No. 39
Deep George's loaded lake reluctant guides Their bounding larges o'er his sacred tides.
Book VI. Line 285.
The water of Lake George was held in particular veneration by the French catholics of Canada. Of this they formerly made their holy water; which was carried and distributed to the churches thro the province, and probably produced part of the revenues of the clergy. This water is said to have been chosen for the purpose on account of its extreme clearness. The lake was called Lac du Saint Sacrement.
No. 40
His savage hordes the murderous Johnson leads, Files thro the woods and treads the tangled weeds,
Book VI. Line 389.
This was general sir John Johnson, an American royalist in the British service. He was the son of sir William Johnson, who had been a rich proprietor and inhabitant in the Mohawk country, in the colony of New York, and had been employed by the king as superintendant of Indian affairs. Sir William had married a Mohawk savage wife; and it was supposed that the great influence which he had long exercised over that and the neighboring tribes must have descended to his son. It was on this account that he was employed on the expedition of Burgoyne; in which he had the rank of brigadier general, and the special direction of the savages.
No. 41
Are these thy trophies, Carleton! these the swords Thy hand unsheath'd and gave the savage hordes,