New York's part in history . im, and he was pursued with vindictive hatred until hiscareer as a general was ruined. His ordexS were obeyed with sullen-ness, the worst interjDretation was put upon every one of his acts,and evil-minded busybodies were continually pouring into the ears ofCongress a stream of tattle, which gradually wore out their trust inhim. Having obtained as clear an idea as may be of the person-alities concerned, let us resume the consideration of the cam-paign. On the 10th of July, Schujder began a systematiceffort to obtain all the livestock and supplies in the territorythr
New York's part in history . im, and he was pursued with vindictive hatred until hiscareer as a general was ruined. His ordexS were obeyed with sullen-ness, the worst interjDretation was put upon every one of his acts,and evil-minded busybodies were continually pouring into the ears ofCongress a stream of tattle, which gradually wore out their trust inhim. Having obtained as clear an idea as may be of the person-alities concerned, let us resume the consideration of the cam-paign. On the 10th of July, Schujder began a systematiceffort to obtain all the livestock and supplies in the territorythreatened by Burgoyne and to make the route from Skenes-borough to Fort Edward as nearly impassable as country was a labyrinth of swamps and small latter were choked with fallen trees so as to overflow the 248 i BURGOYNES INVASION adjoining country. Wood Creek, which was navigable forbatteaux as far as Fort Anne, was filled with great treesfelled so as to lie at every possible angle. The various streams. MAP OF NEW YORKVERMONT AND \VESTERN MASSACHUSETTS were dammed to overflow the country. The roads, poor atbest, were rendered impassable by fallen trees hopelessly inter-tangled. All bridges were destroyed. In making his way from Skenesborough to Fort Edward,Burgoyne was compelled to build many bridges and lay miles 249 NEW YORKS PART IN HISTORY of corduroy road—road that in some instances had to be ele-vated on supports in order to prevent heavy loads sinking inthe mud. This made his progress painfully slow. He wastwenty-four days in going twenty-six miles. Before Burgoyne left England, it was agreed that heshould go to the Hudson River by the way of Lake George,and that the South Bay and Skenesborough route should beavoided on all accounts, but he seemingly planned to drivehimself to take the route which had been declared undesir-able. He made it impossible for the Americans to retreat bythe way of Lake George and left the Lake Champlain routeopen to th
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