"Never forget, sir, that at no time have I lost confidence in you, and I shall not rest until I have secured your full vindication at the hands of Congress."
"The part you have played in this notable victory has proved, my lad, that you are the worthy son of a worthy sire. In my report to the Congressional committee I shall recommend that you be given a captain's commission."
"And what for my three comrades?" the young scout asked eagerly. "I assure you they never once failed me, and two of them risked their lives to save me from death. The other would have been with them in that undertaking had not his duty called him elsewhere. If need be, give me nothing, but bestow on them some evidence that you appreciate their faithful work."
"I leave it for their captain to make them warrant officers in his own command," was the smiling reply.
"They shall have, then, the highest places I can give them," Phil said stoutly, "and I can safely promise that you will hear good tidings from them."
A promise which was made good under General Lincoln when he took command of the army in the south.
[1]Major General Philip Schuyler, at this time commander of the army of the north, with headquarters at Fort Edwards, N. Y.
[2]Major General Arthur St. Clair, at this time commander of Fort Ticonderoga.
[3]Also called Mount Independence and Mount Defiance.
[4]Afterwards called Fort Schuyler. It was situated near the present city of Rome, N. Y.
[5]Joseph Brant, a Mohawk chief, who had been educated in England. His Indian name was Thayendanegea.
[6]Major-general Horatio Gates, he came from New England to succeed General Schuyler, but his estate was in Virginia.
[7]A little later Captain Brant with three hundred of his warriors swept through Mohawk valley committing some of the greatest atrocities of the war.
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THE BOY SCOUTS' FIRST CAMP FIRE; or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol. THE BOY SCOUTS IN THE BLUE RIDGE; or, Marooned Among the Moonshiners. THE BOY SCOUTS ON THE TRAIL; or, Scouting through the Big Game Country. THE BOY SCOUTS IN THE MAINE WOODS; or, The New Test for the Silver Fox Patrol. THE BOY SCOUTS THROUGH THE BIG TIMBER; or, The Search for the Lost Tenderfoot. THE BOY SCOUTS IN THE ROCKIES; or, The Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine. THE BOY SCOUTS ON STURGEON ISLAND; or, Marooned Among the Game Fish Poachers. THE BOY SCOUTS DOWN IN DIXIE; or, The Strange Secret of Alligator Swamp. THE BOY SCOUTS AT THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA. A story of Burgoyne's defeat in 1777. THE BOY SCOUTS ALONG THE SUSQUEHANNA; or, The Silver Fox Patrol Caught in a Flood. THE BOY SCOUTS ON WAR TRAILS IN BELGIUM; or, Caught Between the Hostile Armies. THE BOY SCOUTS AFOOT IN FRANCE; or, With the Red Cross Corps at the Marne.