Hefald.
| ALBANY, N. Y. June %, 1909
Chevalier champlain. the great French
explorer, who was q much ADLER and
broader man than Hendrix Hudson, the
sailor, discovered the beautiful body OF
water which bears his name on the 4th
| of July. 1909. almost exactly two months
before the Half Moon made its cruise
| up the Hudson river. Therefore the two
anniversaries are to be celebrated this
year. That in honor Of Champlain oc-
ours the first week In July, and tho other
in honor OF Hudson the first two weeks
in September, while Robert Fulton.
whose centennial anniversary occurred
two years ago. will share the glory OF
the man who discovered the waters upon
which his steamer was launched.
AS Lake Champlain lies in both states.
the governors of New York and Ver-
mont selected a joint commission to ar
range and direct the ceremonies, and
| their program contemplates Ave days OF
ent places along the lake. which will be
attended by President Taft. Vice Presi-
dent Sherman, Senators Root and
| Depew. Speaker Cannon. Gov. Hughes,
Mr.. Bryce. the British ambassador; Mr..
Jusserand, the French ambassador; Earl
Grey. lord lieutenant OF Canada: Sir
Wilfrid Laurier. prime minister of Can
ada: Cardinal Gibbons and many other
| famous men who will deliver orations
and take other parts In the proceedings.
| The program includes Indian pageants.
| depicting scenes and events of Champ
| lain's expedition with white escort and
party of Algonquin Indians; a repro
duction of the battle between his scouts
and bands of 1roquois and Hurons. and
presentation by one hundred and seventy
| five Algonquin Indians Of the poem
| "Hiawatha." which is given annually at
IWee-que-tong-sing and other resorts on
"Hiawatha' is quite effective, and
was first shown at an exposition of
hunting and fishing craft at Boston, un-
der the direction Of Miss Alice Longfel-
to twenty-five or thirty actors, but this
time almost all the survivors of the great
| Algonquin nation will participate.
Another impressive feature OF the cele-
| oration will be an Indian pageant illus
trating the history OF the Iroquois con-
| federacy from the time jacques Cartier
| found the Mohawks living in a large well
fortified town on the Island Of Montreal
| until in their new home they fought the
battle of Lake Champlain. The Hon.
Charles Langelier. high sheriff of Que
bee. has consented to take the part of
Champlain in all the pageants, and will
be accompanied by 500 French Canadians
and Indians in native costume.
The preparation for these pageants has
| been going on for several months. and
the costumes will be historically correct.
There will be military display of
| regular troops and National Guard from
ters at Fort Ethan Allen. and IT, ~ will
march to the ruins Of old Ticonderoga
and Plattsburg. President Taft and his
party OF guests will be escorted about
Ticonderoga by a feet of thirty torpedo
boats Of the United States Navy. which
will come up through the st. Lawrence
or the Hudson river and the canal. The
President will be the guest Of Smith NJ.
Weed OF Plattsburg for three days and
Of Col. Robert NJ. Thompson at Ticon-
deroga for the remainder of his stay.
Independent Catholic Celebration.
The Catholic Summer School OF Amer
lea, which is located on Champlain. will
have an Independent celebration, begin
ming with pontifical high mass cele-
| brated upon the shore of the lake by
Bishop Thomas F. Hickey Of Rochester.
Sunday morning, July 4. Cardinal Glib
| Hickey will be assisted by Archbishop
Ireland Of st. Paul, Bishop Burke Of Al
bany, Bishop Luddon Of Syracuse, Mgr.
| Dennis J. Mcmahon. president Of the
ecclesiastics.
Sunday July 4. will be observed very
generally by all the denominations. both
| in Vermont and in New York. and the
| sermons will be appropriate to the his
| torical associations of the day.
Pageants on Floating Stage.
Monday. July 5. the celebration proper
| will begin at Crown Point, N. Y. with
speeches by President Taft, Vice Presi-
dent Sherman and Senators Root and
| Depew. and an Indian pageant depicting
| the discovery Of Lake Champlain. pre-
sented by the descendants of the aborig-
| ines who accompanied Champlain. These
pageants will be under the direction Of
L. o. Armstrong of Quebec and will be
| given upon floating stage 300 feet
| square, which Is equipped with scenery
| and electric light and so constructed that
| 1t may be towed from place to place.
| Tuesday a similar program will be pre-
| sented at Fort Ticonderoga at the south
| ern extremity OF Lake Champlain, ex-
and the pageants will represent a battle
| between Champlain and his Indians and
| representatives of other tribes who op-
posed him.
be ceremonies appropriate to the restora-
ton of old Fort Ticonderoga, which will
| appear exactly as 1t was on the night of
May 10. 1779. when Ethan Allen and his
render lin the name OF the Great Je
hovah and the Continental Congress"
The property belongs to Stephen H. Pell.
| a New York banker, who inherited it
through several generations from his
great grandfather. William E. Pell. who
owned 1t at the time OF the revolution.
Mrs. Pell is the daughter Of Col. Robert
NJ. Thompson. a graduate OF the Naval
Academy at Annapolis and the angel Of
that institution. Col. Thompson. at the
request of his daughter, has undertaken
to restore the old fort and has had two or
three hundred men working there since
last winter. It Is not expected that the
! entire fertilization will be finished by
| the time-6th Of July-but the greater
part Of 1t will be done.
Raising the Royal Savage.
| Another important and interesting eveEc
in this connection will be the raising OF
the Royal Savage. the flagship Of Ben
edict Arnold in the first naval engage
ment OF the revolution. which took place
October II. 1776. of Valcour Island. near
the city Of Plattsburg. Joseph C. Sib-
ley, formerly member OF Congress from
Pennsylvania, now owns Valcour and has
| a summer residence there.
| During the engagement the Royal Saw
age grounded and Arnold transferred his
| dag to the Congress in the night. All
| the following day he fought his way
up the lake. followed by seven British
ships. and was finally compelled to beach
| and burn the shot-riddled Congress. Then.
| with the remnant of his little command.
he forced his way through the hostile
country TO Fort Ticonderosa. The Royal
| Savage afterward sank In thirty-fve feet
/ Of water q little southwest Of Valcour
| Island. and her hull is said to be in a
1 fairly good condition although 1t has been