The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . FALLS IN FORT JIOKTGOMEKV CKEEK. our little boat, and sketched the scene. A short dam has been constructedthere for sending water through a flume to a mill a few rods stream, like Indian Brook, presents a thousand charming pictures,where nature woos her lovers in the pleasant summer-time. 262 THE HUDSON. From the mill may be obtained a view of the promontories on each sideof the creek, and of the lofty Anthonys Kose on the eastern side of theriver, which appears in our sketch, dark and imposing, as we look towardthe east. Tort Montgomery
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . FALLS IN FORT JIOKTGOMEKV CKEEK. our little boat, and sketched the scene. A short dam has been constructedthere for sending water through a flume to a mill a few rods stream, like Indian Brook, presents a thousand charming pictures,where nature woos her lovers in the pleasant summer-time. 262 THE HUDSON. From the mill may be obtained a view of the promontories on each sideof the creek, and of the lofty Anthonys Kose on the eastern side of theriver, which appears in our sketch, dark and imposing, as we look towardthe east. Tort Montgomery was on the northern side of the creek, andFort Clinton on the southern side. They were constructed at thebeginning of the war for independence, and became the theatre of adesperate and bloody contest in the autumn of 1777. They were strongfortresses, though feebly manned. From Fort Montgomery to AnthonysXose a heavy boom and massive iron chain were stretched over the SCESE IN rOKT MOSTGOMEEY CREEK. to obstruct British ships that might attempt a passage toward West Point,The two forts were respectively commanded by two brothers. GeneralsGeorge and James Clinton, the former at that time governor of thenewly organised State of Xew York. Burgoyne, then surrounded by the Americans at Saratoga, was, as wehave observed in a former chapter, in daily expectation of a diversion inhis favour, on the Lower Hudson, by Sir Heniy Clinton—in command ofthe British troops at New York. Early in October, the latter fitted out THE HUDSON. 263 an expedition for the Highlands, and accompanied it in person. Hedeceived General Putnam, then in command at Peeks Kill, by feints onthat side of the river, at the same time he sent detachments over theBonder Berg, under cover of a fog. They were piloted by a residentTory or loyalist, and in the afternoon of the 6tli of October, and in twodivisions, fell upon the forts. The commanders of the forts had nosuspicions of the proxim
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