. Indian history for young folks . JOSEPH BRANT. INDIAN HISTORY FOR YOUNG FOLKS. with picked men of British and Canadian regiments, and the fierce war-riors of the Iroquois. The brave farmers fought so well that an Indianchief afterwards said, in speaking of the battle: Me no want to fight DutchYankees any more. After a five hours conflict theIndians raised their cry of retreat,• Oonah ! Oonah! Johnson heardthe firing of a sortie from the fort,and the British fell back. Herki-mer and his brave men held the. ground. In this sanguinary action O «/ COLONKL PKTKK GAXSEVOORT. the Americans lost two
. Indian history for young folks . JOSEPH BRANT. INDIAN HISTORY FOR YOUNG FOLKS. with picked men of British and Canadian regiments, and the fierce war-riors of the Iroquois. The brave farmers fought so well that an Indianchief afterwards said, in speaking of the battle: Me no want to fight DutchYankees any more. After a five hours conflict theIndians raised their cry of retreat,• Oonah ! Oonah! Johnson heardthe firing of a sortie from the fort,and the British fell back. Herki-mer and his brave men held the. ground. In this sanguinary action O «/ COLONKL PKTKK GAXSEVOORT. the Americans lost two hundredkilled — one-fourth of their wholeforce. A much larger number wereeither wounded or made Indians lost one hundred oftheir bravest warriors, and the Toryloss was considerable. The wounded Americans were allbrought off by their comrades. On O «/ a litter of boughs they bore the shattered form of the sturdy old generalto his home, where he died (August 6th), after suffering the amputationof his leg. During the engagement a successful sortie was made from the fortby Colonel AVillett, who captured two of the besiegers camps, in whichhe found five British flags. Twenty-one wagon-loads of clothing, pro-visions, and ammunition were also captured. Sixteen days later the ru-mored advance of General Arnold caused St. Leger to precipitately aban-don the siege. Arnold had spread in advance the rumor of his approach. He alsosent to St. Legers camp a half-witted royalist, lion Yost Schuyl
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