 At the start of the Revolutionary War in 1775 , Hazen was living on half @-@ pay in Saint @-@ Jean . When Benedict Arnold raided Fort Saint @-@ Jean on May 18 , Hazen reported the news of that raid ( as well as the capture of Fort Ticonderoga ) first to the military authorities in Montreal , and then to Governor Guy Carleton in Quebec , before returning home to consider the consequences the conflict might have on him and his lands . 
