The Champlain tercentenary

Front matter

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Part ONE: PREPARATION Page

I. Historical Introduction 1

II. Evolution of the Celebration Project 11

III. Report of the First Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission 19

IV. Federal Recognition and Aid 41

V. Legislation and Organization 45

VI. Work of the New York Conunission 53

Part TWO: CELEBRATION

I. General Features: Military and Naval, and the Indian Pageants 71

II. Champlain Sunday 91

III. Monday, July 5: At Crown Point Forts 115

IV. Tuesday, July 6: At Ticonderoga 137

V. Wednesday, July 7: At Cliff Haven, Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh Barracks,

and Hotel Champlain 1 89

VI. Thursday, July 8: At Burlington 25 I

VII. Friday, July 9: At Isle La Motte 299

VIII. The Proposed Champlain Memorial 337

Appendix

Samuel Champlain and the Lake Champlain Tercentenary 353

The Geology of the Champlain Valley , 369

Episodes in the History of the Champlain Valley 383

What Early Travelers Said of the Champlain Valley 40 1

Libretto of the Play of Hiawatha 425

Index

ILLUSTRATIONS

Conventional Portrait of Champlain Frontispiece

Facing Page

President William Howard Taft 8

Governor Charles E. Hughes of New York 16

Governor George H. Prouty of Vermont 16

Senator Elihu Root of New York 24

Hon. Jacob M. Dickinson, Secretary of War , 24

Hon. J. J. Jusserand, French Ambassador 32

Rt. Hon. James Bryce, British Ambassador 32

Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux, Canadian Postmaster-General 40

Sir Lomer Gouin, Premier of Quebec 40

Lieutenant de Vaisseau Benoist d'Azy 40

H. Wallace Knapp 44

Henry W. Hill 46

Walter C. Witherbee 48

James J. Frawley 50

James A. Foley 52

James Shea 52

William R. Weaver 54

Howland Pell 56

John H. Booth 60

John B. Riley 62

Louis C. Lafontaine 64

Governor Horace White 66

Hon. George R. Malby 68

Hon. David J. Foster 70

Hon. Frank Plumley 70

Lynn M. Hays , 72

Frank L. Fish 74

John M. Thomas 76

Horace W. Bailey 78

Walter H. Crockett 80

George T. Jarvis 80

William J. Van Patten 82

F. O. Beaupre 84

Arthur F. Stone 86

Hon. Seth Low, Hon. Albert C. Barnes, Dr. Hamilton W. Mabie, Hon.

Wendell P. Stafford 96

Clinton Scollard, Percy Mac Kaye, Daniel L. Cady, Prof. John Erskine,

Bliss Carman 112

Ruins of Crown Point Forts 1 20

Crowds Leaving the Steamers 1 20

Governor and Mrs. Hughes Landing at Crown Point 120

Speakers at Crown Point 120

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Illustrations

Facing Pace

President Taft Inspecting Work of Restoration 1 36

President Taft and Party Inspecting Ruins 1 36

Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga 1 36

Assembling of Crowds at Fort Ticonderoga 136

Bishop Richard H. Nelson, Rt. Rev. Arthur C. A. Hall. Very Rev. Thomas

A. Prevel, Mgr. A. Racicot 1 84

Mgr. E. P. Roy. Cardinal Gibbons. Rev. P. J. Barrett. Rt. Rev. Thomas

M. A. Burke 192

Hotel Champlain 232

Invitation to Banquet 232

Floats in Plattsburgh Parade 248

Grandstand Exercises at Plattsburgh Barracks 248

Throngs at Plattsburgh During Tercentenary Celebration 248

President Taft and Others Saluting the Flag at Barracks 248

Chairman Knapp, Commissioner Witherbee, Governor and Mrs. Hughes and

Secretary Treadwell 248

Review of Troops at Burlington by President Taft 256

Crowds Listening to Speeches at Burlington, July 8th 256

Burlington's Grandstand During Indian Pageants 256

President Taft. Governor Prouty, Ambassadors Jusserand and Bryce. Governor Hughes, Admiral Uriu and Hon. Seth Low 256

Governor-General's Foot Guards from Ottawa 256

Mayor W. B. Mooers of Plattsburgh. New York 296

Mayor James E. Burke of Burlington, Vermont 296

Witnessing Indian Pageants at Isle La Motte 304

Senator Henry W. Hill Delivering Address at Isle La Motte 314

Boulder Unveiled at Isle La Motte 332

Tercentenary Memorial to Samuel Champlain 346

Steamer Vermont During the Celebration 352

Cuts of Steamers Phoenix, Conquest, General Greene and Franklin 352

Hull of Arnold's Schooner, Revenge 352

Commodore Macdonough's Victory at Battle of Lake Champlain 352

Official Invitation to the Tercentenary Exercises 352

The Don de Dieu 360

Statue of Champlain at Champlain. N. Y 368

Statue of Champlain at St. John. N, B 368

Statue of Champlain at Quebec 368

Souvenir Badge and Official Guest Badge of New York 376

L. O. Armstrong 384

Monument, Crab Island. Lake Champlain 398

Indian War Party in Canoes 400

Scenes from Indian Pageants 424

Map of Restoration of Fort Ticonderoga 432

A Plan of the Town and Fort of Carillon 432

Historical Map of the Champlain Valley 464

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The Tercentenary Celebration of th(

Discovery of Lake Champlain