HISTORY OF VERMONT 3G9 



was slain, Shirley had lost ranch of his popu- 

 larity, Johnson was celebrated by some and 

 icensiired by others, 'while Winslow was every 

 where commended and applauded. 



The campaigns being closed, general Shir- 

 ley convened a grand covmcil of war at New 

 York, to settle the plan of operations for the 

 next year. This council was opened on the 

 twelfth of December, and continued its session 

 that day and the next. The invitation to the 

 governors of the colonies was universal ; but 

 the council was attended only by the following 

 members ; the governors of Massachusetts, 

 Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania and 

 Maryland ; colonels Dunbar and Schuyler^, 

 majors Craven and Rutherford, and the deputy 

 quarter master general. Shirley laid before the 

 council, the king's instructions to general Brad- 

 dock ; and proposed as a plan of operations for 

 the next year, that expeditions should be car^ 

 ricd on against fort Du Quesne, Niagara, and 

 Crown Point ; and that a body of troops should 

 be sent by way of the rivers Kennebec and 

 Chaudiere, to keep up an alarm in the neigh- 

 borhood of Quebec, and the eastern parts of 

 Canada. Shirley's plan was adopted v^ith great 

 unanimity of sentiment, and the council dissol- 

 ved in perfect harmony, after a session of two 

 days. The governors returned to their respec- 

 tive provinces, but Shirley tarried at New York, 

 in hopes to prosecute an expedition aejr-inst Ti- 

 conderoga in the winter, which the season how- 

 ever did not permit. 



1756. The plan of operations concerted at 

 New York, in a few days after, was transmiUed 



