Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 563

by that means, the last of which is merely a supposition &
upon no very promising foundation, for by the last Accounts
from M^r Wolf, Montcalm's Army was too advantageously
posted to be easily forced, for which reason tis said, M^r Wolf
will take up his Winter Quarters in Cannada, either in the He
de Coudres, or Orleans.
Notwithstanding all I have said, I believe we shall take a
look at the Isle de Noix, & are preparing every thing for the
undertaking; whatever may be the success assure yourself
you shall know from me, in the mean time I desire my Com-
pliments to all Friends at Annapolis & am with great Regard
dear Sir

Your most obedient Servant.
W: Morris —

What you may have read in the Papers concerning Rogers
is not true, he has been out these three weeks & a small party
return'd from him, not being able to proceed with an account
that they left him 25 miles above the Isle de Noix, & within
forty of a French Settlement which he is gone to Burn &
destroy —

Oct^r 8^th
Since I wrote the above the famous M^r Stobo is arrived
at Crown Point from M^r Wolf & say's he left him the 9^th Sep^t
that they had laid all the Country waste as far as within
twenty miles of Trois Riviers; he was taken in the River
S^t Lawrence by a privateer & forced to throw his Dispatches
over Board.

Oct^r 10^th the Brig I mention'd is arrived carrying eighteen
Guns, four & six pounders. 280 Tunns Burden.
Oct^r 11. The Sloop is arriv'd carrying 16 Guns, 200 Tunns.
The Bateau call'd Ligonier, carries six 24 p^ds 87 Feet Keel,
& about 24 Beam,
two small Bateaux with an eight Inch Howits in Each, two
Row Galleys with 12 p^drs
Three small Boats with a Three pd^r in each.
4000 Regulars — mostly, some few Rangers 200

Camp at Crown Point 22^d October 1759

Sir,
It being necessary the better to Ensure the Acquisitions of
the Campaign, in these parts, as well as to penetrate into the
heart of Canada by Lake Champlain, first to Destroy the four