Lake George is marking 1757 surrender to French.(Main)

Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) | August 4, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: CHRIS CAROLA - Associated Press

LAKE GEORGE - When Louis-Joseph de Montcalm departed the southern shore of this Adirondack lake in 1757, he left behind the smoldering ruins of a British fort, mutilated bodies and the seeds for the story line of an American literary classic.

This week, a descendant of the famous French general is being given the royal treatment where his ancestor faced enemy gunfire and, afterward, vilification for a bloody episode James Fenimore Cooper fictionalized in his novel, "The Last of the Mohicans."

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