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Ihinds of military m.en, that whether Newyork 

 or Canada were to be conquered, the passage of 

 the army must be through lake Champlain. 



Mortified by the failure of the proposed 

 expedition against Newyork, and alarmed by 

 the distressed state of Canada, the count found 

 it to be absolutely necessary to revive the hopes 

 of the Canadians and Indians, by some attempt 

 against the English colonies. With this view 

 he projected two incursions ; one against the 

 eastern frontiers of Massachusetts and New- 

 Hampshire, and the other against the northerly 

 settlements in the province of Newyork. The 

 former was put under thi|^ command of Sieur 

 Hertel, who set out from Trois Rivieres, and 

 succeeded in the destruction of the fort at Salmon 

 Falls in New- Hampshire, on March 18th, 1690; 

 Thirty of the English were killed, and fifty four, 

 chiefly women and children, were carried into 

 captivity i* 



The other party designed against New- 

 York, was put under the direction of D'Aille- 

 bout, assisted by De Montel, and Le Moyn^ 

 Under their command, a detachment of about 

 two hundred Frenchmen, and fifty Indians who 

 Were well acquainted with the country, set out 

 from Montreal, in the beginning of January, and 

 proceeded by the way of lake Champlain. By 

 the advice of the Indians, instead of proceeding 

 to Albany, they directed their march towards 

 Schenectady, a village about seventeen mile* 

 northwest of Albany. After a march of twenty 

 two days, they arrived in the vicinity of th^ 



• Belknap's Hist! Ncw-KampsI»irc,VeI. I. p. a^®. 



