George, Duke

OF CLARENCE, brother of Edward IV., king of England, espoused the cause of Henry VI. and his queen, Margaret of Anjou, against his brother and sovereign. Some years afterwards, he was accused of having sought the hand of Mary, duche of Burgundy. He subsequently married a daughter of the earl of Warwick (the "king-maker"), and joined him in his revolt against the royal authority. Being taken prisoner, he was condemned to death. The unfortunate prince, being allowed to choose the mode of his death, is said to have drowned himself in a butt of Malmsey wine (1478). George, Lake, a picturesque sheet of water in the eastern part of the State of New York, remarkable for the transparency of its waters and the beauty of its island and mountain scenery. The lake is 36 m. long and from 1 to 3 wide, extending N.N.E. and S.S.W., and bounded by Warren co. on its N.W. and Washington co. on most of its S.E. border. It is connected by a small stream with Lake Cham plain, into which it discharges its waters, it thus forming a southern portion of the grand water system of the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes. It is studded throughout with islands, comprising some 300 in all, on a number of which are built picturesque summer homes. The waters are, in some places, 400 feet deep. The lake is surrounded by mountains, rising in some instances nearly vertically from its waters, it presenting the aspect of a beautiful mountain basin. It is a favorite place of summer resort, is traversed by steamboats, and is one of the most attractive sheets of water in the eastern U. S. Its history is | full of interest. It was first discovered by the French from Canada, and named by them St. Sacrament. Its Indian name was Caniaderioit, and received the provincial name of Lake Horicon, by which it is still sometimes called. At its southern end, Sept. 8, 1755, was fought a severe engagement between the French and English, each with Indian auxiliaries, which ended in the defeat of the French. Subsequently the English built Fort William Henry at its southern extremity and the French Fort Ticonderoga, on the divide between it and Lake Cham plain. Both these forts were the scenes of interesting historical events. The English fort was attacked in 1757 by a French and Indian force under the Marquis de Montcalm, and the garrison, capitulating after a gallant defence, were barbarously ma acred by the Indians. In the year following the army of Gen. Abercrombie pa ed up the lake in 1,000 boats, attacked Ticonderoga, and met with a disastrous defeat. This attack on Ticonderoga was repeated in July, 1759, by Gen. Amherst, whose army was similarly transported up the lake in boats. On this occasion the fort capitulated. In 1775 another attack was made on Fort Ticonderoga, this time by Ethan Allen and the "Green Mountain Boys," the fort being taken by surprise. A few years afterward Gen. Burgoyne made his southward march by way of Lake George, taking the fortifications on its banks, and proceeding south to his place of defeat at Saratoga. Picturesque ruins of Fort Ticonderoga remain, and some traces of Fort George, which stood at the southern extremity of the lake.