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Mohawk river, by way of Oswego ; the com- 

 mand of which was given to colonel St. Ledger. 

 The troops designed for this expedition, amount- 

 kd to about eight hundred men. ' Two hundred 

 and twenty, were drawn from the eighth and 

 thirty fourth British regiments ; a regiment 

 raised in New York, under the command of sir 

 John Johnson, formed chiefly from the settlers 

 in his own vicinity on Mohawk river ; some 

 Hanauchassburs, a company of Canadians, and 

 another of newly raised rangers. These were 

 to be joined by a large body of Indians, to be 

 collected and conducted by sir John Johnson ; 

 the whole to be under the command of the 

 British colonel St. Ledger. The regular force 

 that was to be left in Canada, including the 

 highland emigrants, consisted of three thousand 

 seven hundred men ; these were designed for 

 the protection and defence of that province, and 

 were under the command of sir Guy Carleton. 

 The main army, under general Burgoyne, 

 embarked at St. Johns, and proceeded up lake 

 Champlain without any interruption ; and soon 

 arrived and encamped at the river Boquet, on 

 the west side of the lake, and a little to the 

 northward of Crown Point ; at the place now 

 called Willsborough. There tlie Indians had 

 also assembled, and general Burgoyne in con- 

 formity to their customs, gave them a war feast. 

 On June the twenty first, he made a speech, ad- 

 dressed to their chiefs and warriors, designed to 

 excite their savage ardor in the British cause, 

 and to give a direction to their cruelty and bar- 

 barity. He urged them to impetuosity in bat- 

 tle, but enjoined them not to kill any but those 



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