The British invasion from the northThe campaigns of Generals Carleton and Burgoyne, from Canada, 1776-1777, with the journal of LieutWilliam Digby, of the 53d, or Shropshire regiment of foot . asfollows : Reply of the Old Chief of the Iroquois toBurgoynes speech of June 21^, 1777. I stand up in the name of all the nations present,to assure our father that we have attentively listenedto his discourse. We receive you as our father,because when you speak we have the voice of ourgreat father beyond the great lake. We rejoice inthe approbation you have expressed of our have been tried
The British invasion from the northThe campaigns of Generals Carleton and Burgoyne, from Canada, 1776-1777, with the journal of LieutWilliam Digby, of the 53d, or Shropshire regiment of foot . asfollows : Reply of the Old Chief of the Iroquois toBurgoynes speech of June 21^, 1777. I stand up in the name of all the nations present,to assure our father that we have attentively listenedto his discourse. We receive you as our father,because when you speak we have the voice of ourgreat father beyond the great lake. We rejoice inthe approbation you have expressed of our have been tried and tempted by the Bostonians ;but we have loved our father, and our hatchets havebeen sharpened upon our affections. In proof ofthe sincerity of our professions, our whole villagesable to go to war are come forth. The old andinfirm, our infants and wives alone remain at home. Lieutenant Digbys Journal. 361 With one common assent we promise a constantobedience to all you have ordered, and all you shallorder ; and may the Father of Days give you manyand success. When the Iroquois Chief had concluded his speechhis hearers applauded as before with loud shouts ofEtow ! Etow ! Etow ! -^ 46. INDEX. Anbenaquis, 93. Abercrombie, General James,before Ticonderoga, 127;St. Leger served under,256; Stanwix under, 258;mentioned, 217, 258. Account of Burgoynes Cam-paign, see Neilson, Charles. Acland, Lady Harriet, accom-panied her husband toAmerica, 112; conflictingstories concerning her sec-ond marriage, 112; escapedfrom a burning tent, 267,268 ; romantic attachmentfor her husband, 268 ; inthe American lines, 298;her heroic conduct, 298,299 ; described, 299 ; sisterof Capt. Strangways, 338;mentioned, 295, 339. Acland, Major .John Dyke,wounded, 211, 290, 298, 343;his tent burned, 267; him-self burned, 268; the ro-mantic attachment of hiswife, 268 ; biographical no-tice, III; mentioned, 16,III. Adams, Katherine, mother ofCapt. Robert, 137. Adams, Capt. Robert, mur-dered by Indians, 135, 136;bi
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