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Title: A family flight around home
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909 Hale, Susan, 1833-1910, joint author
Subjects: New England -- Description and travel United States -- History
Publisher: Boston, D. Lothrop and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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march was soon followedby the Conquest of Canada. Coopers novel, The Last of the Mohicans, has for its plot andsituation the campaign at Fort William Henry. The story isvery exciting, and though highly colored, adheres closely to thefacts. The Red Indian as depicted by Cooper is a more romantic,emotional being than it is possible to consider him after readingParkmans description of his characteristics; but the painted figureseems better for a romance than the cold reality. The description of Fort William Henry in the novel is faithfulto the scene. Directly on the shore of the lake, and nearer to its westernthan its eastern margin, lay the extensive earthen ramparts andlow buildings of the Fort. Two of the sweeping bastions appearedto rest on the water, which washed their base, while a deep ditchand extensive morasses guarded its other sides and angles. Theland had been cleared of wood for a reasonable distance aroundthe work, but every other part of the scene lay in the green ■ J¥
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PUTNAM SAVINC FORT EDWARD. LAKE GEORGE. 14<j livery of nature, except where the limpid water mellowed the view,or the bold rocks thrust their black and naked heads above theundulating outlines of the mountain ranges. In front, numerousislands rested on the bosom of the lake, some low and sunken,as if imbedded in the waters, others appearing to hover over itin little hillocks of green velvet. If Montcalm were responsible for the massacre by his Indianswhich followed upon the surrender of Fort William Henry, itwould be a dark blot upon his reputation as a hero. There isreason to believe, however, that the conduct of these savages wasbeyond his control. This was a subject upon which Bessie and Hubert could neveragree, Bessie defending her general because he was French, andHubert taking the view of Cooper, that the event left a stain uponthe reputation of Montcalm, not erased by his early and gloriousdeath. Fort Edward, built in 1755, was a post of military importanceas the point on th

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