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Title: Indian history for young folks
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Drake, Francis S. (Francis Samuel), 1828-1885 Dowd, Francis Joseph, 1876-
Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America -- Wars
Publisher: New York London : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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hortly afterwards. So useful was the corps of Rangers found to be in its very first cam-paign, that from a single company of sixty men it was at once increased tofour, and afterwards to nine companies of one hundred men each, Rogersbeing promoted to the rank of major. The men were subject to army dis-cipline and the articles of war. Their dress was that of the frontiersmanof that day, and uniform in each company. One of these was composedwholly of Indians in their native costume. The weapons of the Rangerwere a firelock or fusee, a hatchet, and a long knife. A powder-horn wasslung under the right arm. The pack, to which was strapped a blanket,held his provisions, and flint and steel with which to strike fire. Eachofficer carried a pocket-compass. The arena of their exploits was the vicinity of Fort Ticonderoga, atthe northern extremity of Lake George, forty miles from Fort WilliamHenry, a British work at the south end of the lake. The waters of Lake 240 INDIAN HISTORY FOR YOUNG FOLKS.
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RUINS OF TICOXDEROGA. ,<\7fe George and Lake Cliainplain formed themain avenue of communication betweenCanada and the English colonies. CrownPoint, on Lake Champlain, and Ticonde-roga, both in the hands of the French, were the keys to thisimportant thoroughfare, over which, at all seasons of the year, the hostileparties of French and Indians passed. Snow-shoes rendered their prog-ress easy in winter; at all other times they glided over its placid waterswith ease and celerity in their light birch canoes. Fort Edward, on theHudson, and Fort William Henry, fifteen miles farther inland, were thetwo most northerly of the British frontier posts. This picturesque region, with its mountains, lakes, and forests, yet re-tains much of its original character, and it is not easy for the tourist whoto-day rambles amid its peaceful solitudes to realize that this lovely andromantic region could ever have been the scene of such fierce strife as waswaged here little more than a century ago. Rogerss

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