Picquet learned, by one of these detachments that the English were making warlike preparations at Sarasto [Saratoga?] and He informed the General of the circumwere pushing their settlements up to Lake St. Sacrement. stance and proposed to him to send a body of troops there at least to intimidate the enemy, if we could do no more. The expedition was formed. M. Picquet accompanied M. Marin who commanded this detachment. They burnt the fort, the Lydius establishments, 2 several saw mills, the .

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planks, boards and other building timber, the stock of supplies, provisions, the herds of cattle along

nearly fifteen leagues of settlement and made one hundred and forty five prisoners without having lost a single Frenchman or

without having any even wounded. 3

This expedition alone prevented

the English undertaking anything at that side during the war.

Peace having been re-established in 1748, our Missionary occupied himself with the means of remedying, for the future, the inconveniences which he had witnessed.

The road he saw taken by

the Savages and other parties of the enemy sent by the English against us, caused him to select a

"I am building: a Fort at this Lake which the French call Lake St. Sacrement, but I have given it the name of Lake George,

not only in honour to his Majesty but to ascertain his undoubted dominion here." Sept. 3d, 1755. Lond. Doc. xxxii., 178.

Sir VVUlia7n Johnson, to the Board of Trade,

2 Now Fort Edward, Washington County.