. The greatest highway in the world; historical, industrial and descriptive information of the towns, cities and country passed through between New York and Chicago via the New York Central Lines .. . , 7:49; No. 19, 11:17. East-bound: No. 6 passes 3:36; No. 26, 4:21 ; No. 16, 9:36; No. 22,11:32.) The battle of Oriskany, an important minor engage-ment of the Revolutionary War, was fought in a little ravineabout 2 M. west of Oriskany, Aug. 6, 1777. Two days before,Gen. Nicholas Herkimer had gathered about 800 militiamen atFt. Dayton (on the site of the present city of Herkimer) forthe relief of
. The greatest highway in the world; historical, industrial and descriptive information of the towns, cities and country passed through between New York and Chicago via the New York Central Lines .. . , 7:49; No. 19, 11:17. East-bound: No. 6 passes 3:36; No. 26, 4:21 ; No. 16, 9:36; No. 22,11:32.) The battle of Oriskany, an important minor engage-ment of the Revolutionary War, was fought in a little ravineabout 2 M. west of Oriskany, Aug. 6, 1777. Two days before,Gen. Nicholas Herkimer had gathered about 800 militiamen atFt. Dayton (on the site of the present city of Herkimer) forthe relief of Ft. Schuyler which was being besieged by Britishand Indians under Col. Barry St. Leger and Joseph Brant. ALBANY TO SYRACUSE 73 On the 6th, Herkimers force, on its march to Ft. Schuyler,was ambushed by a force of 650 British under Sir John John-son and 800 Indians under Joseph Brant, in the ravine westof the village. The rear portion of Herkimers troops es-caped from the trap, but were pursued by the Indians, andmany of them were overtaken and killed. Between the re-mainder and the British and Indians there was a desperatehand-to-hand conflict, interrupted by a violent thunderstorm, Plate i/X-isK^ North America as It Was Known in 1768This map was first printed in the First Edition of the Encyclopedia Britannicain 1768. Note that all of Canada west of Hudsons Bay (including Alaska) and asection of the United States west of Lake Superior and as far south as the presentstates of South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho and Oregon were then Parts Undis-covered. The central part of the continent was New France, and the extremesouthwest was New Spain. Considering the meagre geographical knowledge of theday, the map was remarkably accurate. with no quarter shown by either side. About this time asortie was made from Ft. Schuyler and the British withdrew,after about 200 Americans had been killed and as many takenprisoner. The loss of the British was about the same. , though hi
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