Chapter I: Front Matter

Cover: Montcalm Congratulating His Victorious Troops,
Battle of Carillon, Fort Ticonderoga, July 8, 1758.

_Fort Ticonderoga_
A Short History

Compiled from Contemporary Sources
By S. H. P. Pell

Profusely Illustrated

Reprinted for the Fort Ticonderoga Museum
1966

“_The_ little bronze flint _and_ tinder box illustrated, was found in 1888 by _the_ present Museum Director, then _a_ small boy. His brother dislodged _a_ stone while they were climbing around _the_ fort. Under _the_ stone was this box with flint _and_ tinder in it. Bronze _and of_ French design, it must have belonged to some important officer, probably Montcalm de Levis, Bougainville _or_ Bourlamacque. _The_ busts represent Cupid _and_ Psyche; _the_ faces are extraordinarily beautiful _and_ expressive. _The_ box measures 2¼ _by_ 1¼ inches.

I consider this box _and the_ back plate _for the_ suit _of_ half-armor (_found a few years ago_) _the_ most interesting _of the_ thousands _of_ articles found _at the_ Fort.

_This_ little box stimulated _the_ Director’s interest. Even as a small boy he hoped some day to preserve _and_ perhaps restore Fort Ticonderoga. Many _a_ year was to pass before _this_ dream could become _a_ reality.”

CONTENTS

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The Aborigines, Chapter One 9
Champlain, Chapter Two 11
The Building of the Fort, Chapter Three 19
Abercromby’s Defeat, Chapter Four 27
The Amherst Campaign, Chapter Five 47
The Calm Before the Storm, Chapter Six 53
Ethan Allen, Chapter Seven 54
Montgomery, Knox, Valcour Island, Chapter Eight 67
Burgoyne Takes the Fort and Brown Fails to Retake it, Chapter Nine 83
The Military History Ends, Chapter Ten 91
The Restoration of Fort Ticonderoga, Chapter Eleven 93
The Fort Ticonderoga Museum 113
The Book Shelf 115
The Fort Ticonderoga Association 117

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Fort Ticonderoga Inside Front Cover
Flint and Tinder Box 2
Major Robert Rogers and an Indian Chief 4
Airview of Fort Ticonderoga and Surrounding Country 6
Indian Costumes 8
Champlain and the Iroquois, Near Ticonderoga 10
Marquis de Lotbiniere 14
Marquis de Vaudreuil 18
Part of the Original Instructions to de Lotbiniere 20
Major Robert Rogers 22
Wounding of Baron Dieskau 24
Abercromby’s Expedition, Embarking at Head of Lake George 26
The Marquis de Montcalm 28
Brig. General Lord Howe 30
Duc de Levis 32
Plan of Town and Fort (Insert) 32-33
Major General Israel Putnam 34
Replica of the Cross Erected by General Montcalm 44
Montcalm Congratulating His Victorious Troops 45
Major Robert Rogers’ Battle on Snowshoes in 1757 46
Sir Jeffrey Amherst 48
General Amherst and the Burning Fort 50
Ethan Allen 54
Catamount Tavern, Where Plans Were Laid to Capture Fort 57
Ethan Allen and Captain Delaplace 59
Letter from Ethan Allen 60-61
Allen Needs You at Ti 63
Ethan Allen’s Blunderbuss 65
Benedict Arnold 66
Major General Richard Montgomery 68
General Knox 70
General Knox Moving Cannon from Ticonderoga to Cambridge 72
Rig of Fleet at Valcour Island 74
Map of the Attack and Defeat of the American Fleet 76
General Schuyler 78
Major-General Arthur St. Clair 79
Major-General Horatio Gates 80
Ticonderoga and Its Dependencies, 1776 81
The Massacre of Jane McCrea 82
General John Burgoyne 84
The Battle of Saratoga 86
Surrender of Burgoyne 88
George Washington at Halfway Brook 90
Stephen H. P. Pell 92
The Pavilion 94
Fort Ticonderoga and the Pavilion, 1827 96
The Silver Bullet 98
Restoration Model of Fort Ticonderoga 100
Thomas Cole Painting of Fort, Early 1820’s 101
Entrance to Place D’Armes 103
The Place D’Armes 105
Fort Ticonderoga in 1959 107
The Ethan Allen Door 109
George Washington in Uniform of American General 112
Powder Horn Map Made at Mount Independence 1776 114
Flag Bastion 118
Fort Ticonderoga: South Barracks Inside Back Cover