. The New England magazine . sformed and partially fortified, from Cas-tleton to the mountains east of Pittsford,and all settlers north of it were requiredto come in. Companies of rangers de-fended the frontier throughout 1779. InOctober, 1780, more than one thousandBritish and Indians sailed up the lakeand moved against Foit George, which houses, killed many cattle, and escapedbefore men from the settlements couldovertake them. This was the last invasion of Vermontduring the Revolution ; but the frontierwas constantly menaced. The continen-tal army was all employed had asked
. The New England magazine . sformed and partially fortified, from Cas-tleton to the mountains east of Pittsford,and all settlers north of it were requiredto come in. Companies of rangers de-fended the frontier throughout 1779. InOctober, 1780, more than one thousandBritish and Indians sailed up the lakeand moved against Foit George, which houses, killed many cattle, and escapedbefore men from the settlements couldovertake them. This was the last invasion of Vermontduring the Revolution ; but the frontierwas constantly menaced. The continen-tal army was all employed had asked permission to enterthe Union, but delegates in Congress fromNew York, New Hampshire and Massa-chusetts prevented favorable was reason to believe that some ofthem were willing to leave the state de-fenceless in order that danger might com-pel partition. The situation was ex-tremely critical and the Vermontersresorted to diplomacy and political strat-egy. They not only took the aggressive 692 THE STATE OF VERMONT. and annexed portions of New Hampshireand New York with the assent of the in-habitants of those regions, but EthanAllen, who had returned from captivity,
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