"This morning an account was bro't to town, that
a large army of French
and Indians were seen at a small distance from the
German flats, but few
here believe it. Sir William Johnson is still in
readiness, with 1500 of
the militia. Every man in the French army that came
against Fort William
Henry, was equipped in the following manner, viz. With
two pair of
Indian shoes, 2 pair of stockings, 1 pair of
spatterdashes, 1 pair of
breeches, 2 jackets, 1 large over-coat, 2 shirts, 2
caps, 1 hat, 1 pair
of mittens, 1 tomahawk, 2 pocket-knives, 1 scalping
knife, 1 steel and
flint, every two men an ax, and every four a kettle
and oilcloth for a
tent, with one blanket and a bearskin, and 12 days
provision of pork and
bread; all which they drew on little hand-sleighs."
Extract of a letter from Albany, dated April 2, 1757
printed in the
Boston
Gazette, April 18, 1757.}
