cessary at this point to leave the provincial army for a li

g of their purpose from the letters of the unfortunate Braddock found on the battlefield, which information was confirmed by the report of a

e capture of Oswego, and for this purpose had got together several battalions of regular soldiers unde

ere not disciplined soldiers, but simply a mob of countrymen, and he never doubted for a moment that he would put them to flight at the first meeting, and k

eturn we shall send you to Oswe

force lay idle at Lake George he had reached Crown Point at the h

t, one spare pair of shoes, a blanket, a bearskin, and twelve days' provisions, while the Indians were strictly enjoined not to amuse themselves by taking scalps until the enemy was entirely defeated,

anded over to the Indians for torture if he did not tell the truth, but, nothing daunted, he endeavored to lure the French into a trap by telling

of his force at Ticonderoga, he embarked the rest in canoes, and hurried along thr

e forest toward Fort Lyman. They numbered fifteen hundred in all, and it was concerning their approach that t

him, "and will no doubt do as well as any one. You had better

pleased to be mounted, and a little later he galloped away over the roug

, and he would have whistled to keep himself company had he not kno

rture, and certain death, while the chances were that if perceived by the foe or the

d to undertake the perilous mission to be concerned about his safety, and with every faculty

ery good progress nevertheless, and one-half the fourteen miles of the way had been cov

stumps and roots which were ready to bring his steed to his knees, a shot rang out on his rig

ending low over his horse's n

y unseated his rider and then sprang away at the top o

dly to be hoped for. The very fact of his presence implied the proximity of the Fr

in the animal stumbled over a root, but, thanks to Seth's skill in the saddle, did not go down, and the

ng duty, and they were right in the rider's road. He must

. Then with that quickness of decision which was charact

thrown off their guard. Counting upon an easy capture they dropped their guns which they had been holdin

of them, clapped spurs to his horse, and drove

exclamations they threw themselves out of the way of the horse, which ere they could reco

ouched him as he crouched over the horse's neck, and only one hit the animal, inf

of one or both of them helpless, he galloped on until at last the welcome sight of Fort Lyman gladdened his eyes, and pr

ing message, and bade him stay at the fort until

ence were made at Fort Lyman, and full of anx

ment of the fort became irksome to his liberty-loving nature. He felt sure that there was plenty to be done at L

with easy minds, but might even have taken the field on their own account, as all danger of attack h

e along the road from Lake George. They were in charge of mutinous drivers who had left the English camp without orders, little dreaming the punishmen

ken by the scouting party a few days previously. According to them, instead of the Eng

y would not attack the fort which they thought well supplied with ca

he was not only young but daring to rashness, and burning with eagerness to emulate the recent victory over Braddock. According to the reports the en

lacent confidence to his Canadian and Indian allies, and in the morning

ds to restrain him, left the fort, and, by making a wide detour, succeeded in reaching the

Congratulating himself upon having arrived in time to take part in it Seth carefully examined hi