. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. nd Americans shouldseize that city. When the British retreated across New Jer-sey, the Americans pursued them as far as Sandy Hook. Inthe North, the British then held only a fewplaces outside of New York, but they werecontinually making raids on the surround-ing country and rousing the Indians to killthe Americans. The savages ravaged the plains of theMohawk and Schoharie; they raided thelovely Wyoming Valley in IViinsylvaiiia,and massacred nearly every settler witiidreadful cruelty, and in other places revived the horror
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. nd Americans shouldseize that city. When the British retreated across New Jer-sey, the Americans pursued them as far as Sandy Hook. Inthe North, the British then held only a fewplaces outside of New York, but they werecontinually making raids on the surround-ing country and rousing the Indians to killthe Americans. The savages ravaged the plains of theMohawk and Schoharie; they raided thelovely Wyoming Valley in IViinsylvaiiia,and massacred nearly every settler witiidreadful cruelty, and in other places revived the horrors ofthe early Indian wars. But the following year General Sul-li\an cariied wai and destruction Into the lieait of the Indiancountry, destroyed their crops and subdued the savages. After the British retreated from Philadelphia to New York,the contending armies in the North did not trouble each othervery much, but in the winter of 1777-78, the sufferings of thearmy in New Jersey seemed too great to be borne. It was almost impossil)]< foi- Congress to raise fuiuls to. L;ifavette. PAPER MONEY. 159 LESSON.—Congress could not raise funds. Paper money had littlevalue. The army suffered for food and clothing. Benedict Arnold, thecommander at West Point, plotted to surrender that fort to the British. support the soldiers. Two million dollars in paper moneywere issued at the beginning of the war, and later new amountswere put out, until, in 1789, there were over $242,000,000 ofpaper money in the country. It had decreased in value sothat two cents in specie would buy a dollar in paper. InJanuary, 1781, $10 was paid for a skein of thread, and $600for a pair of boots. The soldiers pay, therefore, would buyvery little, and often the government could not supply themwith food and clothes. Never did the character of Washingtonshine brighter than in those days. Hesuffered with his men, and by his loftypatriotism, his unfailing hope, and hisgrand example, he held the ai-my togetheruntil the
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