The western shore of Lake Champlain, near Ticonderoga
The western shore of the lake that Champlain named after himself, where he and his Native allies fought the Mohawk in July 1609. Historians place the fight at Ticonderoga or at Crown Point.
Today: Ticonderoga, New York, United States
Champlain Fights beside the Algonquin and Wendat
Samuel de Champlain, Les voyages (Paris, 1613), on the fight on Lake Champlain, July 1609 · events of late July 1609; printed 1613
Aprés que nous eusmes eu la victoire, ils s'amuserent à prendre force bled d'Inde, & les farines des ennemis, & de leurs armes, qu'ils auoient laissées pour mieux courir. Aprés auoir fait bonne chere, dansé & chanté, trois heures aprés nous en retournasmes auec les prisonniers. Ce lieu où se fit ceste charge est par les 43. degrez & quelques minutes de latitude, & fut nommé le lac de Champlain.
After we had won, our people spent their time gathering up plenty of the enemy’s Indian corn and meal, and their armor, which they had dropped to run faster. After a good feast, with dancing and singing, we set off for home three hours later with the prisoners. The place where this battle was fought lies at forty-three degrees and some minutes of latitude. It was named the lake of Champlain.
Deffaite des Yroquois au Lac Champlain. A Le fort des Yroquois. B Les ennemis. C Les Canots des ennemis faits d'escorce de chesne, qui peuuent tenir chacun 10. 15. & 18. hommes. D. E. Deux chefs tués, & vn blessé d'vn coup d'arquebuse par le sieur de Champlain. F Le sieur de Champlain. G Deux Arquebusiers du sieur de Champlain. H Montaignets, Ochastaiguins & Algoumequins. I Canots de nos sauuages aliés faits d'escorce de bouleau. K Les bois.
Defeat of the Iroquois at Lake Champlain. A: The Iroquois fort. B: The enemy. C: The enemy’s canoes, made of oak bark, each of which can hold 10, 15, or 18 men. D, E: Two chiefs killed, and one wounded by a shot from the sieur de Champlain’s arquebus. F: The sieur de Champlain. G: Two of the sieur de Champlain’s arquebusiers. H: Montagnais, Ochastaiguins, and Algonquins. I: The canoes of our allied Savages, made of birch bark. K: The woods.