The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . ho was one of thenoblest of men and best of generals, changed thedress of his men to fit them for marching in the wil-derness. Hair was worn long in that day, and LordHowe cut off his own fine head of hair to persuadethe men to sacrifice theirs. He reduced the officersbaggage, and dismissed the great company of washer-women, setting a good example by washing his ownlinen in the brook. Lord Howe cultivated the friend-ship of the American officers, and treated the soldierswith great respect. He was second in command
The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . ho was one of thenoblest of men and best of generals, changed thedress of his men to fit them for marching in the wil-derness. Hair was worn long in that day, and LordHowe cut off his own fine head of hair to persuadethe men to sacrifice theirs. He reduced the officersbaggage, and dismissed the great company of washer-women, setting a good example by washing his ownlinen in the brook. Lord Howe cultivated the friend-ship of the American officers, and treated the soldierswith great respect. He was second in command toAbercromby, and was killed in a skirmishjust before the attack on defeat of Abercromby in the battlewhich followed is attributed to the loss oLord Howe, who was the resoul of the army. (See thepreceding chapter.) It was impossible to keeptroops enough in the field toprotect the long frontier. Noone could tell where the troops inds. Lordreforms. Indians would strike,and when they had massacred a fam-ily they es-caped too .swiftly forpursuit. Thecolonies were. 142 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. driven to offer rewards for the scalps of Indians asthey were accustomed to pay for wolves heads. Onecan see how barbarous their feelings were, however,in the offer of smaller rewards for the scalps of Indianwomen and children. The perils of the frontier led to the formation of com-panies of rangers, who fought the Indians in their ownway. In the South the rangers were mostly mountedmen, who scoured the frontier to intercept any companiesof Indians which might invade the settlements. Rangerswere also employed to assist the armies in the field bycapturing stragglers from whom information could begained, and by traversing the woods to guard against sur-prise. One of these rangers, Major Robert Rogers, becamevery famous for his daring expeditions in the regionabout Lake George. He had many desperate fights withthe French. He and his men journeyed on skates orsnow-shoes in wi
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