...before us. I now propose to advance before you, and, in person, conduct you through the wicket gate; for we must this morning either quit our pretensions to...undertake, I do not urge it on any contrary to his will. You that will undertake voluntarily, poise your firelocks." Every gun was raised, Nathan Beeman, a...

...before us. I now propose to advance before you, and in person conduct you through the wicket gate ; for we must this morning either quit our pretensions to...valor, or possess ourselves of this fortress in a few moments; and, inasmuch as it is a desperate attempt, which none but the bravest of men dare undertake,...

...to advance before you and in person to conduct you through the wicketgate; for we must this morning quit our pretensions to valor, or possess ourselves of this fortress in a few minutes; and, in as much as it is a desperate attempt (which none but the bravest of men dare undertake), I do not...

...his orders: "I now propose to advance before you, in person, conduct you through the wicket gate, for we must this morning either quit our pretensions to...possess ourselves of this fortress in a few minutes. Poise your firelocks and follow me." Quickly, the Green Mountain Boys follow Ethan Allen and Arnold...

...everything depended upon a surprise. It was just sunrise on the 10th when Allen addressed his men with "We must this morning either quit our pretensions to valor, or possess ourselves of this fortress ; and inasmuch as it is a desperate attempt, I do not urge it, contrary to your will. You that will...