"S-Some of your Canawaugha friends, B-Ben, come to pay you a call."
RANGERS ADVANCE TO LAKE CHAMPLAIN
We got behind trees and bushes, and we and the French picked each other off till night came.
Several of our men were wounded. How much the enemy suffered I do not know, as the Indians drag off their dead. This would seem to be a matter of no consequence, but I can assure you, that after you have been four or five hours behind a tree, and heard the bullets plug into it, or zip through the grass and bushes, close by, it's a great downfall when the enemy have been driven off, to search the ground in front of you, and find no dead or wounded, when you could take your oath that you had hit three or four.
On the 23d, the Rangers were sent across the plain, to take a position on the cleared land, next to Lake Champlain, near the breastwork.
When we got there, we found ourselves close to a small intrenchment, and the men in it opened fire on us.
"There's no sense, Ben, in standing here, to be shot at," said Martin.
"No; let's drive them out of that intrenchment, and get behind it ourselves. Come on, boys."
We ran toward this earthwork, firing as we advanced, and the French cleared out as we were climbing over the bank.