Two Young Patriots: Or, Boys of the Frontier; a Story of Burgoyne's InvasionGrosset & Dunlap, 1898 - 366 strani |
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advance Albany Alec Bryan Americans appeared Arnold Arthur Goodwin band battle began Benedict Arnold boys British brother Burgoyne's army camp canoe Colonel companion cousin David David Jones desperate enemy eyes face fear feel fire followed forest Fort Anne Fort Edward Fort Ticonderoga Fraser Gates glanced gone guns heard heart Hessians hope Hubbardton Indians Jere John Burgoyne knew lake leader Leger logs look miah morning mother Neow never night Oi'm once paddle panion Panther passed Philip Schuyler prisoners Prudence Queen's regiment redcoats redskins replied Jairus replied Jeremiah Samuel Goodwin scalp Schuyler seemed seen sent sheep-pen shore side sight silent Skenesborough soldiers soon spoke stood stop story struggle tell there's thing thought Ticonderoga Timothy Murphy Tories tree trouble turned wait watching weary boy What's Whig whispered word young sergeant
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Stran 360 - The incessant cannonade during the solemnity; the steady attitude and unaltered voice with which the chaplain officiated, though frequently covered with dust, which the shot threw up on all sides of him ; the mute but expressive mixture of sensibility and indignation upon every countenance — these objects will remain to the last of life upon the mind of every man who was present.
Stran 115 - I have but to give stretch to the Indian forces under my direction, and they amount to thousands, to overtake the hardened enemies of Great-Britain and America : I consider them the same wherever they may lurk.
Stran 222 - When the forces under your command arrived at Quebec, in order to act in concert, and upon a common principle with the numerous fleets and armies which already display in every quarter of America, the justice and mercy of your king, we, the reptiles of America, were struck with unusual trepidation and astonishment.
Stran 115 - If, notwithstanding these endeavors, and sincere inclinations to effect them, the frenzy of hostility should remain, I trust I shall stand acquitted in the eyes of God and men, in denouncing and executing the vengeance of the state against the wilful outcasts. The messengers of justice and of wrath await them in the field : and devastation, famine, and every concomitant horror, that a reluctant, but indispensable prosecution of military duty must occasion, will bar the way to their return.
Stran 223 - ... a necessary defensive war. If we go on thus in our obstinacy and ingratitude, what can we expect but that you should, in your anger, give a stretch to the Indian forces under your direction, amounting to thousands, to overtake and destroy us...
Stran 50 - In conformity and indulgence of your customs, which have affixed an idea of honor to such badges of victory, you shall be allowed to take the scalps of the dead, when killed by your fire and in fair opposition; but on no account or pretence, or...
Stran 50 - I positively forbid bloodshed, when you are not opposed in arms. Aged men, women, children, and prisoners must be held sacred from the knife and the hatchet, even in the time of actual conflict. You shall receive compensation for the prisoners you take, but you shall be called to account for scalps.
Stran 222 - O ineffable Governor of Fort William in North Britain ! what must have been the terror, dismay, and despair that overspread this paltry continent of America, and us, its wretched inhabitants. Dark and dreary, indeed, was the prospect before us, till, like the sun in the horizon, your most gracious, sublime, and irresistible proclamation opened the doors of mercy and snatched us, as it were, from the jaws of annihilation. " We foolishly thought, blind as we were, that your gracious master's...
Stran 51 - The old and infirm, our infants and wives, alone remain at home. With one common assent we promise a constant obedience to all you have ordered and all you shall order ; and may the Father of days give you many and success.
Stran 223 - ... were come to destroy us and our liberties ; but we are happy in hearing from you (and who can doubt what you assert?) that they were called forth for the sole purpose of restoring the rights of the constitution to a froward and stubborn generation.