1690

Wednesday, March 26,1690
Capt. Jacob d'Warm ordered by the authorities at Albany to proceed to Crown Point with 17 English and 20 Indians and there watch the movements of the enemy (the French and Indians).  At this time the built a small stone fort at what is now chimney Point in the town of Addison.

Sunday, March 30, 1690 
Capt. Abram Schuyler was sent with nine men and a party of Mohawks under Lawrence, to Otter Creek to watch the enemy; while there he led a scout of eight Indians as far as Chumbly, where he encountered a small party of French, of whom he killed two and took one prisoner.
    -while from the western shore the land, after a gentle rise for a short distance, falls off rapidly toward the Otter, leaving the broad and extensive valley of that stream open to the vision, which now wanders to the western borders of Lake Champlain, where the long chain of mountains that rise immediately beyond, lies sleeping in the blue distance, and bounds the view of the magnificent scene. -Judge D. P Thompson in "The Green Mountain Boys."

Tuesday, April 1, 1690
Capt. Abraham Schuyler was ordered to the mouth of Otter Creek with 9 men there "to watch day and night for one month, and daily communicated with Capt. D'Warm, concerning Lawrence, the Mohawk chief, and his party of Indians."  At the same time D'Warm's orders were changed to select some other place at the Pass which he did, building a little stone fort at Chimney Point in Addison, the first possession or occupation by civilized men in Vermont.

Thursday, April 10, 1690
One of the observing parties on Lake Champlain sent in word that they had discovered the track of twelve French and Indians, proceeding in the direction of Albany.  Warnings were sent out, but those who neglected to heed were attacked and killed.

Thursday, May 1, 1690
An agreement was concluded between the provinces of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York by which each was to furnish its quota of troop for an expedition against Canada.

Wednesday, June 4, 1690
    A small party of French and Indians of the Sault and Mountains returning from an expedition against the English in canoes, "being arrived at noon at Salmon River which falls into Lake Champlain" while at evening prayer were discovered by a war party of Algonquians and Abenakis.
                                                                                                                                     Paris Documents, Colonial History

Thursday, June 5, 1690
    At sunrise the next morning the Algonquins and Abenakis attacked the returning party, killing two and wounding ten, which was much regretted by the French, since those who were defeated and taken were "our most faithful allies", among them the Great Mohawk. Paris Documents, Colonial History

          THE DEAD BRAVE
Bow and arrows by his side,
Soft and tawny panther's hide,
Food for journey to the bound
Of the Happy Hunting Ground,
So they laid him in his grave,
Stern, bronze, silent Indian brave.
James Buckham

Wednesday, August 13, 1690
Capt. John Schuyler of Albany with a little band of 29 followers and 120 Indians, proceeded as far as Canaghsionere (probably Whitehall).

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