The Little Red Foot
at lanterns flaring from both stone forts which flanked the Hall, and a
tal uniform and in the uniform of the Palatine Regiment, were
rk Line were making camp, and I saw their baggage waggons drive up from the town belo
a torch came up to Joe Scott, where our littl
r?" he inquired, indicatin
he was
farmer-militia. Pick me two men for Colonel Dayton who live by ri
er and me, and we stepped out of
latine officer to our Captain
of militia; and his cheerful demeanor heartened me wh
gate and into the great house, so per
rder within; the beautiful furniture stood ranged in stately symmetry; the pictures h
he Continental Line turned from a group of men crowded around the cent
our faces coolly enough, as a f
r, of Fonda's Bush, sir,"
the Stoner boys. And what may be your name?" he
Drogue
u, also," he remark
Then, on his features a fine smile softened what had seemed insolence. With a glance he dismissed the Palatine
a lieutenant's commission for you from our good Governor, procured, I believe,
vate soldier in this most just of all wars. And as for Billy Alexander remembering to so serve me, I was still more amazed. For Lord Stirling was
s openly embraced the cause of our thirteen colonies. I do not include the Albany Patroon; I speak only
ore to turn against my
re you not sometime Brent
s,
d know the fore
know
Schuyler has
nd began to pace to and fro, his absent glanc
Did you know it?"
e burn my face to t
added Dayton. "Where do you suppose he is m
ould have so foully conducted. But I made out to say that Sir John, no doubt,
the Sacandaga and
aratoga and the t
athless wi
ond Ballston. Also, I sent half a battalion toward the Sacandaga. Of course Albany Royalists war
fox stole away to the Canadas. And w
ood dumb for a minute, striving to collect and marsha
n would scarcely risk a flight in that direction. No. He would
believe,
d a moment
e down toward the Sacandaga to protect
ayton, then t
you, Nick?
mpt the wilderness by Oswegatchi; and I wager that Sir John is already bey
laid one hand
too; but most of all, and in this crisis, we need rangers. God alone knows what is coming upon Tryon County from th
ge and hamlet north of Albany is unprotected; every lonely settler is now at the mercy
their worth; partizans, minute men, alarm companies-the value of all th
again in his perplexity, but pre
our company from Fond
essed what had occurred that very eveni
. Drogue. And if none will volunteer-such as have families or are not fit material for rangers-you
nto the palm of the other
n who laugh at any face old Death can pull at them
e, or who fear the devil, if that may b
o judge of men! And like yourself, Mr. Drogue, when once they blood you
s,
the Iroquois trail at the Sacandaga. That's where you shall chiefly operate-along the Sacandaga and the mountains northward!
his hands softly together, his pre
. "Only rangers can aid us now.... Help us a little in th
red at the open
inquired Da
ot to be discovere
the poor, deluded woman imagine that any m
t is further reported that Lady Johnson is gone in a great rage to the hunting lodge
ce?" demanded Day
house on the
t and go there instantly, Mr. Drogue, an
r burnt my face, but
guard well the house. I shall march a battalion of my regiment thither in the morning, and later I shall order a company of Colonel Livings
e heard the music of another regiment marching into th
rry, his sword and spurs ringing loudly in the hall. And a moment later we h
my sack and bit into it. Nick Stoner
d for the Drowned Lands to make prisoner an unhappy
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