Part 8

FRAZER, SIMON, commands a corps under Burgoyne, 34, 35; takes Mt. Hope, 40; pursues St. Clair, 46; comes up with the Americans at Hubbardton, and fights them, 47; on the point of defeat is re-enforced, and gains the day, 48; crosses the Hudson, and takes post at Saratoga, 70; recrosses the Hudson, 87; is posted on the right at Bemis' Heights, 105; his force, 107; killed, 121; 123, _note_; buried, 127; 134, _note_.

FREEMAN'S FARM, position of, 99; 100, _note_, 105; first collision at (Sept. 19), 106; second battle at, 120-122.

GANSEVOORT, PETER, at Fort Stanwix, 90; sallies out upon besiegers, 91; 94, _note_.

GATES, HORATIO, takes command of the Northern Army, 20; his rank, 25, _note_; supersedes Schuyler, 95; good effect on the army, 97; orders an advance to Stillwater, 97; want of confidence in Arnold a drawback to success, 98; posts the army on Bemis' Heights, 98; _note_, 99; sends Morgan to feel the enemy, 106; re-enforces in driblets, 108; his camp and army, 115, _note_s 1 and 2; accepts battle again, 120; is victorious, 121, 122; dilatory pursuit of the enemy, 131; comes up with Burgoyne, 131; dispositions for attacking, 131; receives Burgoyne's surrender, 133.

HERKIMER, NICHOLAS, marches to relieve Fort Stanwix, 91; is waylaid and defeated, 91, 92; dies of his wounds, 92; 94, _note_.

HESSIAN MERCENARIES, 36, _note_.

HOWE, SIR WILLIAM, participation in the campaign discussed, 14; driven from Boston, 29; George III. disappointed in him, 29; gets his orders too late, 31.

HUBBARDTON, VT., garrison of Ticonderoga retreats to, 44; St. Clair's rearguard overtaken at, 47; battle of, 47, 48, 49.

JOHNSON, SIR JOHN, at Oriskany, 91; 94, _note_.

KOSCIUSKO, THADDEUS, marks out the lines on Bemis' Heights, 98; 100, _note_.

LAKE CHAMPLAIN, the gateway of the north, 16; naval battle on, 22; Burgoyne's advance, 35; shores of, 37; Americans driven from, 51.

LINCOLN, BENJAMIN, sent to Manchester, 74; sketch of, 76, _note_; makes a raid in Burgoyne's rear, 113; joins Gates, 115; wounded, 128.

LYMAN, PHINEAS, builds Fort Edward, 66.

MANCHESTER, VT., Warner posted at, 57; rendezvous for militia, 73; Lincoln and Stark at, 74.

MOHAWK VALLEY, plan for invading it, 30, 35.

MONTGOMERY, RICHARD, leads an army to Canada, 19; killed, 20; sketch of, 25, _note_.

MORGAN'S RIFLEMEN, 99, _note_; attack Burgoyne, 106; part in the battle of October 7, 120, 121.

MOUNT INDEPENDENCE described, 16; named, 21; Americans retreat from Ticonderoga to, 44.

MOUNT DEFIANCE, the key of Ticonderoga, 43; seized by Burgoyne's engineers, 43; compels the evacuation of Ticonderoga, 43; retaken by the Americans, 114; 115, _note_.

NEWPORT, R. I., held by the enemy, 30; Howe's strategy, 60, _note_.

NEW YORK, plans for its invasion, 26, 29, 30; resources of for resisting Burgoyne, 58, 59.

ORISKANY, N. Y., Americans marching to Fort Stanwix are defeated at, 91.

PHILLIPS, WILLIAM, commands Burgoyne's artillery, 34; brings up artillery at Bemis' Heights, 111.

RIEDESEL, BARON VON, commands Burgoyne's German contingent, 34; at Ticonderoga, 40; pursues the retreating Americans, 46; turns defeat to victory at Hubbardton, 48; is posted at Castleton, Vt., 61; falls back to Fort Edward, 86; supports Burgoyne at Bemis' Heights, 111.

SARATOGA, occupied by Burgoyne, 70; country below described, 98; Burgoyne's army crosses over to, 102; falls back to, after being defeated, 129; 134, _note_.

ST. CLAIR, ARTHUR, commands at Ticonderoga, 39; evacuates it, 43; military record of, 44, _note_ 2; also _note_ 5; marches for Skenesborough, 45; halts at Hubbardton, 46; hears Burgoyne has occupied his proposed line of retreat, and now marches for Bennington, 51; joins Schuyler at Fort Edward, 51; accused of treachery, 58; and ordered to Philadelphia, 60.

ST. JOHN'S, FORT, position of, 16; taken by Americans, 19; burnt, 20; British build a fleet at, 21.

ST. LEGER, BARRY, combination with Burgoyne, 13; his part, 30, 31; his force, 35, 90; lays siege to Fort Stanwix, 91; Arnold's stratagem compels him to raise the siege, 93; and retreat to Oswego, 93.

SCHUYLER, PHILIP, at Fort Edward, 51; St. Clair joins him, 51; sends a force to Fort Anne, 52; military record of, 55, _note_; holds Warner at Manchester, 57; evacuates Fort Edward on Burgoyne's approach, 66; state of his army, 66; urges Stark to join him, 77; sends Gansevoort to Fort Stanwix, 90; then Arnold, 93; superseded by Gates, 95.

SECOND BATTLE OF FREEMAN'S FARM, 120-122.

SKENESBOROUGH taken by Americans, 17; described, 18, _note_; made a dockyard, 21; Americans retreat to, from Ticonderoga, 44; set fire to, and abandoned, 51.

STARK, JOHN, appointed to sole command over New Hampshire militia, 74; musters his brigade at Manchester, 74; refuses to join Schuyler, 74; his perplexity, 75; marches to Bennington, 75; sketch of, 76, _note_; decides to join Schuyler, 77; but hears of the enemy's approach, and sends out scouts, 77; sends for Warner, 78; re-enforced, 81; his force, 82; gains the victory of Bennington, 83; and defeats Breyman also, 84, 85; at Fort Edward, 132.

STILLWATER, position of the American army described, 98.

TICONDEROGA, position of described, 16; taken by Americans, 17; 18, _note_; Montgomery there, 19; Burgoyne's landing, 39; garrison of, 40; invested by Burgoyne, 40, 43; evacuated, 44; effects of its fall, 56, 57; Americans attack it unsuccessfully, 114.

TRENTON, N. J., victory at, 32, _note_.

VALCOUR ISLAND, naval battle at, 22.

VERMONT, people of addressed by Burgoyne, 38; state of settlements in, 44, _note_; critical situation of after the fall of Ticonderoga, 57.

WARNER, SETH, in command at Hubbardton, 47; 55, _note_; surprised there, 48; retreats to Bennington, 51; posted at Manchester, 57; his Green Mountain Boys, 57; Stark calls on him for assistance, 77; gets to Bennington in time, 81; attacks Breyman, 84.

WASHINGTON, GEORGE, sets about retrieving the disaster at Ticonderoga, 60; his views how to retard Burgoyne's march, 73; sends Lincoln to carry them out, 74; his policy vindicated, 85; efforts to strengthen the northern army, 95, 96; considerate treatment of Schuyler, 96.

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