New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-10

In Colonial times. sold his all in Scotland
and az his own expense brought over
eiEhty-three families to settle In the region
between the Hudson River and Lake
Champaign After their arrival here the
officials Of the colony Of New York refused
TO grant the thirty thousand acres prom
ised unless they received a rake of" The
sturdy scotchman refused TO be held up
in this fashion and, ruined in fortune. de-
parted. Many Of the highland colonists
enlisted in an expedition 10 Carthszena.
notwithstanding the great cost of this
mighty fortress. it was never involved In
battle. II is astonishi- 70 read in a
dispatch from General Schuyler TO Presi-
dent Hancock OF the Continental Congress.
regarding a plan to garrison Crown Point
the observation that this programme was
based ION the superstition that there is a
fOrtifcation at that lace. whereas there
Is none One IS led TO ask. What hap
pened TO this high priced work within
period OF less than a score Of years which
could make this assertion true? The ex-
PLANTATION is also a partial explanation OF
why the barracks look to-day as n they
had been smitten hip and thigh BY the
Messina earthquake. few years after
Fort Amherst was built a fire broke out
In the neizh5orhood OF the powder maya
zine. with it's stock OF ninety-six barrels
OF powder. The explosion which followed
tore off the upper portion OF soma Of the
barracks.
Last summer Seth Low. in speech a.
one Of the celebrations along the lake. drew
attention 20 two disputed historical CUES
tons They both had reference to CrovE
o
the historic Indian battle occurred in which
Champlsin's gun turned the tide In favor
Of his Indian allies. and ultimately turned
the tide OF European domination CT the
American continent away from France
toward England. Crown Point is thought
BIZ some TO have been the site OF that Bat
tie. although Ticonderoga nowadays seems
TO be more generally accepted The other
question was as 20 the real name OF Fort
Frederic. IL is known % a great many per-
sons IS Fort St. Frederic. although 1t was
named for a French Secretary of State.
who, Mr. Low argued, never vas a saint.
Fort Frederic was begun by the French
iu 1891. The spot was a good one for fort.
although. strategicaly. not so good as Ii
eonderoga. Crown Point is at a command
ing point in Lake Champaign. facing north
other side Lake Champlain winds toward
the south in dimensions more like mod
crate sized river than lake. In the old
davs il was known as Wood Greek, the lake
beginning at this point. The name Wood
Creek is now confined to the small stream
dropping into the lake at Whitehall, which
has been practically merged with the Cham
plain Canal.
The territory in the nelGhborhood OF this
great highway between New France and
New York early became debatable ground.
the French making settlements along the
shores of Lake Champlain. TO the annoy
ance of the English. The French finally
built a stockade on Crown Point. with &C
commodations for thirty men. In the course
Of few wears il had been developed into
fertilization second in strength, smons
the French fortresses in America. only 70
Quebec. About II was village, traces or
whose paved streets and graveyard are still
TO be seen II was perhaps the largest vii
Iage between Montreal and Albany.