An historical account of the settlements of Scotch highlanders in America prior to the Peace of 1783 : together with notices of highland regiments and biographical sketches . ant in the 60th or Royal Amer-ican regiment, now a prisoner to the United States of America andenlarged on my parole, do promise upon my word of honor that Iwill continue within one mile of the house of Jacobus Harden-burgh, and in the town of Hurley, in the county of Ulster; andthat I will not do any act, matter or thing whatsoever against theinterests of America; and further, that I will remove hereafter tosuch place as
An historical account of the settlements of Scotch highlanders in America prior to the Peace of 1783 : together with notices of highland regiments and biographical sketches . ant in the 60th or Royal Amer-ican regiment, now a prisoner to the United States of America andenlarged on my parole, do promise upon my word of honor that Iwill continue within one mile of the house of Jacobus Harden-burgh, and in the town of Hurley, in the county of Ulster; andthat I will not do any act, matter or thing whatsoever against theinterests of America; and further, that I will remove hereafter tosuch place as the governor of the state of New York or the presi- *Stones Life of Joseph Brant, Vol. I, p. 238. tjohnsons Orderly Book,p. 57. *Ibid, p 59. 218 HIGHLANDERS IN AMERICA. dent of the Council of Safety of the said state shall direct, and thatI will observe this my parole until released, exchanged or other-wise ordered. Angus following year Captain Angus McDonald and Allen Mc-Donald, ensign in the same company were transferred to Reading,Pennsylvania. The former was probably released or exchangedfor he was with the regiment when it was disbanded at the close. The Valley of Wyoming. of the War. What became of the latter is unknown. Probablyneither of them were Sir John Johnsons tenants. The next movement of special importance relates to the mel-ancholy story of Wyoming, immortalized in verse by ThomasCampbell in his Gertrude of Wyoming. Towards the close ofJune 1778 the British officers at Niagara determined to strike ablow at Wyoming, in Pennsylvania. For this purpose an expedi-tion of about three hundred white men under Colonel John HIGHLAND SETTLEMENT ON THE MOHAWK. 219 Butler, together with about five hundred Indians, marched forthe scene of action. Just what part the McDonells took in theMassacre of Wyoming is not known, nor is it positive any werepresent; but belonging to Butlers Rangers it is fair to assumethat all such participated in those heartrending scenes
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