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Foreword
To those of my readers who may wonder how
exactly I have stuck to facts and incidences in The

Winter at Valley Forge, I wish to say that the only

ctional characters are Gil Weston, Silver Hawk,
Corporal Cassidy, and Farmer Matson, who represents a family well lenown in those parts. All units,
and their oicers are authentic.
The incident of Paddy, and the attack on the
farmhouse which is described at the end of the
story, were historical incidents and all the events
depicted as taking place in the encampment are
1 typical of that dreadful winter.
F. VAN WYCK MASON
GUNNERS HILL,
RIDERWOOD, MARYLAND.

The Block Autumn

VALLEY FORGEOUR NATION HAS No PROUDER

chapterin her history than the one written during
the winter of 1 777 and I 77 8. That was when

George Washington led about ten thousand troops

into winter quarters at that place on the Schuylkill River, in Pennsylvania, about twenty miles
nortlixxrest of Philadelphia.
It was a ragtag and bobtail army that went
into Valley Forge. It had suffered many de3

THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE

feats and realized few victories. It was despised

by the British who called it a rabble in arms.

It was an army that fought among itself and

was led by generals who were jealous of ea
ch
other. Some of these men even plotted against
George Washington himself. The army had few

weapons, not enough powder, almost no discipline.

There was a serious lack of meat and our, shoes
and blankets, medicine and muskets.

In Philadelphia, the captured capital of our

newborn nation, the British ,General, Sir William

Howe, had everything Washington did not have.

He had a well-trained, well-equipped, well-supplied armyof Redcoats that had beaten the Americans nearly every time the two forces had met.
' Howe spent that bitter winter of 1777 and
I 7 7 8 in comfort. His Lobsterbacks and Hessians
left no bloody tracks in that winters snow. Their

feet were protected by stout boots. Howes men

did not eat recakes of coarse our and water

nor did they shiver in rude huts with dirt oors.

4

The Black Autumn

They ate red beef and juicy pork, and their winter quarters were warm.
er,
wint
this
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freez
and
e
starv
ls
Rebe
the
Let
said Dandy Sir Billy Howe, as he was called.

In the spring well waste no time taking care of

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THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE

the ones who are leftif that brigand, Washing.

ton, has any men left at all.
But in the spring of 78, out of Valley Forge
marched a new army. It was an army that had
come through one of the cruelest winters in our
countrys history. More than that, it was an army

that had found itself. During the dark days of

snow and cold, starvation and pestilence, the
Americans had learned many a priceless lesson.
What a miracle was wrought at Valley Forge!
This winter encampment with its pain and suffering, its heartaches and despair, might well be
I called the turning point of the Revolution. The
scales had tipped heavily against the cause of
Independence before Valley Forge. During the six
long months of Valley Forge those scales threatened to decide in nal favor of a British victory.

But sometime during that terrible half-year, the

scales started to swing the other way, toward the

bright realization of American Independence. This

change came during a time of cold that killed and
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The Black Autumn

sickness that stripped Washingtons Army of its

men. It was a time of starvation so gnawing that

once when some soldiers found a cask of rotten

herring they gulped down the mess in what they
called a feast.
Gaunt, shivering men stumbled into Valley

Forge that December day in I 7 77. Their feet were

wrapped in rags. Their pockets were empty be cause they had not been paid in weeks or months.
i There they straggled, the New Englanders, the
1 New Yorkers, the New Jerseyites, the Pennsyl

. vanians, the Marylanders and Delawarians, the

Virginians and Carolinians. It did not seem that

there was any hope for their cause. Dandy Sir

: Billy Howe told King George the Third that the
5 end of the Revolution was near. As the blizzards
3: howled, the ice thickened, the Americans supplies
failed, Howe waited for Washingtons surrender.
And waited and waited and waited.

Game the spring, and the British knew they

had been wrong. Washington had not surrendered.
7

His army had not mutinied. It had not deserted in

a body. Instead, the Americans had found new
courage, new resolve, new faith in their cause,

during that terrible winter.

The great Revolutionary writer, Thomas Paine,
Wash
Gree
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Nath
anie
l
Gene
ral
to
aide-de-camp

the
are
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se
said
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The Rogtogs Retreot

- VALLEY FORGE TOOK PLACE DURING THE WINTER

months of I777 and I778, but the beginning of
the story goes as far back as July of 77.
'

That was when the British General, Sir Wil-

. ham Howe, left New York with all his troops.

Howe sailed in a eet of 260 ships with his brO. ther, Admiral Richard Howe, commanding the

f armada. The British sailed down the Atlantic

9 Coast, around Cape Charles, and up the Chesa9

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The Ragtags Retreat

on Brandywine Creek, a stream owing into the

Delaware River a few miles from Wilmington.

It must be remembered in all accounts of the
ghting which took placebefore Valley Forge that
George Washington was handicapped by a lack of
decent military intelligence. That is, he had too few

' scouts and spies, and such as he had usually were

careless or stupid. Most times, Washington prac_tically had to guess where the enemy was. Then
he had to guess what direction the British were
I taking and what Howe intended to do once he got
there.
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THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE

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detacha
when
3
September
on
place
took
ght

ment of Delaware militiamen, who called themtheir

(because
Chickens,
selves The Blue Hens

mascot was a gamecock) met the British advance

: guard.
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nco
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than a skirmish and

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by its wagon trains. It took the British until
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THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE

meet the main American force. At the start, the

British General was condent that he could roll
back the ragtag, disorganized force that barred his
way to Philadelphia. But after the rst rounds of
crashing cannon and rattling musket re, he saw

that Washington had chosen his position Well.

Howe realized that this victory was going to be no

easy thing.

I4

The Ragtags Retreat

Dandy Sir Billy watched his Redcoats mowed

down and hurled back in their rst assault. He
then drew off for a conference with his ranking
aide, Baron Wilhelm Knypenhausen, commander
I," of Howes German division. These were the Hes-

l' Signs who made up a big part Of the British Army.

The American soldiers sent up a cheer when
i they saw the Lobsterbacks draw off, but neither
" Washington nor his generals did any cheer-

ing They knew the British had been stung but

not beaten. They also knew that Howe, in spite
. of his dandy 5 ways, was one Of England5 best

generals with more tricks up his sleeve than a

I'- roving juuggler.

I think, the British commander was telling

'. Baron Knypenhausen, that these Rebels are so

hungry for a victory they will not raise their eyes
. from what seems to be a full plate.
When the conference was over, Baron Knypen- 'i:-. hausen threw his troops at Washington 5 lines

._ _':_' agaiII. Again the Hessians were beaten back. A

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THE WINTER AT VALLEX FORGE

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The Ragtags Retreat

,tjoh SulliVan and his New Hampshire troops on

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17

THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE

After his conference with Baron KnYPenhau,

sen, General Howe had split up his force. He had
left the Germans to keep up a brisk re at the
American front, but the Baron was ordered t
make no attempt to carry the creek. Then Howe
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that were not defended. Once across, the
British
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knew of his danger was when the Redcoat guns
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hiding the American line.

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Washington was under attack now from

the
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The Ragtags Retreat _

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oung Marquis de Lafayette, and 400 men taken

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Captured by the Redcoats.

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; and wounded. But more important to the American5 was the fact that his army was exhausted.
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sens men had been under constant re for hours

\on end. Both British units were too weary to capitalize on Washingtons desperate position. The
Americans were able to make their withdrawal in
good order while the British were forced to halt
and rest.

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. at Brandywine immediately, the Revolution might
_ well have been ended there.

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and lacking in powder and sho
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._I OUreS sh0wed dimly

through the rain curt
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D
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their comrades. Others let the enemy move past

11nehallenged.

Washington and his aides were stationed at an

I Observation post high on the mountain. They

might as well have been a hundred miles away for

all they could see. The clouds that swept in were
low-hanging and hovered between the eld where
the action was taking place and the Command
Post. It was an impossible situation for both sides.

cause of soaked cartridges and drowned powder

horns. Each general ordered a withdrawal.

Some military historians say that if the Americans had taken advantage of the situation
right
then and there, they might have won their War

' for Independence at Valley Hill. They point out

3
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25

THE \VINTER AT VALLEY FORGE

that many of the American forces occupied lines

above the rain clouds. These men had dry powder
while not one of the attacking British could re a

single bullet.
But other historians point out that the British

were experienced with the bayonet while the

Americans were not. These experts remind us that

the British were stronger than the Americans, nu-

merically and physically. SO it is possible that the

Redcoats could have carried the eld anyway, with
cold steel if not with hot shot.

General \Vayne wanted to counterattack. He

pleaded with \Vashington to be alloyired to loose
his Pennsylvanians on the British. But here again
confused reports from American scouts made
'ashington shake his head to \Vaynes pleas.
It must be understood that \Vashingtons posi

tion was close to desperate. He could not afford

to take any chances. Howe and Cornwallis could
gamble. If they guessed wrong and lost, there were 7
plenty of reinforcements to ll their ranks. They
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had an unlimited ow of supplies coming

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_ 1 t the War for Independence would be over.

- OBy now VVashington had no idea of the Brit. ish strength or of where Howes units were. He

. had assigned General William Smallwood

of

bu
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Ho
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wa
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Maryland to
Smallwoods reports were so few and so uncertain
that they were almost worse than useless. Why

had Smallwood failed in his task? It was because

the Americans, outside of Washington and a few

others, had no idea of the importance of military

intelligence. They sniffed at scouting reports as
fancy ghting and paid no attention to them.
I ' After the British dragoons had staged a raid to
- burn precious supplies, a man from Connecticut or .
North Carolina or Virginia might say, Uh-huh, I
knowed they was goin to do it. I seed em headin
fer there.
'

Why didnt you report it, then?

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THE 'INTER AT VALLEY FORGE

Nobody told me to report nothin. They told

me to stand guard at this here post and here I
stand.
'ashington was bothered by incompetence
in many places, ignorance in others and dou'nright
double-dealing in still others. Still, he fought to

keep his army intact and out of traps set by

the British. He also tried to jab a slow-moving and
usually indifferent Continental Congress into realhmg how his men desperately needed arms and
food. Besides this, he had to settle squabblts

among members of his own staff and attend to

the million and one petty things that should have
been cared for by others. That he did not break
under the terrible strain seems proof enough that
he '35 sent by Providence to lead America to
freedom.
There was no good news, only bad. The British were roving up and down the Schuylkill, strip-

phng the country Of hogs and cattle, produce and

our. SOUICIL'UCS the Redcoats paid for these things
28

Reeling Bacle

hard gold, and sometimes they took them

with

without paying anytlung.

If \V7aslii11gt0115 agents found food, they could

-_ 01m 0,,1y poor paper money or

receipts to pay
for itScizing food was for
bidden under penal
ty

' of thC lash. And there were too few farmers in

. this rich farm area patriotic enough
to give their
cattle and pigs, their our and produc
e, in exchange for a scrawled promise to pay. Even if the
tanner was lucky enough to locate the hard-tond paymaster, his note could be exchanged only

for Continental dollars, and they were worth prac-

tically nothing.
Such gloomy reports kept coming in. Unlike
battle reports these bulletins were correct. Howes
' troops destroyed Colonel William Dewees establishment at Valley Forge on September I 8, I777.
French General du Coudray, attached to \Vashin
gtons staff, drowned because he refused to dis5}.- mount from his stallion when boarding a
atboat

to cross a river. The British were

feinting toward
29

THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE

Lancaster and then back at Philadelphia, keeping

the Americans off balance. An attack on an important British outpost was never launched because the men sent to make the attack came across
a small herd of cattle and broke off the whole
campaign to butcher the animals, cook and eat
them on the spot.
Even Mad Anthony Wayne failed his
Commanderin-Chief. Wayne and his forces were
30

Reeling Back

camped in the hills near Swedenford

when a detachment of British surprised them. The Redcoats
f" used bayonets and sabers to hack surre
ndered
-_.-.' Americans to pieces. So this brief and bloody ght

-'. became known as The Paoli Massacre; it hap_

:. Pened close to the old General Paoli Inn. After

that grim incident Wayne was a long time re' covering all his high-hearted air, his reckless
charm. He became moody, out-of-sorts, short
tempered, where he had been gay and self-

condent before The Paoli Massacre.

Only one thing more was needed to complete
the bleak picture, and on September 27, I777, it

' happened. General Howe had practically gutted

the Schuylkill Valley of what the Americans.
'-_ needed. The raid on Colonel Dewees place alone
had netted him 4,000 barrels of our, enough to
keep Washingtons Army in bread for months.
With his foraging completed, Howe entered Phil. adelphia.

The capital had fallen into British hands.

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THE TWO VOLUNTEERS WERE ON THEIR WAY TO

offer their services with General John Glovers

Massachusetts Brigade. They headed for Valley

Forge with a four-wagon supply train trying to
struggle through to the winter encampment.
A cold and rising wind out of the northwest
stirred snow that already was lying deep on
the road. The tiny, stinging particles warned of
58

Supply 'I 'mill

mull blizzard on the way. \Vezirily, the l)f'()W

and hitt- ox teznns lezinetl into their yoke: and

(.l\,t'tl their li'ti'.t~riiiittit.tl eyes zigziiii<.t. the mountint! gale.

At the top of :I long, sloping incline a eopse of

dark rs swayed uneasily under the heavy blasts

of the gathering storm. The wagon trains commandcr, Lieutenant Freeman of Conways Penn3 )/lt~ani' a lir'igade, knew that bey
ond those woods
he would sight a wide area of fa
rm land sloping
gcntly toward the hard-frozen Schuylkill River
and Valley Forge.

On either side of the leading cart marche

d a
59

THE \VINTER AT VALLEY FORGE

pair of guards, Gil Weston and Silver Hawk. Wes.

ton, the larger of the two, might have been sev.
enteen. He itas tall and gangling but: strongly
built none the less. Both he and the Micmac, his
companion, wore Indian-made buckskin moccasins

and leggings over coarse trousers. Heavy gray

annel shirts and thick, badly worn, gray serge
jackets completed their unmilitary garb.

Gil lugged a powder horn and a huge Tower

musket. Uksene-ak, light complexioned as were
most Micmacs, was armed with a short war bow.

This he carried in a buckskin case decorated \tith

porcupine quills. He also carried a knife and one
of those light war hatchets that the Mohawks could
throw with such deadly precision.
Ncsalso 1111,1672Tall Bear, my brother, the

young Indian called over the snowy backs of the

oxen, this weather will soon become liad, very
bad. Let us hope our ofcer will make camp in
that grox'e.
Gil \Veston nodded his moth-eaten fox fur cap. .
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Supply Train

ch, If I know anything about it these here

minds are just about played out.
Behind them, Sergeant Larkin pricked the broad
Imps of the lead span of oxen with his goad.
Then he bellowed back over his shoulder: lli,

Lieutenant! Iladnt we best halt and let the rest

kctch up? Might be some 0 Simcoes murderin
Green Jackets loose and weve got ourselves
strung out over nigh half a mile.
The Lieutenants voice came back thinly,

whipped by the driving snow. Well close up in

the lee of those woods ahead when we get to the
top of the hill. Dont worryeven Britishers and
Tories have got more sense than to go gallivant
ing around in this kind of weather.
Uksene-ak eyed the crest of the ridge ahead uneasily. There the rs marched down to the very
edge of the road and in these woods. . . . Seized
by a sudden fear, the young Indian started to trot
out ahead of the blowing oxen. Immediately Sergcant Larkin set up a bellow.
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p.1 Ought to knOW. AS a militiaman he had

marched against the French and tl1e Indians and

h 3d xt'on himself a battleeld commission at Louis-

bur in 17.15. Gil left his answer to Sergeant

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Brigade stumbling along in knee-deep snow. Their

heads were bent against the wind. They were carrying an amazing assortment of weapons and no

two of the ragged, scarecrow gures were dressed

alike. Some wore the faded remnants of summer
uniforms. Others risked the warmth of scarlet jackts captured from the enemy even though their

friends might use them for targets. Alost of them

struggled along in the gray, bron'n and black ci-

vilian coats scavenged from Heaven alone knew

Where.
The sky darkened steadily, taking on a threateniag leaden-white color. Silver Haxt'k had been

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roared. Tories!
His cry was drowned out by the boom of car-

bines and the crack of pistols as the raiders swooped

down on the wagon train. The guards among the
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Gils vision was obscured by the gagging smoke

that blossomed out. It cleared enough to let him
see the troopers horse rear up, up, up, until its
rider tumbled onto the snow. The scarlet lining of
his gray cape showed as raw as a vast wound.
Lieutenant Freeman shrilled orders and then

fell with a scream of mortal agony. Gil crouched

to reload his musket. He knew that only three or
four of the train guard had been able to re a re-

ply to the Tories. There could be little hope for

him and the others of the ambushed supply column.
Quarter! Quarter! For Gods sake spare us!
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Shrill )ClpS of terror sounded down the length N

tl1e wagon train.

Sergeant Larkin was not one of those ha

yelled. Just as a snarling Queen's Ranger \lltn'c at

him the (hiCk-btklltd Pennsylvanian reached 111.
and
saber
a
out
pulled
and
neath his wagons seat
pistol. The oxen lurched, p;111ic-stri1ke11, and Slchr
Ilawk saw I.-.1rki11s pistol shot go wild. The Miehow.
war
his
to
arrow
an
nocke
d
mac
The gray-cloaked 'lory pulled back his 511111
for a certain death stroke at Larkin. Then he
The
cursin
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saddle
,
his
in
twiste
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and
inched

bloody head of an 11rr1111' 11til<etl out of his right

reins
riders
its
of
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shoulder. Under

threw
and
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d
horse
the Torys
the Queen's Ranger.
Get down, Sergeant! yelled the young In-

dian. Get into woods!

Larkin flung l1i111self off tl1e cart as a pair 0f

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toward the stalled lead 11'11g011. Gil CJSt a fleet"1?

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glance down tl1e road. Drivers and guards of the

isther carts were kneeling, defenseless. They raised

empty hands in the biting, snow-lled air.

As Gil scurried to take cover among tl1e firs

and Spruces he spied the trim, brassmounted car-

bine of the Ranger he had killed. He plunged

over to retrieve it, feeling sick. For all the many

deer and moose he had killed in his day he never

before had hurt, let alone slain, a l111man.

The cavalry carbine was a far handier weapon

for a boy of Gils size tl1an Pals clumsy old Tower
musket. Gil slid behind the bole of a r tree and

red the stubby piece at one of the plunging horsemen before fading farther back into the grove.
Panting, he reloaded. Silver Hau'k and tl1e Sergeant, he reckoned, must be on the far side of the
road. The Tories, enraged over this unexpected op-

position, were out for revenge. He dropped back

farther to nd shelter under the snow-covered

branches of a giant spruce. His tracks were covered by the trampling of the Tory7 h
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rocky knoll
across the W3)

Gil wormed through the snow and peered over

a snow-covered rock beside the roadway. Across

from him Silver Hawks impassive face peered

around a holly clump.

Silver Hawk, Gil called, are you hurt, my

brother?
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No, Muen. The Micmac cautiously slipped
out of the holly clump and edged toward the road.
Is the Sergeant with you? Gil queried.
Yes, but I left him behind. He makes too

much noise.
They came upon Sergeant Larkin crouching
miserably under an overhanging ledge. He had lost
his hat in the scramble of the attack and his dull
red hair was snowpowdered nearly as white as
that of a British grenadier on parade.
\Vell, the Pennsylvanian grunted, pears like
were luckier than them that got took-but not
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managed to scrape steel against int and set fire
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to a 50ft nest of bark shredded from a dead ced

ar,
Soon the three men had heat and shelter.
You fellers got a mite to eat, mebbe? the Ser
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geant asked.
Oiily a hunk of Army bread, Gil confessed.
They gave us a little at Norristown.
Silver Hawk silently offered a small greasy
leather pouch.

Pemmican, he explained, briey.

W hat in tarnations pemmican? asked the
burly Pennsylvanian.
Dried venison, Gil said. It tastes terrible, and

it smells worse but its plenty nourishin, Sergeant.

The three survivors of the wagon train raid lay
close together in the lean-to, chewing pemmican
and swallowing army bread that was so hard that
Silver Hawk had to use his war hatchet to split it.
In Spite of the re it was miserably Cold. Outside
the reach of the campfires heat a man surely
Would freeze to death in a matter of minutes.
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WELL SIGHT THE ENCAMPMENT FROM rm:

summit of yonder rise." Sergeant Larkin coughed.

Then youll see more human misery than you'll
ever find this side of eternal punishment.
As bad as that? Gil asked. He blew hard on
hands half protected by shabby woolen mittens.

".\}'e. Yonder's the reason." Larkin jerked his

HlulllCr-SlllOULlCtl head to the left. There stood the
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hufsnew
up
putting
working at felling trees and

Larkin
join?
to
xin
you
regiment
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m
tle. I disre
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n
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Mustve been Germa
e

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Pennsylvan

turned a chapped and swollen red face toward the

boy from Massachusetts. If yere smart, yell join

l'Vaynes,

Why? came Silver Hawks unexpected query.

H C

77

E
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fever theyre ,way b

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favor you, on account of your uncle served there.
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meaner than a she-wolf with pups, most times.
As the three soldiers crossed the river, some sen-

tries clad in ragged dark blue cloaks and vvearing

sacks stuffed with straw in place of boots challenged listlessly. A blue-lipped lieutenant shufed
forward.

That you, LarkinP he asked. VVheres the

rest of your detail? lVbeTe are the supply {wagons-P
On their way to Philadelphy, I reckon, S
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was Larkins dismal reply.

Dont tell me that that food was

lost! In the
ofcers hollow eyes shone sta
rk despair.
78

t
n
e
m
p
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c
Hungry En

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THE VINTER

AT VALLEY FORGE

riors of his tribe realized that Stored food had

given out and no more was to be had, they retired l

to a corner of their wigwams, hauled a robe met

their heads and patiently auyraited death by frch. .

ing. Still these frail creatures struggled on. Surely,

he thought, these men must have Strong medicine!

Food gone? , one of the sentries groaned. That i

means recake and water again tonight.
l
l

Surely, Silver Hawk told himself, that mans

hand is frozen.

Peering into the guard hut, the Micmac saw the l

l
gaunt, yellow-gray outlines of two naked men lyl
ing on the bare ground. Obviously they were dead.
They had frozen stiff, and their clothes had been
stripped from them by their companions.
A pity, the ofcer said as he turned away

from Sergeant Larkin. VVeve been countin, on a

little meat tonight.
Didnt a72y wagons git away? ytristfullyr asked
a gap-toothed Corporal who wore a faded red
80

Hungry Encmnpmen
t

worsted knot, the emblem of his rank, on his left

shoulder. Not even one?

have a chance.

Say, what you got in that bag? The

Con
poral was pointing at Gils haversack.
Nothin, Sergeant Larkin snapped
. Just his

gear and bullet mold.

Then whered that fresh blood co
me from,

hey:
Here, Silver Hawk said quickly. He bar
ed a
lean brown wrist. The hiicmac had suffere
d very
recently a shallow thorn gash across his for
earm.
Gil wished desperately to share the content
s of
his haversack with these famished men b
ut a
varning of Larkins rang in his ears: Yell
nd
some pretty hard characters among Glovers
. They
know how to make life mighty miser
able for a

recruit. Jest you young f ellers hang onto your

8r

food

Tut. WINI-IIIR AT VALLEY FORCE

till it can buy some friendship fer you Where

itll count.

Now the two newcomers to Valley Forge and

the returned Sergeant moved past the sentrirs

lhey trudged over a rutted, snow-packed road to a

group of log huts half buried1n the drifts.

\J. "

I say goodbye to ye here, Larkin snuled

- :

(lood luck. Wish ye couldjoin up here,cause

yere a handy pair and no mistake He jerked {1:

I
:

his head toward the southwest. Me, Ive got to

break the bad news to Cap,n Baldwin. 1ve got to
tell him heS out twenty men, besides some oxen

and carts. Not to mention all them vittles

Ile hesitated, looking a trie sheepish.

bub, he went on to Gil, if ye dont mind.
Ill hang onto this musket of your Pa, S. I out "

I
Show
I
when
gun
a
gm
I
if
100k (luitc such a fool

.':

UP afore Capn Baldwin. Ye kin git it back later, 2

.:.;

after I snitch another somewheres. ,

You re welcome to it, Gil said

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Y e know how tnd Glover ,S?,, Larkin 53 l.
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chusetts Brigade the air
g
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stinging smoke and the
3

unwashed. The tiny shed was jam-pack6d, HOt only

with staff ofcers and their clerks but also With
messengers, orderlies and any other soldiers Who
could nd an excuse for lingering out Of the icy

-.

cold.

'
84

vidual. He wore a faded blue

tunic with oncewhite lapels and revers which were brown no
w
with spots, smudgcs and st
ains. Around his neck
Captain Joseph Swazcy had fastened a w
omans tippet of bedraggled fox fur. He kept usi
ng his
knuckles to brush away a stream of tears cau
sed by
the smoke.
Im sorry, Weston, Swazey was saying
. I

cant enroll you or your Indian friend in my company, much as Id like to. Your uncle, Archer \Veston, made one of the best and bravest sergeants I
ever had.

llut Captain Swazcy, sir, Gil Pmtemd

Ulisenc-ak and me aint neither of us big, and we
.,

yes

dun t eat Iiiiicli. llesrdes, we can make oursch

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mighty USClul in tlie woods. Really me can,

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fee

sighed and shook his head.

4

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Believe me, Gil, he sard, had

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6' Burl

Silver Hawks olive-

sionless as he spoke.

head again.
I cant go against Colonel
Glovers orders, he
explained. Why dontyo
u join up with Captain
Allan McLains Oneida
Scouts? Youre both fr
ontier bred.

Emphatically Gil shook

his head.
Impossible, sir!

Enlistment

I see, Swazey nodded. Well, heres anothe

r
Suggestion. Why dont you enlist in VVaynes Brigade? Mad Anthonys got a lot of city men who
dont know come here from sic em about caring
for themselves in the open. Hed likely welcome

ovo Woodswise foragers like you.

The two youths set out over the trampled elds
toward the western edge of the camp. They were
nearing a row of half-completed log huts when
SllVCI Hawk grunted and pointed at a row of low,
w
h
e
s
n
i
w
c
k
a
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m
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irregular unds

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p
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l
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t
s
h
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se
he saw that from one f
t
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o
n
,
f
a
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m
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d
w
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hand and naked arm.
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was

lowed hard and turned away.

f
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w
since
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87

E
G
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F
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A
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l
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,
Weston
,
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claim

bluntly.
"Yes, sir."

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n
the sign of the ha

lii1.1e chapped hand to \Veston.

go
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be
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88

Enlistment

cially in Corporal Cassidys squad where youre going. They hate New England for having started
M war, most of em.
Corporal Cassidy proved to be a loud, hulking
fellow with the voice, the strength and the intelligence of a bull. He dominated the starving, Spir-

itless wretches under him with savage enjoyment.

Lucifer blast me! he roared when Gil and
Silver Hawk appeared at the huts door. What do

you cubs want here?

Gil showed his assignment slip written by Captain Bartows clerk.

So tis recruits yere supposed to be? rasped
Cassidy. Tis sure now weve reached the bottom
0f the barrel! Whatve you WhCIPS got in them
knapsacks?
.
.

Gil gulped. Why, we brought along somethms'

for the Squad, some horse liver and kidneys d

some b-b-brains.

.
ttering of
sca
a
Food! Food! From 110d
89

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THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE
a
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d
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F

.
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l

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k
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oor of this sm
body say food?

.
ch
at
sn
t,
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ot
sh
nd
ha
s
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id
ss
Ca
Give mic that!
ing away rst Silver Hawks haversack and then

Gils. A pot was produced and snow shoveled into

it. A re in the wood and clay replace was prodded so that it smoked worse than ever.
Ill take that fur jacket, growled a darkbearded soldier. It aint tten fer a savage to go
warm whilst a white man shivers.

An/eodumlook out! The Miemacs hand

ew toward the war hatchet at his belt. But an-

other of the gaunt Pennsylvanians brought a piece

of rewood crashing down on the Indians coonskin cap. Uksene-ak dropped without a sound.
Gil Weston lashed out furiously. He landed

a
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huts. Silver Haw
the hardest and most menial tasks. At night they
would lie together, wrapped in a single thin
blanket, miserably listening to the wind moan
through the cracks in the walls,

The artillery horses and ofcers mounts now be-

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In Reading lay great supplies of warm uniforms,

food and blankets. Reading was only thirty-ve
miles distant, but it might as well have been in
China for all the good those supplies did the men
who were freezing in Valley Forge.
Ever been this hungry? Gil whispered one
night as he and Hawk lay shivering in the icy

darkness.

Aye. The Indians always have a starving season late in the winter. Tonight, Muen, my brother,
we go hunting. We must eat or we, too, shall

fall sick and die. We must find food since the corporal will not give us even our little share.
Kway, lVetaale. Yes, it sounds well, Gil said.
He heaved himself up on one elbow. Theres a

moon tonight so it should be light enough to see

bY- He began groping for his carbine, but Silver

HRWk shook his head.
Leave it, the Indian said. To shoot would
rouse the sentries and bring us trouble.

Corporal Cassidy and the rest of the squad lay

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park, Gil \t'liisperCtl. int of course there's not a,

grain of corn left there.
Let us seek the birch woods two elds be-

yond, the Indian murmured.

Good idea. I think tlicrcs another com 50

somewheres about there, too.

Their feet crunched crisply on a criiSt w
hich

fortunately was thick enough

to support their
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quiver. After signalin
slipped soundlessly into a thicket.

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moved silently through
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upon his Indian
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gleamed in a brief grin.
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Well, Bub, may I be boiled in oil! he roared.

NOW where in the world did you nd these lovely

little critters?
Ask the useless red savage youre so fond of
tormenting, Gil replied bitterly. If youll let up
on Silver Hawk and me I shouldnt wonder but

what this squad all might have a bread of a sort

before long.
Ye kin do what ye please, grunted the Corporal, so longs ye git us the food.
About midday Silver Hawk fashioned thi
ck
round cakes of hulled and crushed sunower
seeds.

These proved to be surprisingly tasty and

nutritious when cooked among the embers. Aft

er that

there was no more talk about a sniveling Yank

ee

and a worthless young savage in the but of

Corporal Cassidys squad.

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JANUARY, 1778, WAS A MONTH OF UNBELIEVABLY

cold weather. Famine stalked, the encampment

The Fourth Squad of the Fourth COmPany
Waynes Brigade, however, fared better than their
neighbors. Gil cut a window in the hut, 055d

3 partially smoked cows bladder for a pane,

and

thus dispelled the perpetual gloom, Now the 501

dICIS could see to clean their equipment
and make
such rude improvements as shelves, stools
and pegs

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on which to hang their muskets and sodden garanIS.

The Micmac found a bee tree and taught the

et
fe
r
ei
th
at
co
to
w
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sq
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shoclcss men of th
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on
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pr
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x.
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wa
es
be
m
r
a
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th
wi
wet and protected the skin against chilblains. The

tw0 young friends made life more bearable for

their squadmates in a dozen ways.

One day (Til was summoned to Captain Bart0\\'.s hut. Said that cadaverous officer:

\\'eston, here's the Company's strength report

md 11 requtsmon. Of course, the reqursrtion \x on t

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w
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wag
through to Valley Forge.

.
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H
n
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h
s
General \Va
onally from the encampment of Waynes Brigade.
Gils route took him past Brigadier General
Charles Scotts Virginia troops, the park of Major
General Knoxs artillery, and so up to the Old
Gulph Road.
Today the sun shone, and the cold had moderated enough to permit some units to break out for
close order drill. In front of Jedidah Huntingtons

Connecticut Brigade Headquarters, eld punish

ment was being given some offenders. In slovenly
ranks the troops were drawn up in a hollow
squate
about a heavy wooden triangle to which a man
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had been tied. A big sergeant had rolled up his

sleeves and, using a three-foot lash, was laying on
the prescribed number of stripes so lustily that the
punished mans screams rent the air.

\Vha-whats he done? Gil asked a passing

\x'oodcutter.

Gittin two hundred fer stealin a hat from his

mate, the man explained cheerfully. My, aint

that sergeant makin his back smoke though!
\Vashington's Bodyguards were quartered across

Valley Creek from the stone mansion which

was \Vashingtons Headquarters. At the moment,

several units \vcre attempting some squad movements under the eye of a massive, red-faced ofgray
ankle
-leng
th
and
hat
trier
)rn
huge
a
in
eet

walk
ing
long
a
carri
ed
He
colla
r.
fur
a
cloak with
Stick which he waved as he gave his orders in a

deep ro1rin<r \oice.

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p
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d
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t
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best drilled th
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ranks much better than those of VVaynes or Glov.

ino
strid
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cam
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cav
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dis
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D

arm.
an
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ked
tuc
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sabe
ved
cur
along, his

VVhats going on over there? Gil asked the

passer-by.
n
o
v
l
a
r
e
n
e
G
,
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a
m
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c
t
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D
Oh, thats the old
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der his tunic

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staff, wearing blue, w
a-glitter with silver and gold lace.
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There were few gold buttons and little gold

laCC among the Americans. Their units could only
be guessed at by the revers, or lapels of their tunics.
The Virginians wore buff revers, Maryland and
Delaware wore blue, Pennsylvanians wore red, and
Massachusetts and New Hampshire wore white.
Gil walked on. He felt very young and very
unmilitary in his stained and frayed Indian leggings, the bedraggled fox fur cap, the leather
breeches and the civilian homespun coat. As he
went his way, he saw several oicers whom he
recognized. There was the Chief of Artillery, bluff
General Knox. There was pompous Brigadier General Weedon of Virginia. There was neat and ca
pable Major General Nathaniel Greene who had

just been named to the post of Quartermasterno

ticed,
he
Gr
ee
ne
,
Ge
ne
ra
l
Ar
my
th
.
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of
General

l
a
m
a
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b
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s
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w
t
a
Walked with a limp th

formed foot.
gay
that
on
eyes
lay
to
wanted
Gil
all,
Most of

Lafayette.
de
Marquis
the
redhead,
and gallant
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to do again. He was glad to see that the line he

had joined was moving steadily past a harassed
young clerk who wiped his pallid face from time
to time and muttered some complaint.
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upset a small leaden ink
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nely inscribed gures. A volley of plai

ntive wails
broke out.

Confound that stupid fool! I told him he

should have gone on Sick Call this morning! Now
hes ruined a whole page of accounts that took h
im

a full day to draft! Find Amory! The red-faced

oicer hammered his rude desk as he bellowed.
Take Cromwell to the kitchen and nd Amory!

Hes sick, too, sir, somebody answered

.

Weve four clerks down with the camp fever.

The Commissary Officer groaned and put his
head down in his hands.
What are we going to do? he demanded of

the world. That report must go to Reading to

night!
Gil stepped forward hesitantly.
Sir, I aint bad at gures, and I can write a

fair hand.
Then sit down at that desk, boy, said t:
Quartermaster, and well see what you can do.
105

THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE

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106

H ead quarter:

these letters written by George Washing

ton, the

Commander-in-Chief, to
one Henry Champion,
Deputy CommissionerGener
al of Purchases.
The present Situation of
the Army is the

most Melancholy that can be c

onceived. Our
Supplies in provisions of the Fl
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some Time past, have been ve
ry decient and
irregular, a Prospect noxv ope
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Want, such as will make it impos
sible to keep
the Army much longer from disso
lving, unless
the most vigorous and effectual Mea
sures be

pursued to prevent it . . . If every possible

Exertion is not made use of there, to send
us
irnmediate and ample Supplies of Cattle, with

pain I speak the alarming Truth, no Human

Efforts can keep the Army from speedily disbanding. . . .

From this point of vantage Gil came to understand the armys truly desperate straits.
It was during the second week of Gils detached

dUty that a farmer came clumping into Headquarters in clumsy cowhide boots. He was red-faced,
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told that
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IIZ

" paid close attention

with his lively dark e
yed; as

the boy outlined his plan.

'
II/ill you furnish the necessary wagon and
team? General Potter asked the farmer when Gil

was nished talking.

Ya. I will do that.
The Generals balding head turned as he crossed

the room to load a corncob pipe from a box on

the rough mantelpiece.
I presume you realize, my friend, he warned,
no
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of
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that you stand
.

only your property but abO your

,

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ness goes wrong?

:13

life if this bu51-

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G
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The farmer
blinked solemlY-

1Some Redcoats raided mine farm last fall, he

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with my b
agree to that?
This was the question that Gil had been dread
ing. Captain Bartows company was so fearfully
under strength that there wasnt a chance in the

world that that crusty old ofcer would even 6011

SldCI Sl.l Ch a request. General P otter
sense d Gil ,5
COHfUSlOI].

is IWell , \Vesto n, h e smiled,

'
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wont worry me.

Headquarters

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how well
along.

Silent Death on the Pike

drawn by four horses plodding along, far to t

he
north of the river. Another was advancing alo
ng a

lane to the westward. Two more had just ap

peared

from a northerly direction. P

resently yet another

Wagon jolted along over the lane

leading to Phoenixville.

Amidst a patch of snow-covere

d rs, a sixth
cart waited. Two powerful, dapple
d gray draught
horses stretched their necks to
nibble at nearby
birch twigs. On the drivers seat cr
ouched a chunk ,
yellow-haired man in a rabbits f
ur hat and a short
brown cape. By his side sat a you
th of some seventeen years who held a Briti
sh cavalry
'
across his lap.
This weapon was unloaded. So

were the muskets

of Captain Joshua Hayden of Potte

rs Brigade and
McDermott, a handy-legged ser
geant who waited

(m the other side of the cart.

These two soldiers

l.

had donned countrymens clothes,

oppy brown,
broadbrimmed felt hats and tro
users of tow cloth

Stued into bulky cowhide

boots. Hickorydyed

'
I 17

THE \VINTER AT VALLEY

FORCtE

homespun shirts and long woolen mulllem ,

pleted their disguises. A stained brown tarvxctiili.
Ha
(if
co
nt
en
ts
th
e
co
ve
r
to
ri
gged
be
en
had
th
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wagon body.
th
ey
n
l
ly
un
ti
l
on
st
re
tc
wa
he
it
d
Their long

were rewarded by the sound of voices, the crackini;

of whips and the snorting of horses that labored ti)
C
lptain
ro
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.
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gons
pull their

to
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Th
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wa
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Ma
Farmer tsons
fu
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s
of
fl
ap
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is
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shook his head. Then he
th
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:tg
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se
em
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wh
at
Af
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li
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.
cap and
to
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ga
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farmer calmly
th
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to
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ig
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rf
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his team.
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wa
go
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collars.

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gu
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To
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as
dr
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and two men
.
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p
ter the
118

Niki,

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'vlv

be!1 [1.1111|Cr Matson htmehed further over. hr

aein? his 1111le 111-11 i111: silenth.
\\ hen Matsons \\ :11:1111 eame out onto the

paw-packer Mills 1ilteit was the sixth unit in a

min of carts proceeding along the road. ldhC Matsons wagon, these other vehicles were un
der
guard. Sometimes as 11111111' as four armed men
iramped along beside the \\'|1tels that sereeehed todl'kl the rendexrons at lennypaeher Mills.

lil ligt11etl that night would fall within ano

ther
hour. Perhaps 111' then eternal darkness w
ould fall
1111 se1eral men now ali1e and l11
11l1.
\V hc11 the \\ agon ahead dis
appeared around a
bend, Captain llayden
e alled over the creaking 11f
axles.
(
u

Reckon its tune to clo

se 11p?
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r

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M1tson nodded, and be

nt forward eall

111s" 'somethingm Sw
edish to his re .1111. At
once the
pow eiful beasts m
oved forward at a
quiekened
pace just short of a UO
t. The going soon bec
ame
119

THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE

so rough that Gil had to hang on for dear life

the carbine jouncing in his lap. He didnt feel sd
happy about the weapons being unloaded, bur he
understood the importance of keeping it empty.
They overtook the last cart just after the vehicle

immediately ahead of it had disappeared around a

tongue of hardwoods.
s
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steamy halt.

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I 20

Silent Death on the Pike

The whole operation was smoothly executed.

1136011 and Gil leaped off the wagon seat into
he 5no\\ and ran to steady the team by their

gram From under the tarpaulin burst forth a

jozen dark-skinned gures.
The other carts drii'er and the three riemen
were frozen in their tracks by the paralysis of com-

picte surprise. Then came the twang of bowstrings

and the rushing hiss of ying death as the Oneidas

sped arrows from their heayy \1'ar bows.
A dozen arrows streaked toward the enemy before they quite knew what w'as happening. All the

Tories except the driver crumpled or struggled

redly, silently, on the snow. Black feathered shafts
protruded from tlic drivers thigh and shoulder.

l le made no outcry but started clumsily to run for

a clump of pines.
He had almost reached shelter when Silver
llaxx'ks war bow hummed. The Tory stumbled.

His head snapped back and then he fell, a yellow

feathered arrow quivering in the base of his neck.

12!

'IIIE \VINTER AT VALLEY FORCE

h
n
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v
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.
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dour, dark-faced ()11
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liaqb!
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g
v
g
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p
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a
c
r
The Indians, thei s
p
a
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b
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f
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o
p
r
u
p
t
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a
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c-

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No

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.
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o
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f
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what they
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s
in those hut
,
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Then came the twang of Indian bowstrings.

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THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE

a
r
i
a
h
k
c
a
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b
t
h
g
i
a
r
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s
,
cause of his beaked face
:
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b
,
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small, glittering
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y
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!
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a
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t
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quois, Back
.

!
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b
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a
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Silent Death on the Pike

overtaken. It was just below the brow of a

was

hill that hid it from the leading two vehicles.

A little darkbrowed Welsh farmer managed to

re a shot from his blunderbuss before he died

with an Oneida arrow through his throat. The exPlosion reverb erated between a series of low ridges,

sounding like some giants bowling ball.

Back into the wagon! rasped Hayden. The
shot may not have been heardor those up ahead
may not pay much attention to a single shot. He
turned to Gil. Son, youd better take this wag
on
'

111.

Yes, sir, Gil said obediently. His

heart sagged
with disappointment at being orde
red back before
this adventure he had set in moti
on was nished.

He climbed onto the third wagon

s seat, downeast. Silver Hawk paused to w
ave his bow.
Farewell, Muen, my brother, the
Micmac
called. We feast on fat
meat tomorrow!

The young Indian had turned to foll

ow Mat5011s cart when Gil saw one of the fallen wa
gon
125

E
G
R
o
F
Y
E
L
L
A
V
T
THE WINTER A
c
5
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3
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over
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f
off a

126

11
Trouble in Camp

IT WAS THE DEAD OF NIGHT WHEN THE FIRST OF

the captured carts entered Valley Forge. Yet when
the magic word food was heard a detail of
General \Vashingtons Bodyguards turned out,

and the glad news was ashed through the encaxlxpnlcnt. A rush was made at the rst three food-

laden wagons but the Bodyguards beat it off without trouble.

'lorchcs ared in the darkness as General
127

E
G
R
O
F
Y
E
L
L
A
V
T
A
R
THE WINTE

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a hand c
to his feet.

!
n
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p
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w
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B
deserter!
I 28

l
.

Trouble in Camp

DazedIY Gil staggered alo

ng, pricked now and
hen by the Point Of Cassidys bayonet. He still had
Lot found his voice when he stood
before the
5co\\*ling Captain Bartow.
I found one of these runaway whelps, sir,
reported the Corporal. He was over by the Com
missary, settin by the re and stuin
hisself, as
brash as ye please.
But, sir, 1

Silence! thundered Bamo

w. His heavy features turned brick red. Ill h
ear nothing from you,
you puppy, except the yelp
s you 11 raise when you
feel thirty lashes well laid
on! You and that savage,
when I lay hands on him
!

Oh, no! n_
Gil gasped. Please listen!
W
e

v
e
done nothirig wro
ng, sir!
Take him away! r
oared the company commander.

In later years, Gil could

recall little of his journey to the guard house.
There he \va thrown in
among thieves, drunkard
s, deserters and other vi
l129

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lains, a l
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a
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was the
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l
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b
i
s
s
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p
m
i
n
a
t
s
o
m
l
a
s
at this wa
in despair th

g
n
u
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e
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t
o
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w
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t
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m
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.
g
n
i
g
a
r
o
f
n
i
skill
.
p
m
a
c
t
a
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r
e
h
m
i
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o
f
e
r
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s
lay in
n
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,
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e
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u
o
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n
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e
b
e
v
a
h
t
h
g
i
m
Or he
130

1"

Trouble in Camp
in the skirmish after Gil had turned back

kiilzdghe captured cart. Fervently, Gil prayed

that
W1t

silver Hawk might have suffered a light wound

just bad enough to keepohlm out of Captain BartowS Vengeful hands until Captain Hayden s v01ce
could be heard.
Now his fellow prisoners began to wake. One

after the other they were summoned to the guard

room where they would have their wrists tied and

would then be marched away to their respective

units. A muled moan escaped the boy whe
n the
Sergeant of the Guard sang out: Pri
vate Gilbert
Weston, report here!

Three muskets had been lashed tog

ether to form

a tripod. Beside it stood lit

tle Billy Watson who,

though only twelve years of

age, could drum as
Well as the next man. Bi
lly looked miserable. G
il

had often befriended

the lad.

Captain Bartow stepped out

of his hut as the
Fourth Company drew
up in a double rank.

Tis an outrage, Gil heard

one tall, black131

THE WINTER
AT VALLEY
FORGE

haired man mutter. After all him

and his 1 .
friend done fer this Compa
ny youd think Inn

Silence! barked a lieute

nant. Silence e1
2
SC

youll get a taste of the same. Now listen t

o 0rders.

The lieutenant unrolled a scrap of grimy Paper

and read aloud:

For absenting himself from duty with his Company without permission, Private Gilbert Weston
of the Third Squad is hereby sentenced to suffer

thirty strokes of the lash well laid on his bare back.

By order of Captain Bartow!
Corporal Cassidy strode forward and gripped

Gils shoulders.

Step up to the tripod, Bub, he growled-

s
i
c
k
e
n
h
e
e
d
a
r
H
t
i
s
w
i
l
d
h
l
y
i
.
m
Gil glared about
h
O
I
t
'
h
e
o
f
i
n
d
i
g
n
b
i
r
t
u
y
t
,
al
at the thought of this
b
e
t
o
a
b
o
w
u
t
a
s
t
h
a
t
rible, unmerited disgrace
b
r
e
t
a
o
k
i
m
p
u
l
s
e
o
v
e
A
r
n
w
helming
dealt him.
h
a
n
d
H
S
i
s
u
s
e
.
n
o
w
a
I
s
t
free and run seized hirn.

.
er
th
ge
to
ed
sh
la
y
tl
gh
ti
n
e
e
had b
132

Trouble in Camp

NOW a corporal stood nger

ing a long thong
attJChed to a wooden handle.
He had been as-

siened from another company le

st he be tempted
to lay on the whip too ligh
tly. He seemed the
type of man who would relish a job like th
is.
No! Gil screamed.
This aint fair! Sur
e I

absented myself but it was to capture food! Food

for you and the whole army_,,
Corporal, do your duty!
snapped the Captain.
A new voice that sound
ed vaguely familiar
broke in.
, Captain?
Gil wrenched his head
around. There was a

group of horsemen reining

in behind Captain Bartow

. The leading rider was

broad-shouldered and

cool- eyed.

Now he spoke again as Barto

w goggled.
This man says he captured fo
od, Captain. Is he
being whipped for tha
t?
Recognition came then to Gils t
ear-lled eyes.
General Greene, please, sir! he ca
lled. Dont
let them whip me!
133

THE WINTER
AT VALLEY FO
RGE

Odds blood! came a voice

from behind G
eral Greener Captain .Stanho
pe spurred for en.
W
a
r
d
.
Its young \Veston, the clerk!
He tu

rned in his

saddle and saluted the General.

Sir, this is the

the Plan by W'liicEEZSefrZIchvdtZIf: iiiSen
t sucaggpteSurteedd

some Tory supply wagons yesterday.

General Greene leaned forward in his saddle,
soothing his restless back.

So? he asked, quietly. Then his voice sharpened. You! he ung at Cassidy. Untie that
mans hands. And you, Private Weston, report to

General Headquarters.
But, sir Captain Bartow objected.
hi
s
tu
rn
ed
an
d
ou
t
ra
pp
ed
My orders, Greene
big stallion away.
We
st
on
Gi
l
wh
en
da
y
th
at
no
on
to
It was close
th
at
in
wa
s
H
e
Ha
wk
.
Si
lv
er
fr
ie
nd
,
hi
s
found

Wh
iC
h
ba
rn
bl
ea
k
th
e
su
ff
er
ing,
scene of dreadful
served as the Valley Forge Flying Hospital.

He
wo
un
de
dse
ri
ou
sl
no
y
The Micmac was t

134

Trouble in Camp

or6
his
left
arm
in
a
slin
g
but
othe
rw15
e
apY
'

lPear ed unharmed. After the two friends left the

k
U
,
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and water into the wound, and that was all. He

looked back at the house of pm and shuddered.

Let us be away from here.
\V'hat happened after I turned back
with my
wagon? Gil asked.
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l valley when
we overtook the lead
cart, the Micmac said.
Some Rangers were \xr
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roads behind a ridge. T

hey had heard that bl
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wagon when they att

acked.

Vhat happened then, Uksene-ak?

. The Oneidas, Silver Hawk repl
ied grudg
fought wellfor Iroquo
is. Two of them

Were killed by the greencoated

135

horsemen but in

THE \VINTER AT VALLEY FORGE

the first attack four of the Tories were sent by Our

arrows to hunt in the Land Beyond the Rising Sun.
\Vlieii two more of the enemy fell, they turned

their horses and ed. Tell me, llluen, my

brother, why do we follow this path? It does n0t
lead to our hut.
And it wont ever, II;1\Vk.

Briey Gil told his Indian friend what had hap.

pened since he had last seen him. He recounted

the story of his treatment by Corporal Cassidy and

Captain Bartow and of General Greenes lucky intervention.

So, he wound up, thanks to General Greene

and Captain Stanhope, we have been transferred to
General Potters Frontier Militia.
A quick smile lit the young Indians face.
IVagb. he said. That is good!

136

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THE MORNING OF THE SEVENTEENTH OF MARCH,

I778, dawned clear and bright. This was a cheerfIIl ome.n to the Wild Irishmen of Morgan 8 Yrr:
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place. It looked as though a general riot was in the

The tumult swelled louder as Morgans leather-

faced riemen started up the slope toward the

New Ellglillltlcrs. Nothing on earth, it seemed,
could prevent a murderous clash.

Suddenly drums began beating in the canton-ment occupied by \Vashingtons Bodyguards, close
to General Headquarters. Two neatly-uniformed
platoons of Bodygtiards appeared on the double.
At the sight of those long nmslcets topped by
xed bziyonets most of the wouldbe rioters slowed
their rush to a walk. Then followed the hollow
clatter of a troop of horses moving at a brisk trot.
From the direction of General Headquarters
rode a figure that was immediately recognized by
everybody. A cheer broke out here, another there.
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THE WINTER AT VA
LLEY FORGE

spurred his handsome gray stalli

on toward th

ter of trouble. Behind him rode redlieadedeG

cen

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ne and :11e
gaudily-uniformed Pole, Count Casimir Pulasld

As deliberately as though he were reviewin .

parade, General Washington reined in. His qugie:
gaze swept the hot and angry red faces about
him].
Men, he said, in a deep grave voice, I am
delighted to nd so many of you here. I am in a
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Paddy

Yankees swore their complete innocence in the

affair of Paddy. So
who were really the
troublemaking efgy
down there seemed to

did the Pennsylvanians

guilty parties. Since the
had long since been cut
be small point in lteeping

the quarrel alive. So arms were stacked, and the

troops began a round of visiting each others cantonments. Fraternization became the order of the
day.

his
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Geor
Once again,
mere presence saved a situation that could have
resulted in bloodshed and Violence.

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Tarletons Dragoons

over so solidly that artillery and heavy wagons.

could move across the ice. Again the snow drifted
down. Again the men of George Washingtons .
Anny suffered from hunger.

Reports from Patriots in Philadelphia said that

Dandy Sir Billy Howe was nally bestirring
himself. He was tearmg hhnself away from the
round of parties given him by Tories there and
making ready for a spring campaign. It was expected that this campaign would be preceded by

some. sort of move, probably a raid in force,

against the Continental Army.

streams
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River
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With
frozen solid, there was no need of fording. A

British attack on Valley Forge became possible

from several directions. None was more alive t0
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before he was appointed as prison keeper. His c1116l

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Tarleton: Dragoon
:

actiCS at Market Prison

sickened even his fellow
CCCfS.

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Redcoat raiders.
new to the area. These d
ragoons were under the
command of the hated Major
Banastre Tarleton.
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t ice water, not blood.
rza in his veins.
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this bitter winter never had

lseen lower than during the rst wee

k in April.
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he and
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:1 Valley Forge
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was coating Pcmllvmm uh a

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148

'Iarlctmr Dragoons

Soon a Maryland Soldier raised his voice in one

of the more popular songs of the day:

(omtx join 12m! in lam!
hratc .lmcricanr .nl;

.lna rouse )tu whole Inmd

.lt [hearts roll.
;\ \irginia soldier then produced a sack of
black walnuts. 'lhese were handed around to have

their shells cracked by pistol butts. lltggots and

stones from the rude fireplace fender. .-\ll in all it
became a very pleasant all'air and festivities were
running high. Suddenly Silver llawk left the rim\ivial setni~eirele before the. fireplace. llc trotted
to one of the blanket-draped windows and peered

out into the gathering gloom. lle muttered an exelamation. whirled and called back to Captain Lee.

l lorses, Captain! Many horses and very near!"

The men scrambled for their utuslxcts. pisml

and pikes. ;\ raggetl Volley rang out from the

eastern end of the shallow hollow containing this
NO

THE INTFR AT
\.RI-ItE\' FORGF

old \\ elsh farmhouse. Gil button

ed his C0 1 l
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shpped the slings of lus powder horn and

[mum
Q

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lug over his shoulder. Then he crouched helm. a

u'mdow sill and peered out into the \lLlIhC
Illlltr

farmyard.

lrritish dragoons, :nptnin!" somebody Cried

soltly. lt looks like they have us surrounded!"
.\ militisman burst in through the front door a
ttzoment before the heavy oaken bars were
slmzmed into place.
"'lheyre all around us, sir!" he panted. By

co
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be
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of hundred l.obsterb;1el<s."
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luo men to each \vmdmv!

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Tarletons Dragoons

You get up there, too! the Virginian told

Silver Hawk. They can use those sharp eyes of
yours up there!
Gil squirited through a torn hole in the blan-

ket. There was not too much daylight left, he

realized. A golden sun my suddenly broke through

the storm clouds to Show seven horsemen gallop

ing Up. The)t were lurching along a path which
hid been made by some farmers cows in the pest.

"There they be!" a soldier yelled. The fannhouse thundered to an explosion that briey
IS!

Till. \\"lNll.ll Al VALLEY

Hunt

lighted the t-tmtll with a ash of lire from

the
muskets' pans.

llritislt voices rang outside.

Surrender, ye Rebel dogs! Surrender. or die!"
They were dragoons, all right, (ill told himself.
They wore high lilae.l< jackboots, scarlet shell iaekCts and blaelbplunted brass helmets. Now they
spurred forward, bending low over their liorses'
necks with their pistols held out in front of them.

t
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blanket and red quickly.

There followed a hoarse

scream. Then came the so

und of more dragoons
charging up to the attack.
The racket became so deaf
ening

that Gils head

upper 001C were pouring bullet after bullet into

th attackers. How was Silver Hawk making out

UPStairS? All right, probably, because the men up

there were better protected than those on the

ground oor. Upstairs, the enemy could aim at

only the half-windows, built under the low eaves.
Still the assault gained weight until the whole
Snow-covered farmyard was lled by a weird pattern 0f swirling horses and riders. A few dragoon:
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dismounted and commenced
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THE.

\YLVTER AT VALLEY TGFGE

the front door with the butts of their arbiter.

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be
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,
w
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we'll burn you out.
s
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. before Captain Lee saved the day

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the butt of his horse

THE VINTER AT VALLEY FORGE

knocking him back into the yard with a blow in

the face.
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a
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r
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S
o
w
r
T

Runnin mighty low!

Well be out of powder in a few more
rounds!

His head ringing with the report of muskets,

Gil stood in a corner and stared weakly at his

left sleeve. Faintness quavered through his body.

His whole sleeve was sodden and warm blood
trickled down over his ngers. In clumsy fashion
he tried to rig his neckerchief as a bandage, but it
was dripping wet before he could tie it.
Captain Lee pulled aside a blanket to look out
into the farmyard. Then he turned to face his
- men.
Boys, he said, I dont really know whether

. Well be able to drive them off again. Buthls

an
y
If
Su
rr
en
to
de
r.
ai
m
do
jaw tightenedI nt

Of you want to go out and give yourselves up, I

grant you permission.
Nobody moved.
d
e
t
n
a
r
g

,
r
si
Reckon well stay along With you,
.
r
e
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E
G
R
O
F
Y
E
L
L
A
V
T
A
R
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T
N
I
W
THE

wn
do
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dd
pa
me
ca
k
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a
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er
lv
Si
as
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rn
Lee tu
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ve
co
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In
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yo
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.
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st
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ak
sh
the

re
we
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ur
at
fe
ed
on
-b
gh
hi
s
hi
d
with dust, an
streaked with burnt powder.
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g
fo
nd
ou
gr
a
d
an
on
so
re
he
is
rk
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e.
ar
Redeoats
d
an
ay
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ca
,
wk
Ha
er
lv
Si
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.
rm
begins to fo
run for help from the next post.
rVi
g
un
yo
me
so
nd
ha
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th
d
pe
ap
sn

Nonsense!
ve
ha
d
u
Yo
.
ce
an
ch
a
ve
ha
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dn
ul
ginian. You wo
re
fo
be
r
ve
co
to
nd
ou
gr
en
Op
of
s
at least fifty yard
d.
te
un
mo
is
y
em
en
e
Th
sod
wo
youd reach the

s!
nd
co
se
of
er
tt
ma
a
in
wn
do
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yo
t
cu
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h
ic
wh
w
re
sc
at
th
g
in
tt
se
re
d,
ne
ow
Captain Lee fr
secured his pistols int.

ut
B
t.
ou
d
te
in
po
he

h,
at
de
n
ai
rt
ce
Its almost

ly
re
su
is
t
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tp
ou
is
th
on
so
lp
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t
ge
t
n
if we do
done for.
d
ie
rr
hu
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di
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g
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yo
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th
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in
in
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es
ey
Black

nd
ba
er
ld
ou
Sh
s
hi
ng
vi
ha
s
wa
l
Gi
e
er
over to wh
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Two Sergeants

aged by another man. A Piece of somebodys shirt

Served for cloth.

/lfuen, my brother, if Ukseneak does not return, tell Kitpoo, the Sachem of our people at KeSpoogstrit, that his grandson tried to ght as he
would have him.

Youll get through, Gil said. Youve got to

get through!
Pressed close to bullet-splintered window frames,
the beleaguered outpost anxiously watched the
Micmacs Slender me wriggle through a small
cellar vmeXV. Silver Hawk crouched and made
ready for that risky dash for the woods.
Shoot! Captain Lee called to the soldiers on

the opposite side of the house. Distraet the BritA

ishers, attention as much as you can.
The muskets boomed again, sending more
bill0tv5 of smoke urhirling from their muzzles.
su
d
ri
se
fr
ie
hi
nd
s
wa
tc
Gi
he
l
d
w
i
a
n
dow
From
m
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A
s
ya
rd
.
St
ab
le
th
e
ac
ro
ss
b
o
u
n
a
d
denly nd
159

W x

THE IVINTER AT VALLEY FORGE

as a young buck deer he hurdled a troopers fallen

horse and ducked under the wellsweep. He was
halfway to safety before the rst startled yells
broke out from the enemy. Bent low, the h'liemac
dodged in zigzag leaps. He streaked over a log pile
and a Stone fence.
d
de
ru
ot
pr
at
th
e
ps
co
n
ee
gr
er
ev
an
His goal was
n
ai
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s.
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li
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om
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and again the Brit
w
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s
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lieutenants screeched com

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a twig on a level with
.
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out.

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Trwo Sergeants

, ring as they advanced.

Again the farmhouse windows s
pouted ame
and Smoke, but the scarlet and the
gold braid of
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THE VINTER AT
VALLEY FORGE

the dragoons gleamed close.

Tarleton,s dark,
hatchet face peered inside. An Amer
ican whipped
up his musket and pulled the trigge
r. There was
no ash, no shot. A misre.

Tarletons white teeth shone briey.

You missed me that time, mlad, he said
,

quite calmly. Then he shot the unlucky American

through the head and vanished from Sight.
For a fourth time the British struggled to sweep
into the house. For a fourth time their losses
forced them to draw off.

Hows our powder holding out? Captain Lee

asked.
This heres me last charge, Sir.
Im plumb out.
I got mebbe tti'o more charges.
In that case, the Virginian said, shaking his

head, were in for it if they rush us again.

Gil, back at a window, studied the shifting

and
bac
k
mov
ed
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y
gur
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'

ad four costly re
buffs
outpost detachm
ent of Rebel

something to the vast a

nd arrogant self

C see reinforce
ments comin. Lets
all yell as 10ml as we
can.

No harm tryin, said

a Virg inian who held a
torniquet twisted ti
ght above a gaping wound in
his knee. You just s
ay the word.
Gil Strained his eyes to watch
Major Tarletons
Spare, erect gure direct his t
roops into position

for another cliarge.

Nows the time! Gil yelled. There th
ey
come! Huzza! Illluzza! Come on, you Rh
ode Island,

ers! Huzza! Go round to the right!"

The men around Gil raised such a clamor that
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G
R
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F
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L
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V

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others in the farmhous
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our boys!
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about the Shambles that had been the ()Vitp,st head.
quarters.

Who thought of raising that cheer?" he (le

manded tensely.
Young Weston, sir, said the Virginian who
wore a torniquet about his leg.
Lee walked over to where Gilbert Weston lay
SIUmped against the wall. A rivulct of blood crept
out from under his leggings.
Fetch bandages, somebody! the Captain or.
dered sharply. He bent over Gils slight figure.

Hes unconscious!
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touott

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lhe youths eyelids tluttered

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now just you he still, Sergeant.

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Accompanying the Cornmander-in-Chief was

the Marquis de Lafayette. He looked not a day
Older than his twenty-one years. Smiling, charming
and able, Lafayette was ranked by many as second

only to Washington in the conduct of the RevoluI

tion.

Dr. Bodo Otto of the Medical Service hurried

forward, Pulling a tunic over his operating apron.
He saluted and received Washingtons return salute.
The soldier you wish to see, Your Excellency,
is unable to leave his Pallet, the doctor said. He
has taken a bullet through the side, sir.

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From an aide he took a knot of green .omcd

such as sergeants wore on their right shoulders as

their badge of rank.

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Out of the Valley

THAT BRUSH WITH TARLETONS MEN AND THE

rout Of his dreaded dragoons by a handful of

Patriots seemed to be the
signal for a sharP change
in fortune. Springlong
overdue springcame to

Valley Forge.
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ORGE

\vcather should have been to their advantag

e.
And they failed miserably in their attempts to
seize wagon trains that began trickling in from
Reading and Lancaster during earl}r May.
General Mad r-\Iltl1011} \Vayne roused from
his gloomy torpor. He beseigcd Headquarters with
appeals for action until he received \Vashingtons
consent to forage among certain wellstocked Tory

t'.1rnis. \\'a}'ne boasted that he would seize seven

thousand head of cattle and eighteen thousand barrels of flour. He did not do that well but he captured enough to earn himself the nickname of
\Vayne the Drover.
And the killing cold retreated with enemy pressure on the outposts of Valley Forge. The men
had lived [liroiigli times that any military expert
alive would swear would crush the morale of any
arm)". 'Ihey liad weakened. They had faltered.
They had lost all but the last shreds of hope. In
the end they won their greatest viceory of the 3:
for Independence.
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Dandy Sir Billy <

Conunander- in-Chief.

In his place was Sir Hen

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Cli1.1toii. To Clinton came
reports that the plans
Howe l1ad made for an a
ll-out assault on a dis anized, mutinous, hung
er-wracked remnant of
\sztsliiiigt()11s Army at V
alley Forge were now s
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much waste paper.

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on advised the Cabinet
in
London, are thrice a
s strong

now as when they

\V ere left to t
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manner of men are thes
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for him. IIe gave his
orders to prepare an evac
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Chesapeake in his brothers armada nearly a y

ear

before. \Vashington drew up his own plans.

On June 19, 1778, the British began withdraw
in!1Cr from Philadelphia. On that same day the rst
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VALLEY FORGE

detachments of VVashinrrtons Armv 111-.1rcltetl out

t.
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of Valley Forge in pursuit of the Redeoats.

Behind them they left the rude shacks. the 1111-

marked graves, the fortifications that never had

CfllllC under fire. 'l'ltey left the storeltonses that
had never been used until the last days of the

('11e3111111'11e11t. They left the hospital \\ll(lC so many

men had died and so many others had prayed for
:.
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horses and the Stumps of trees hacked down for

Precious firewood. They left the hardpacked pa-

fade ground where General von Steuben had made

soldiers out of farmers. They left behind Valley
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