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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  June 
  2, 
  arriving 
  at 
  Canajoharie 
  June 
  16, 
  where 
  were 
  1500 
  men. 
  

   Thence 
  220 
  boats 
  were 
  taken 
  to 
  Otsego 
  lake, 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  which 
  

   was 
  raised 
  by 
  a 
  dam. 
  This 
  being 
  opened, 
  the 
  fleet 
  went 
  swiftly 
  

   down 
  the 
  swollen 
  stream. 
  The 
  sudden 
  and 
  mysterious 
  flood 
  

   alarmed 
  the 
  Indians 
  much. 
  The 
  itinerary 
  is 
  briefly 
  this 
  : 
  left 
  

   Otsego 
  lake 
  Aug. 
  9; 
  destroyed 
  Aleout, 
  a 
  Scotch 
  settlement, 
  Aug. 
  

   12, 
  and 
  passed 
  Unadilla, 
  burned 
  in 
  1778. 
  Aug. 
  13, 
  passed 
  Coni- 
  

   hunto 
  or 
  Gunnygunter, 
  14 
  miles 
  below 
  Unadilla 
  and 
  burned 
  in 
  

   1778. 
  Aug. 
  14, 
  reached 
  Onoquaga, 
  where 
  Butler 
  burned 
  60 
  good 
  

   houses, 
  church 
  and 
  fort 
  in 
  1778. 
  Aug. 
  17, 
  burned 
  houses 
  at 
  the 
  

   Tuscarora 
  village 
  3 
  miles 
  below, 
  the 
  Tuscarora 
  town 
  of 
  Shawhi- 
  

   angto 
  a 
  mile 
  farther, 
  and 
  Ingaren, 
  another 
  Tuscarora 
  village 
  near 
  

   Great 
  Bend. 
  Aug. 
  18, 
  Otsiningo 
  was 
  found 
  already 
  burned, 
  but 
  

   some 
  houses 
  were 
  set 
  on 
  fire 
  below 
  the 
  Chenango 
  river. 
  Other 
  

   houses 
  were 
  burned 
  next 
  day, 
  and 
  a 
  detachment 
  from 
  Sullivan 
  

   was 
  met 
  at 
  Union, 
  which 
  had 
  burned 
  a 
  village 
  there 
  and 
  at 
  

   Choconut. 
  In 
  the 
  evening 
  Owego 
  was 
  burned. 
  Aug. 
  2.2. 
  Clinton 
  

   joined 
  Sullivan 
  at 
  Tioga, 
  a 
  place 
  burned 
  in 
  1778. 
  Old 
  Chemung 
  

   had 
  been 
  long 
  abandoned, 
  and 
  New 
  Chemung 
  was 
  burned 
  

   Aug. 
  13, 
  while 
  Sullivan 
  waited 
  for 
  Clinton. 
  

  

  The 
  march 
  was 
  resumed 
  Aug. 
  26, 
  and 
  Old 
  Chemung 
  reached 
  

   next 
  day. 
  Another 
  village 
  was 
  destroyed 
  on 
  the 
  28th, 
  and 
  the 
  

   enemy 
  was 
  found 
  well 
  fortified 
  at 
  Newtown, 
  below 
  Elmira. 
  The 
  

   battle 
  was 
  well 
  contested 
  next 
  day, 
  but 
  the 
  Americans 
  routed 
  their 
  

   foes 
  by 
  a 
  flank 
  movement, 
  afterward 
  destroying 
  the 
  town 
  and 
  

   growing 
  corn. 
  The 
  British 
  reported 
  their 
  force 
  as 
  550 
  Indians 
  

   and 
  250 
  troops, 
  and 
  said 
  Colonel 
  Butler 
  was 
  surrounded 
  and 
  

   nearly 
  taken. 
  Brant 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  leaders, 
  and 
  a 
  letter 
  of 
  his 
  

   just 
  before 
  is 
  of 
  interest. 
  It 
  was 
  dated 
  at 
  Chemung, 
  Aug. 
  19 
  : 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  deeply 
  afflicted. 
  John 
  Tayojaronsere, 
  my 
  trusty 
  chief, 
  

   is 
  dead. 
  He 
  died 
  eight 
  days 
  after 
  he 
  was 
  wounded. 
  Five 
  met 
  

   the 
  same 
  fate. 
  I 
  am 
  very 
  much 
  troubled 
  by 
  the 
  event, 
  because 
  

   he 
  was 
  of 
  so 
  much 
  assistance 
  to 
  me. 
  I 
  destroyed 
  Onawatoge 
  a 
  

   few 
  days 
  afterward. 
  We 
  were 
  overtaken 
  and 
  I 
  was 
  wounded 
  in 
  

   the 
  foot 
  with 
  buck 
  shot, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  small 
  consequence. 
  I 
  am 
  

   almost 
  well. 
  We 
  are 
  in 
  daily 
  expectation 
  of 
  a 
  battle 
  which 
  we 
  

   think 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  severe 
  one. 
  We 
  expect 
  to 
  number 
  about 
  700 
  

  

  