. A brief history of the United States . f the steep and narrow path which led to the had nearly reached the picket before they were dis-covered. Fire was at once opened upon them. Wayne waswounded, but commanded his aids to carry him that he mightdie at the head of the column. The rush of his men wasirresistible. An instant more, and a deafening shout told thatthe fort was won. The British lost in killed, wounded, andprisoners, six hundred men. General Sullivans E^edition.—The atrocities of theIndians had kept the inhabitants of the Wyoming andMohawk valleys in continued terror. In t
. A brief history of the United States . f the steep and narrow path which led to the had nearly reached the picket before they were dis-covered. Fire was at once opened upon them. Wayne waswounded, but commanded his aids to carry him that he mightdie at the head of the column. The rush of his men wasirresistible. An instant more, and a deafening shout told thatthe fort was won. The British lost in killed, wounded, andprisoners, six hundred men. General Sullivans E^edition.—The atrocities of theIndians had kept the inhabitants of the Wyoming andMohawk valleys in continued terror. In the summer. General * General Putnam was at Horse Neck when Tryon was in the vicinity. Hastilygathering a few militia, he annoyed ths British as long as possible, and then, com-pelled to flee before the enemys overwhelming force, his men hid themselves in theadjacent swamp, while he, spurring his spirited horse over a precipice, descended azigzag path, where the British dragoons did not dare to follow. I779-] THE EEVOLUTIONARY WAB. 131. GIVING THB COUNTERSIGN AT STONY POINT. Sullivan led an expedition into the Genesee country. NearElmira, N. Y., he fought a fierce battle with the Indians andtheir tory allies. The latter being defeated, fled in dismay,while Sullivan marched to and fro through that beautifulregion, laying waste their corn-fields, feUing their orchards,and burning their houses. * Naval Exploits.—No American successes caused moreannoyance to the British than those of the navy. In 1775,Washington fitted out several vessels to cruise along the NewEngland coast as privateers. In the same year Congressestablished a naval department. Swift sailing vessels, mannedby bold seamen, infested every avenue of commerce. Within * The Indians, in the fertile coantry of the Cayngas and Senecas, had towns and•villages regularly laid out; framed houses, some of them well finished, painted, andhaving chimneys; and broad and productiye fields, with orchards of apple, pear, andpea
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