A history of the American people . d Germans and Scots-Irish, who recked nothing of the older ties that had bound them when it came tothe question whether they should yield in their ownaffairs to masters over sea. Peter Gansevoort com-manded the little garrison at Stanwix; Nicholas Her-kimer brought eighthundred men to hissuccor. Hrant andJohnson trapped thestout hearted Germanin a deadly ambushclose by Oriskamhe came; but he beatthem off. While thatheroic struggle wentforward there in theclose ravine the hotmorning through (Antfust 6, 1777), Gaivoort made sally andsacked Sir Johnscamp. Herkim
A history of the American people . d Germans and Scots-Irish, who recked nothing of the older ties that had bound them when it came tothe question whether they should yield in their ownaffairs to masters over sea. Peter Gansevoort com-manded the little garrison at Stanwix; Nicholas Her-kimer brought eighthundred men to hissuccor. Hrant andJohnson trapped thestout hearted Germanin a deadly ambushclose by Oriskamhe came; but he beatthem off. While thatheroic struggle wentforward there in theclose ravine the hotmorning through (Antfust 6, 1777), Gaivoort made sally andsacked Sir Johnscamp. Herkimer couldcome no further; butthere came, instead,rumors that Burj£oynewas foiled and taken and the whole American armv on the road nwix. It was only Benedict Arnold, with twelve hun-dred .Massachusetts volunteers; but the rumors theyindustriously sent ahead of them carried the panicthey had planned, and when they came there wa -army to meet. St. Legers men were in full flight toOswego, the very Indians who had been their allies277. ^ c/jyfcsL
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