The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . olonel Butler was aman of great natural ability, courageand experience, and had distinsruishedhmself in the French and Indianwars prior to the Revolution. He rais-ed a battalion of ranger^, of pickedmen well acquainted with the woods,and the customs of the Indians andtheir manner of making war. whowere well officei-ed by respectabh^2:entlemen. sou^ of dstinguished sold-iers. Their uniform was of dark sreencloth, with scarlet facings, and a flatcap having a brass badsre in front bear-ing the mcnocram
The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . olonel Butler was aman of great natural ability, courageand experience, and had distinsruishedhmself in the French and Indianwars prior to the Revolution. He rais-ed a battalion of ranger^, of pickedmen well acquainted with the woods,and the customs of the Indians andtheir manner of making war. whowere well officei-ed by respectabh^2:entlemen. sou^ of dstinguished sold-iers. Their uniform was of dark sreencloth, with scarlet facings, and a flatcap having a brass badsre in front bear-ing the mcnocram encircledby a beH with the words Butler =Ransrers and surmounted by tbe Brt- OLD MILITAEY BUTTONS OiO ish CTOwn. Log buildings were builton the west side of the Niagara riverin 1778, and called Butlers t«he Eevolutionary war thisformidable body of men were cease- ably caused his failure. His Majestythe King had his thanks conveyed toColonel Butler for hs great servicesduring the war. The regiment wasfinally disbanded at Niagara in -June, immmammih iHWiiinrrrr --—?. BKITISH l;r li ONS OF THE FKKNCH WAK AND KE\ OLL i lUNAKY WAK A CAP PLATE OF BUTLEKS RANGERS lesfely active throughout western NewYork, and along the frontier, in aconstant succession of conflicts, am-bushes, fierce engagements and raids,with tremendous destmiction to theenemys property. General Washing-ton made strenuous efforts to captureButter, but the skilful enemv invari- 1784. At the close of the war. in1783, a return of the corps showed astrength of four hundred and sixty-nine men, thirty of whom were offi-cers, with one hundred and elevenwomen and two hundred and fifty-seven children, who settled in the Ni-agara district/, being granted lands
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