. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. hecalls in his diary, describing thecountry between the Hill andIndian Orchard, an almost un-inhabited pine plain much mixedwith sand. The location cho-sen was then the towns trainingfield, but it was readily yieldedto the new enterprise. One of the great events in theearly years of the Revolution,which is in a way connected withthis and neighboring towns, wasthe surrender of the BritishGeneral Burgoyne at , some of the soldiers of
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. hecalls in his diary, describing thecountry between the Hill andIndian Orchard, an almost un-inhabited pine plain much mixedwith sand. The location cho-sen was then the towns trainingfield, but it was readily yieldedto the new enterprise. One of the great events in theearly years of the Revolution,which is in a way connected withthis and neighboring towns, wasthe surrender of the BritishGeneral Burgoyne at , some of the soldiers of this vicinity were there andremembered the event as taking place on a clear and beautifulday in September. Standing in military array they saw theBritish general and six thousand of his troops pass by to theplace where the latter laid down their arms. The soldiers offreedom were poor and wore no uniforms, but they stoodwell arranged and with a military air. The men, wrotethe Hessian General Riedesel, then serving in the Britisharmy, stood so still that we were filled with wonder. Notone of them made a single motion, as if he would speak with. Costume of the Eighteenth Century. THE REVOLUTION 99 his neighbor. Nay, more, the lads that stood there in rankand file, kind nature had formed so trim, so slender, so full ofnerve that it was a pleasure to look at them and we were allsurprised at the sight of such a handsome, well formed a man was to be found, who as we marched by, madeeven a sign of taunting, insulting, exultation, hatred or anyother evil feeling. On the contrary they seemed as if theywould do us an honor. General Riedesel commanded some German troops fromHesse-Cassel who had been hired by the king to serve inAmerica. In fact the great mass of the English people hadnot much sympathy with George the Third in his attempt tocrush the liberty of the colonies. They were not eager to jointhe army and go to America for this purpose, so that the kingbargained with the
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