. The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence ... udson, to move up the river and meet him at Albany. Letus see how his plan succeeded. The Americans at the North were commanded by GeneralPhilip Schuyler, a brave, high-spirited soldier, with the blood ofthe plucky Dutch settlers in his veins. He was a native of Albany,and thoroughly familiar with all that country. He was now sta-tioned at Fort Edward, the head of boat navigation on the Hudson;and Ticonderoga and Crown Point, poorly garrisoned, wer
. The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence ... udson, to move up the river and meet him at Albany. Letus see how his plan succeeded. The Americans at the North were commanded by GeneralPhilip Schuyler, a brave, high-spirited soldier, with the blood ofthe plucky Dutch settlers in his veins. He was a native of Albany,and thoroughly familiar with all that country. He was now sta-tioned at Fort Edward, the head of boat navigation on the Hudson;and Ticonderoga and Crown Point, poorly garrisoned, were heldby his troops. Burgoyne divided his army into two commanded in person the first division,which was to keep on the river. The com-mand of the other division he intrusted toGeneral St. Leger, who was to go west,through the Mohawk Valley, and take thewestern forts in New York. St. Leger ex-pected to be greatly aided by Sir John John-son, a son of the famous Sir William John-son, who had been so popular among theIndians in the French wars. The Johnson -^°=^p*^ ^* family still retained their Indian influence, and as they were vio-. 234 STORY OF OUR COUNTRY. lent Tories, it was expected that hosts of the Six Nations wouldflock to the British flag under Johnson. There was also a famousIndian chief named Brant, commanding the Indians here, who wasa close friend of the British, and the whole country swarmed withTories, who were formed into a company called Johnson you see St. Leger had a fair prospect of success. The fortsagainst which he was marching were Fort Stanwix on the MohawkRiver, where the city of Rome now stands, and Fort Oswego onLake Erie. Burgoyne went down to besiege Ticonderoga with an army tenthousand strong. General St. Clair, commanding the fort, had onlythree thousand. One Warm July morning he saw the red coats andbrass cannon of the British glittering on the peaked top of SugarLoaf Hill directly overlooking the fort. The Americans had notf
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