took jjlace at Lake George. The
editor of the Documcntiiry History of New York, says in a note, " The reference in
Champlain's map locates this engagement hctween Lake George and Crov.n Pont,
probably in what is now the town of Ticondcroga, Essex County." We find no
authority, in Champlain's account for cither of these opinions. Ho says they
met theii* enemies, "at a point of a capo, which jets into the lake on the west
fide." We know of no ether point, which better answers the dcsci'iption than the
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of the Iroquois, who defied them. But, when Champlain, at a
single fire of his arquebus, killed two chiefs and mortally wounded
another, and another Frenchman fired from another quarter, they
fled in alarm, at the new and unheard of Aveapons of war, andwere
defeated.
Previous to this, incessant wars Averc carried on between the Al-
gonquins, aided by the Ilurons, a powerful tribe, occupying an
extensive country in Canada, extending as far Avest as the lake from
Avhich they derived their name, on one side, and the Iroquois on the
other. For many years subsequently, the latter had no aid from
European Colonics or European arms. When the Dutch had pos-
session of New York, they Avere too much engaged in commerce,
and traffic Vr'ith the Indians, to take part in their wars. But the
Avars still continued with great fury, betAveen the French colonists
and Indians, and the Iro([uois unaided and Avithout fire arms. The
latter were particularly hostile to the French, because they had fur-
nished their enemies Avith their new and deadly Aveapons. After
the English in 1G64, obtained possession of