Young people's history of the American Revolution . MONMOUTH AND NEWPORT 231 expedition in 1775, and had been sent to Montreal withthe understanding that they would all receive honourabletreatment, Prescott, who was in command at Montreal at thetime, had become so enraged when he learned that EthanAllen was the man who had taken Ticonderoga, that hethreatened to hang him, but after binding him hand andfoot he had placed him on board the Gaspee, a schooner ofwar, where a heavy bar of iron eight feet long was attachedto his shackles; and after handcuffing the other Americanshe thrust them in the
Young people's history of the American Revolution . MONMOUTH AND NEWPORT 231 expedition in 1775, and had been sent to Montreal withthe understanding that they would all receive honourabletreatment, Prescott, who was in command at Montreal at thetime, had become so enraged when he learned that EthanAllen was the man who had taken Ticonderoga, that hethreatened to hang him, but after binding him hand andfoot he had placed him on board the Gaspee, a schooner ofwar, where a heavy bar of iron eight feet long was attachedto his shackles; and after handcuffing the other Americanshe thrust them in the lowest part of the vessel. Forfive weeks the daring Allen was kept in this conditionbefore he was sent down to Quebec. There he was treatedbetter, but was nevertheless sent to England to be tried fortreason. He was at last sent back to Halifax, and fromthere was sent to New York, where, after a long time hadelapsed, he was finally exchanged and permitted to go backto his Vermont home; but his fighting days were ended. Many other similar tales of
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