. A history of the United States of America, its people, and its institutions. s weakmorally. He believed that he had been ill-treated by Con-gress, and, marrying a Tory lady in 1778, his patriotismweakened. He grew so extravagant and behaved so badlythat he was tried and sentenced to be reprimanded by thecommander-in-chief Washington did this gently, and atArnolds request gave him the command of the fortress atWest Point,—a post of great importance from its control ofthe Hudson. -Full of revengeful feelings, Ar-nold proposed to Clinton tosurrender this post to the Brit-ish. Major Andre was se
. A history of the United States of America, its people, and its institutions. s weakmorally. He believed that he had been ill-treated by Con-gress, and, marrying a Tory lady in 1778, his patriotismweakened. He grew so extravagant and behaved so badlythat he was tried and sentenced to be reprimanded by thecommander-in-chief Washington did this gently, and atArnolds request gave him the command of the fortress atWest Point,—a post of great importance from its control ofthe Hudson. -Full of revengeful feelings, Ar-nold proposed to Clinton tosurrender this post to the Brit-ish. Major Andre was sentto confer with him. They hada secret meeting and arrangedtheir plans, but Andre wasobliged to return by land. Onhis way he was captured bythree patriot scouts, whosearched him and found in his boot papers that proved hima spy. Arnolds Reward.—Word reached Arnold of Aifdrescapture, and he fled in haste to a British vessel in the Avas hanged as a spy, despite all Clintons efforts toobtain his release. Arnold received a money reward for The Capture of The ANDRfe Captors Medal.
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