Diary of Captain Samuel Jenks, Thursday, May 29, 1760

Sent a letter home by the post. Recd orders to be ready for command up the river & to leave my tent standing.

SOURCE: Samuel Jenks, Diary of Captain Samuel Jenks During the French and Indian War, 1760, p. 4

Diary of Captain Samuel Jenks, Thursday, June 12, 1760

Sent a letter home by Mr Dix. . . . This morning struck our tents, & decampt at revaloe beating, then march down to ye battoes & imbarqud for Ticondaroga. The wind blowing hard a head, we put a shore at a small distance from ye fort on ye east side ye lake; the wind abateing, we set off & came to the first narrows on a small island & stopt to cook, haveing come 12 miles. The land on each side is exceeding mountainous, & abounds with vast number of rattlesnakes; our people killd 6 or 8 on this small island. Then put of, as soon as the rear came up & refresh themselves, to another island near Sabbath Day Point, & campt.

SOURCE: Samuel Jenks, Diary of Captain Samuel Jenks During the French and Indian War, 1760, p. 5

Journal of Private Lemuel Lyon, Friday, June 16, 1758

We had Prayers in our company at 3 Ock then all marched of but 14 and they stayed here to guard Lieut Smith and the money and yesterday Mr. Holmes sot of for Home and I giv 5 pence for carring my letter—we stayed here til 5 oclock this afternoon and we heard nothing from Lieut Smith and we had no provisions so we marched for Scanacata¹ and we got in at Son down well & their was a Larrom² this night

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¹ Schenectady.

² Alarum, or alarm.

SOURCE: Abraham Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, pp. 13-4

Journal of Private Lemuel Lyon, Saturday, June 24, 1758

I received a Letter from John at the half moon and from thence we marched & Arived at Stil Water¹ & Lodged their & Barnabas Evings was poor.

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¹ Stillwater is on the west bank of the Hudson, in Saratoga county, twenty-four miles north from Albany. The battle of Bemis's heights was fought near there, in 1777, and is sometimes known as the battle of Stillwater. Opposite the mouth of the Hoosick river, at Stillwater, was a stockade, called Fort Winslow.

SOURCE: Abraham Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, pp. 15-6