or
four, and on others two or three. The buildings of the French set-
tlers were burnt the next year after "their retreat, by the Mohawks.
K ALMER, the author of an early history, which Hon. John \Y.
Sroxg found in Montreal, gives an account of his visit to the place
in 1749. He says, '• I found quite a settlement, a stone Avindmill
and fort, with five or six small cannon mounted, the V\hole inclosed
by embankments." The remains of these embankments, surround-
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ing Chimney Point, wc have seen witliin a few years, and they arc
l^robably still to be seen. Kalmer further says, that, within the
enclosure, they had a neat little church, and through the settlement
well cultivated gardens, and good fruit, such as apples, plums and
currants. Old apple trees and plumtrees, planted by them are
still standing.
The first permanent settlement by the English in this County,
was on that tract. This clearing and its beautiful location on the
borders of the lake, were the occasion that a prosperous neighbor-
hood was found here earlier than elsewhere, and it was for some
time considered the most eligible place for holding the courts, when
the County was first organized. In the spring of 1765, ZadoCK
Everest, David Vallaxce and one other person came from Con-
necticut, and commenced a clearing on their respective farms, on
which they lived and died, about three miles north of Chimney
Point. They put in some crops and remained until full. In Sep-
tember, of the same year, John Strong and Benjamin Kellogg,
came on by the lake to Crown Point, then in possession of the Brit-
ish.