Excerpt from Jefferson County Prior to 1797: An Address Delivered at the Jefferson County Centennial in June, 1905 Thus the area, which is today called The Adirondack Wilder ness divided this land of conflict into two distinct regions; and we are to devote our attention to the western of these, where Ontar io's waters, flowing between the islands, which lie like stepping stones from its northern to its eastern shore, are gathered into the Great River of Canada. Across the eastern end of the lake, among the islands of the St. Lawrence, and through the surrounding forests have passed Algonkin and Iroquois warriors; Hurons and Abena kis; the French grenadier and the Scotch Highlander; Hessian chas scurs, American rangers, and the marauders of Johnson and Brant; the raw militiaman of the young republic and the veteran guards man of Britain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.