Le lac Champlain tercentéarydates et lieux des exercices officiels; le 5 juillet, Crown point; le 6 juillet, fort Ticonderoga; le 7 juillet, Plattsburg; le 8 juillet, Burlington; Le 9 juillet, île la Motte. HichChamplain ne pouvait pas anticiper, et à lui l'adage, Si notre prévoyance aussi bonne que notre recul nous ne ferions jamais d'erreurs, pourrait bien s'appliquer. Il aurait peut-être hésité s'il avait été garant d'une vision de l'avenir. Il aurait vu Henry Hudson, sous le drapeau de Hollande, monter la rivière qui porte son nom et pourrait hanté des civilités avec lui sur 100 milles de forêt. Il ne pouvait pas voir la

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Lake Champlain tercentenaryDates and places of formal exercises; July 5, Crown Point; July 6, Fort Ticonderoga; July 7, Plattsburg; July 8, Burlington; July 9, Isle La Motte . hichChamplain could not anticipate, and to it the adage, If our foresightwere as good as our hindsight we would never make any mistakes, may well apply. He might have hesitated had he been vouchsafed a vision of thefuture. In it he would have seen Henry Hudson, under the flag ofHolland, ascending the river which bears his name and could haveexchanged civilities with him across 100 miles of forest. He wouldhave seen the lake spread at his feet the pathway which hostile Indiantribes passed to sack and slaughter. He would have seen continuouscollisions between the French and English, each with their Indianallies. He would have seen French fortresses on its bank, theadvance upon Crown Point of Sir William Johnson and his retreatas well; the death of Howe, and Montcalms repulse of Abercrombieat Ticonderoga. But he would also at the last have witnessed takingof Crown Point and Ticonderoga by the great English soldier, Amherst, in 1758, and the capture by him of Montreal, and the end of French. u - O cro -a c a£ O o-S oo<u- U ° •£ — i-i O-o S 8 ?£§ SO J E«s p 3 o M -O0) <« u « - n°°- C <u E g 3.c 5 —« .- J?i : SS 19 dominion, in Canada, in 1760. He would also, not without a thrill ofjoy it is to be imagined, have seen the American people winning fromGreat Britain the same territory that France had forever lost. Hewould have seen Benedict Arnold, afterward so sadly soiling his fame, performing prodigies of valor; Ethan Allen seizing Ticonderoga, bythe authority of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress;Crown Point also falling at his hands; Montgomery and Arnold, descending the lake, successfully assaulting St Johns and making a bril-liant attack upon Quebec, where Montgomery died gloriously. Hewould have seen Sir Guy Carleton, in October 1776, with a fleet of 31vessels a

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