The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . icans were to be treated ascriminals, and deserving of death;they must not have the treatmentaccorded to prisoners of war whencaptured; the crews of all tradingvessels captured would be put intoroyal service ; and then, as theycould not get men enough in Eng-land, they hired the Hessians oftheir government to fight the colo-nists, yet these severe measures werenot adopted without opposition froma few noble men who desired justi
The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . icans were to be treated ascriminals, and deserving of death;they must not have the treatmentaccorded to prisoners of war whencaptured; the crews of all tradingvessels captured would be put intoroyal service ; and then, as theycould not get men enough in Eng-land, they hired the Hessians oftheir government to fight the colo-nists, yet these severe measures werenot adopted without opposition froma few noble men who desired justicefor America, added Nettie. The siege of Boston resulted inthe British leaving it in March, 1777,leaving behind them two hundred andfifty cannon, of which about half werefit for service ; 2500 chaldrons of sea-coal ; 3000 bushels of oats and barley ;2500 bushels of wheat; 150 horses,and a quantity of bedding and clothingwhich was very acceptable to the patriots. As soon as they leftthe city Washingtons men marched in, and were received withgreat rejoicings. Then several British store-ships sailed intothe harbor unsuspectingly, and were captured. One of them was. AN AMERICAN RIFLEMAN. [1777] THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 185 loaded with all kinds of ammunition and a large quantity of powder, allof which were welcome, said Hadley. After leaving Boston the British sailed for Halifax, but soon cameback to Staten Island, and prepared to attack New York, added Josie. Before they did that something happened which put a new faceupon the matter of the Revolution. So far the war had been only toforce England to respect the rights of the colonies, and the mass of thepeople had not thought of, and did not wish for independence. It seemeda bold thing to attempt. But the far-seeing were not surprised when adeclaration was written by Thomas Jefferson, submitted to a committee,and adopted with but few changes. The concluding words of it were : We, therefore, the representa-tives of the United Stat
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