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Title: The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley
Release Date: November 14, 2003 [eBook #10086]
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Author of "The Boys of Fort Schuyler," "The Boys of '98," "Teddy and Carrots," "Captain Tom, the Privateersman," "The Boys of 1745," "The Signal Boys of '75," "Under the Liberty Tree," "When Israel Putnam Served the King," "The Minute Boys of the Green Mountains," Etc., Etc.
Illustrated by A. Burnham Shute [Illustration: "An Indian strode gravely into the encampment"]
I. Young Soldiers II. The Powwow III. Disappointment IV. On the Oriskany V. Divided Duty VI. Between the Lines VII. Insubordination VIII. The Ambush IX. The Indian Camp X. Prisoners XI. The Escape XII. In the Fort XIII. The Assault XIV. Mutiny XV. The Torture XVI. Short Allowance XVII. Perplexing Scenes XVIII. Close Quarters XIX. The Pursuit XX. Enlisted Men
It seems not only proper, but necessary, that I should explain how the material for this story was obtained, and why it happens that I can thus set down exactly what Noel Campbell thought and did, during certain times while he was serving the patriot cause in the Mohawk Valley as few other boys could have done.
At some time in Noel's life--most likely after he was grown to be a man with children, and, perhaps, grandchildren of his own--he wrote many letters to relatives of his in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, wherein he told with considerable of detail that which he did during the War of the Revolution, and more particularly while he and his friends were fighting against that wily Indian sachem, Thayendanega. These letters, together with many others concerning the struggles of our people for independence, came into my keeping a long while ago, and from the lines written by Noel Campbell I have put together the following story after much the same fashion as he himself set it down.