The campaign of LieutGenJohn Burgoyne : and the expedition of LieutColBarry StLeger . , OF THE SARATOGA MONUMENT ASSOCIATION. PART II. THE EXPEDITION OF LIEUT. COLONEL BARRY ST. LEGER. ^urv/tea/i- JfiCiJazf^te^.. IFitanavcii a Jd^ifiiaiure FaiyUed, fy ) Fu/i^iJIarc/t 20^;ig5lyJS-eifM-^cbrn^/2/ THE EXPEDITION LIEUT. COLONEL BARRY ST. LEGER.^ Contemporaneously with the descent of Burgoyne upon New York, Colonel BarrySt. Leger, as stated in Part First, had been despatchedfrom Montreal, by the way of the St. Lawrence andLake Ontario, to Oswego, there to form a jun
The campaign of LieutGenJohn Burgoyne : and the expedition of LieutColBarry StLeger . , OF THE SARATOGA MONUMENT ASSOCIATION. PART II. THE EXPEDITION OF LIEUT. COLONEL BARRY ST. LEGER. ^urv/tea/i- JfiCiJazf^te^.. IFitanavcii a Jd^ifiiaiure FaiyUed, fy ) Fu/i^iJIarc/t 20^;ig5lyJS-eifM-^cbrn^/2/ THE EXPEDITION LIEUT. COLONEL BARRY ST. LEGER.^ Contemporaneously with the descent of Burgoyne upon New York, Colonel BarrySt. Leger, as stated in Part First, had been despatchedfrom Montreal, by the way of the St. Lawrence andLake Ontario, to Oswego, there to form a junction withthe Indians and loyalists under Sir John Johnson andCaptain Brant. From Oswego, St. Leger was to pene-trate by the way of Oneida lake and Wood creek tothe Mohawk river, with a view of forming a junctionfrom that direction with Burgoyne, on his arrival inAlbany.^ The al:;rm everywhere felt on the approachof Burgoyne from the North, was greatly increased inTryon county, on receiving intelligence of the contem-plated invasion by the Indians and loyalists from theWest. The news of this movement was first brought This account is taken, in the main, from my fathers Life of Brant —as being the most accura
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