. Outdoor life and Indian stories : making open air life attractive to young Americans by telling them all about woodcraft, signs and signaling, the stars, fishing, camping ... : also stories of noted hunters and scouts, great Indians and warriors ... all of them true and interesting . me, where he soon died fromthe effects of the wound. The relief of Fort Stanwix wasbrought about by a curious piece ofstrategy. Schuyler, in command atthe time of the campaign against Bur-goyne, could hardly spare a man, andyet, unless relief was sent, the fortmust fall. His officers opposed, forthe reason named
. Outdoor life and Indian stories : making open air life attractive to young Americans by telling them all about woodcraft, signs and signaling, the stars, fishing, camping ... : also stories of noted hunters and scouts, great Indians and warriors ... all of them true and interesting . me, where he soon died fromthe effects of the wound. The relief of Fort Stanwix wasbrought about by a curious piece ofstrategy. Schuyler, in command atthe time of the campaign against Bur-goyne, could hardly spare a man, andyet, unless relief was sent, the fortmust fall. His officers opposed, forthe reason named, and the angrySchuyler asked for some leader to vol-unteer. Benedict Arnold promptlyoffered, and at the head of eight hun-dred men, hastened toward the en-dangered post. Brave as was Arnold, he could not shut his eyesto the fact that his force could not compare in number with theTories and Indians, and was more likely to fail than to succeed. Reaching German Flats he found that one of the prison-ers held by the Americans was a half-witted Tory, who hadbeen condemned to death for some fault. He was hardlyresponsible for his acts, but was scared almost to death, andhis mother was in an agony of distress over his fate. Shesank on her knees before Arnold and prayed him to save her. COLONEL JOSEPH BRANDT 172 A FAMOUS MOHAWK CHIEF son. The officer consented on the single condition that theyouth should do a certain thing for him. The joyous motherand boy declared that he had only to tell them what it wasand it should be done. It is simple, explained Arnold, you and a friendlyOneida Indian are to go to the camp of St. Leger and makehim believe my force is twice as great as his, and that if hewaits where he is, I shall kill them all. The youth eagerly said he would do all that was required,and the plan was soon formed Several bullets were firedthrough his clothes, and he dashed off as fast as he could speedthrough the woods. When he reached the enemys camp a fewmiles away, he was so ex
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