. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga . thoutquestion in the validity of New Yorks juris-diction over the Grants, and who, despite hisbombastic manner, was personally no coward. Master Breckenridge, he said to the manwhom he had come to evict from his home, we have heard that you and your neighborsare armed to oppose the authority vested inme by His Most Gracious Majestys colony ofNew York. If there be blood shed this day,it will be upon your head, for I here commandyou to leave this neighborhood and give overthe possession of this land to its rightful owners. I cannot do that, Master Sheriff, sai
. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga . thoutquestion in the validity of New Yorks juris-diction over the Grants, and who, despite hisbombastic manner, was personally no coward. Master Breckenridge, he said to the manwhom he had come to evict from his home, we have heard that you and your neighborsare armed to oppose the authority vested inme by His Most Gracious Majestys colony ofNew York. If there be blood shed this day,it will be upon your head, for I here commandyou to leave this neighborhood and give overthe possession of this land to its rightful owners. I cannot do that, Master Sheriff, saidBreckenridge, quietly. As for blood beingupon my head for this days work, you cansee that I am unarmed, and he spread hishands widely. Besides, I have nothing todo with this grant at the present time. Thetownship of Bennington has taken the farmupon its own hands, and it will oppose yourentrance with armed resistance. I have noth-ing to do with it. What is the township of Bennington? de-manded Ten Eyck. This land belongs to the 42. THB NEW PUMIC LIBfcA&Y lamm, us*ex AND EL&8K retlNOATTONB L With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga colony of New York under the crown. Thereis no town of Bennington. What legal rightshave a parcel of squatters to this territory ? Then Allen spoke. The gods of the val-leys are not the gods of the hills, Sir on the other side of the Twenty-MileLine may acknowledge the Governor of NewYork as your master; we on this side are afree people. We have bought our lands from thegovernment to which they were granted by theKing, and you shall not drive us from them ! The colloquy ended and the settlers wentback toward the house. After the mainbody of his army came up, and their num-bers seemed quite as formidable as CrowWing had reported, the sheriff pressed for-ward across the bridge and approached theBreckenridge dwelling. Every settler haddisappeared by now and even those inside thehouse were still. Neither the sheriff nor hismen suspected that quite thr
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