When in 1759, General Amherst was preparing to complete Wolfe's victory by reducing the remainder of Canada, eight hundred New Hampshire men proceeded under Colonel John Goffe to Fort Number Four. "But instead of taking the old route, to Albany, they cut a road through the woods, directly toward Crown Point. In this work they made such dispatch, as to join that part of the army which Amherst had left at Crown Point, twelve days before their embarkation."[46] This road was built over the portage to Otter Creek. It "began at Wentworth's ferry, two miles above the fort at No. 4, and was cut 26 miles; at the end of which, they found a path, made the year before; in which they passed over the mountain to Otter Creek; where they found a good road, which led to Crown Point. Their stores were brought in waggons, as far as the 26 miles extended; and then transported on horses over the mountains. A drove of cattle for the supply of the army went from No. 4, by this route to Crown Point."[47] This carrying place is conspicuously marked on a Board of Trade Map of 1755 in the British Public Records Office and described "_From_ Crown Point _to_ Stephens Fort _about_ 60 _Miles_ N. 25° W _nearly_."[48] Fort Stephens is placed on the "Konektikut or Long R." near the mouth of Black River. "A Survey of Lake Champlain" by William Brassier dated 1762 shows the line of this road southeast of Crown Point passing up Otter Creek. The legend reads "The Road was opened by the New Hampshire Regiments during the last War."[49] CHAPTER III NEW YORK PORTAGES The strategic value of the "Great Pass" from New York by way of the Hudson, Lakes George and Champlain, and the Richelieu River has already been emphasized. The important military points on the route were the portages from the Hudson to Lake George, from Lake George to Lake Champlain, the narrows at Crown Point, and the portage from Chambly to La Prairie on the St. Lawrence. These portages are marked on numerous early maps; the Hudson-Lake George portage is quite accurately drawn on Colonel Romer's Map of 1700.[50] From that year on throughout the century the greater accuracy with which it is mapped illustrates its growing importance. One of the most interesting early descriptions of this famous pass is given on a "Map of part of New York, comprehending the country between New York and Quebec, the river Connecticut, &c., to shew 'the way from Albany to Canada ... part by land and part by water;' drawn about 1720."[51] The route is thus described: Miles "The Way from albany to Canada described we goe part by land & part by water 1. To Sprouts or first landing by water :10 2. To fort Ingoldsby by land when [?] rivers low 14 3. To a falles by water first carrying place of 1/2 mile over 17 4. To falles by water 2^d. carrying place of 1/2^m :4