. The New England magazine . The Oldest House in Bennington, 760 BENNINGTON AND ITS BATTIE. yth of July, and after it the pursuit ofSt. Clair was abandoned and Burgoynepushed on to Skenesborough, now \\hite-hall. New Englanders felt an unjust and un-reasoning distrust of Schuyler, who wasslowly retreating before Burgoyne. Theysaw that they were menaced and felt thatthe necessity was upon them for self-defence. Burgoynes advance was slowbecause of the obstructions placed in his having been committed to it by the legis-lature, which had hastily adjourned atWindsor when alarms of war were heardon
. The New England magazine . The Oldest House in Bennington, 760 BENNINGTON AND ITS BATTIE. yth of July, and after it the pursuit ofSt. Clair was abandoned and Burgoynepushed on to Skenesborough, now \\hite-hall. New Englanders felt an unjust and un-reasoning distrust of Schuyler, who wasslowly retreating before Burgoyne. Theysaw that they were menaced and felt thatthe necessity was upon them for self-defence. Burgoynes advance was slowbecause of the obstructions placed in his having been committed to it by the legis-lature, which had hastily adjourned atWindsor when alarms of war were heardon the western border. This council ofsafety was a remarkable body of twelvegood men and true, with strong common-sense ; Governor Thomas Chittenden andsagacious Jonas Fay were its master government ever had a better secretservice. Their scouts were everywherewith argus eyes, and little occurred in any. path by Schuylers woodsmen. Mean-while the New England militia wererising, and General Lincoln was sent toManchester, Vermont, to superintend theassembhng of the levies. The gatheringfarmers had a depot of supplies at Ben-nington, then an important village, num-bering fifteen hundred inhabitants, theprincipal town in the new the Council of Safety was holdingits sessions, the afifairs of the young state part of the adjacent country that was notpromptly known and discussed in thecouncil room at the Catamount they learned of Burgoynes plan tostrike direct at Bennington, to deprivethem of their supplies and to replenishhis own exhausted stores. Stores of all kinds were needed for thecoming campaign. Bennington was wellsupplied. Riedesels dragoons wantedhorses, and many and good ones cropped BENNINGTON AND ITS BATTIE. 1%1 the fertile pastures of theAValloomsac valley. In vaindid Riedesel, who saw thedanger of sending a detachedbody of men through thewilderness wit
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