Quote Originally Posted by jmm99 View Post
He does pick and choose from the accounts. E.g., to locate Rogers' ambush he uses Bougainville's "two leagues" ("deux lieues") from Ft. Carillon - Beavor finds that leagues varied from 2.4 to 4.6 miles. He chose 2.4 miles x 2 leagues to match Fivemile Creek.
The old Spanish league was 3.45 miles, the lieue commune was c. 2.75 miles, and the ieue de poste was c. 2.4 miles. I’ve seen a number of 18th century English travel accounts in which a league seems to refer to an hour’s travel.