. A history of the United States of America, its people, and its institutions. tiamen joined the army. The Battle of Bennington.—AtBennington, in the southwest cor-ner of Vermont, the Americans hadgathered a supply of stores. TheseBurgoyne badly needed, and sentColonel Baum with a force of onethousand men to capture the Green Mountain Boys wereagain in the field, with the redoubt-able Colonel Stark at their invaders were mostly Hes-sians, and their commander knewlittle of American warfare. Onthe 16th of August they foundthemselves in a trap. Starks mensurrounded them. There a
. A history of the United States of America, its people, and its institutions. tiamen joined the army. The Battle of Bennington.—AtBennington, in the southwest cor-ner of Vermont, the Americans hadgathered a supply of stores. TheseBurgoyne badly needed, and sentColonel Baum with a force of onethousand men to capture the Green Mountain Boys wereagain in the field, with the redoubt-able Colonel Stark at their invaders were mostly Hes-sians, and their commander knewlittle of American warfare. Onthe 16th of August they foundthemselves in a trap. Starks mensurrounded them. There are the red-coats! ex-claimed the veteran ; we must beat them to-day, or BettyStark is a widow. Beat them they did. Of the wholeforce, only about seventy returned to Burgoyne. The re-mainder were killed or captured. The American loss wasvery small. St. Lebers March.—Meanwhile, St. Leger, on his way toreinforce Burgoyne at Albany, was having strange and seriousadventures in the forest. Marching southward from Oswegothrough the primeval forest, and joined on his way by the. Burgoynes Route. 214 FROM COLONIES TO UNITED STATES. famous Mohawk chief, Joseph Brant, with a strong body ofwarriors, his first task was to capture the old stronghold,Fort Stanwix (then Fort Schuyler), on the Mohawk River,near the present site of Rome, New York. Battle of Oriskany.—The fort was weakly fear of Indian outrages roused the people, and a forceof eight hundred militia, under General Herkimer, marchedto its relief. On the 6th of August they fell into an ambushprepared by Brant in a deep ravine near Oriskany. Anobstinate battle ensued. Herkimer was mortally of his men fell. In the end they drove off the In-dians, but were too weak to advance. The Stars and Stripes.—Meanwhile, a sortie was madefrom the fort, and St. Legers camp captured and British flags were taken, and these were hung upside-down above the fort, while over them waved a rude flagmade of s
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