block house and -wiudmill, on the point -where the tav-
ern house now stands. The next ^'car troops were sent out and
erected Fort Frederic, on the west side of the lake, now known as
Crown Point. They afterwards in 1756, built a fort at Ticondor-
o^^a. Other settlers followed in the train of the army, and prob-
ably most of tliem were in some way attached to the garrison. Eoth
the French and English, regarded the control of this lake of great
importance, as one of the most convenient lines of communication
into each other's territory, in the iioithcrn part of America. The
British, in the early })art of that century, planned several expedi-
tions through the waters of the lake to Canada, for the purpose of
subduing that province to the crown of England, but they uni-
formlyfailed. After th.e treaty of Utrecht, in 1713, a season of
peace prevailed, between the English and French, which gave the
French in Canada, an opportunity to improve their condition ; and
when wars afterwards succeeded, they were confined to other dis-
puted territories, on this continent, by which the French were ena-
bled to extend themselves in this direction without opposition. But
durin^r the French and Indian war, which commenced in 1755, one
of the principal objects of the British, was to make an effective de-
scent upon Canada, and for that purpose an expedition was set on
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foot every year from the coriimencement of tlie war, to proceed with
a large force through the lal^e. A disgraceful failure attended them
all, until the expedition under General Amherst, in 1759. These
failures occurred through the