480 Al^PENDIX. 



*775» with two hundred and thiitv valliatit Crc?n .Vfoan'.ain Soys ; ani. 

 it was wifh the utoioft UifTiruhy that I pr(>eufed [riritis to croTj the lake. 

 However I larided ..•i.Hity three m?n near the garririn, riid fcnt the boats 

 back for the rear guard coimnindcd Sy Col mcl Seth VVarnijr ; but the 

 day began to dawn, and t found rnvTclf n.'cellt atcd lo auack the fort, 

 before the rear could croi's the lake ; and as it wa$ viewed hazardous, I 

 harraogued' t)ir officers and foidicrS in the tnanner foHowtn:; : " Frleoda 



* and fellow (oldiers. You have for a number of years paft been a •co\irt^e 



* and terror to arbitrary powers. Your valor has beea famed abroad, 



* and acknfjwiedged, as appears by the advice and orders to me fronJ 



* the Q;eiiferal aflemblv of Connefticut, to filrprife and ta'<.et'ie qarrifoi navf 



* before us. I now propoie to advance betore vou, and ii- perToa con- 



* duft vou through the wicket gate ; for we tnult this niorning e-.ther quit 

 ' our pieccnfions to valor, or polTjfs ourfelvcs of this fortrefs in a few mi- 

 ' notes ; and inasmuch as it is a defperate attemot, which nonebu':';he bra- 



* vcfl of men dare utidsi-take, I do uoturgc ii on anv contrary to his wilL 



* You that will undertake voluntarilv, poifc vour ilrelock." 



The men being at this time drawn up in three ranks each pcifed his 

 firelock, I ordered ;'>em to face to the right ; and at the head of the centra 

 file marched fhem i.-rtmcdiately ro the wicket gateaforefaid, where I found 

 a feotrv pofied, wh', inftantiy fnapped his I'ufeeat me. .( ran imrnsdi-itc- 

 ly towards him, and be retreated thr >iigh the covered way ioto ihe parade 

 vUhin the {jarrilon, jrave a halloo, and ran under a bomb proof. My party 

 who followed trie into the fort. I tVirm'-d on ;he parade in fuch a manner, 

 as to lace the barracks whicrt faced each other. The garrifon being afieep 

 except the fentries, we gave three huzzas, which greatlv fcirprifed theitt. 

 One of the fentries irlade a pafs at one of rrtv olBccrs with a charged bayo« 

 net, and fiightiy Wounded him. My firff thought was to kiH liim with 

 Hiy fwbrd, but in an inllarat ( aiterjd thedellgn and fury of the blow to a 

 flijjht cut on the (ideof the head ; upon which he dropped his gun and 

 a fked quarters, which I rendily granted him ; and demanded the place 

 ♦vheie the commanding officer kept. Hefhewtd me a pair of ftairs to 

 the front of the garriion, which led uo to a focond f!:oryin faii barracks, 

 to which I immediatclv repaired, and ordered the commander, capuin 

 Delaplace to come forth inftantly, or I would facrifice the whole garrifon : 

 At which time the captain came immediately to the door with his tarcecii- 

 es in his hand, when I ordered him to deliver to rrie the fort i.iifantly; 

 healked me bv whst authority 1 demanded it. I anfwered him,'' Iiith; 

 sfiame of the great Jehovah, and the Continental Congrefs." Tiie author- 

 ity of Congrefs being very little known at that time, he began to (peak a- 

 g^m, but I interrupted him, and with my drawn {wo''d near his liead a« 

 gain dcnanded an immediate furicnder of the garrifon ; with which he 

 then comi>lied, and ordered his men to be forthwith paraded witiiout 

 3rms, as he had given up the garriion. In the mean time lonie of my 

 officers had given orders, and in confeqiicnce thereof, fundry of the bar- 

 rack doots were beat down, and about one third of thegjrrifon imprifon- 

 fed, which confuled of faid c immander, a lieutenant FeUham, a conductor 

 cf artillery, a gunner, two fergeanis, and forty four rank and Hie ; about 

 one hundred pieces of cannon, onciliirteen inch mortar, and a number of 

 fwivels. This furprife was carried into execution in the grey of the mor- 

 ning of the tenth of May. i 775. The fun feemed to rife that morning 

 with a fuperior ludre; and Ticonderoga and its dependencies fmiled on 

 its coiiqierOrs, who tofTrd about the flowing bowl, and wifhed lucccfs to 

 >^ongrefs, and the liberty and freedom of Am3rica. Happy it wisfjr me 

 at iha' time, that the faure piJes ofthebo-'k of fate, which aftervavds 

 uiilol led 2 miferablc fcsne of two yeirs and eight months imprilonment, 

 wtre kia l<om ray view." Alltn's Njnz^ivc, p. 14 — 2I. 



