The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-07-14
VALLEY FORGE.


Valley Forg Nss selectei f.F 81.
sslufer afessu'. bc4ase fr,5an it
Washing g essa.4 aest protect she o.
terror # tha - IS fronl fAs iaenrss ss..
of ,aa agssrry q8srtel els3 - PaGlstelnists
The aru.y lfs 3sigeu. r.i os. tb~ lI''
# D-cea. .sec $ p tsaeaed Fal.~y Fegk-
on tae l9.h Aae ~. rs 44sity a
t8pn b.fst,,Eet. eul H 4z@- Il Il
marched ibi,bv e4vlnr tselr t.aaas
testimoUials oa atatY ssagy iof q
ground ihsy bas. trssefssd Ihe Jay
before, Ga ths horie4s of the dfsary
region wlIeFe they wsEe 20 pas be song
inter. was speus im religious services
Congress had directed il - Is obser gf.
as dav Of thAuk giving and praise
The ragged. suffeFiag army. weary with
their march over ths frozen gsouul.
were required oa this bleak day. w!th 8
prospect fall of gloon tef1re them. {,
sacd up their voice # Thanksgiving and
praise. For what There seemed need
enough for fastening and prayer. toT
Heaven looked fFowmingly down upon
them.
They could k--ub. boS fcrveagi y
to b. delivered from suffering and want
aud de.-titatioa. aal tbs gloomy. r5-
fuorseless winter D.tDre them hat 10 be
thankful FIR taem-wt0 was equal q
that still. Washington ordered the
briga3es - bs assembled, with their
ehapia'ns. ami religious services to be
performed. But, alas. three thoasau1!
OF them. or more than quarter ot the
whole army. ,sure either sick or too
-hocless and ragged 10 appear onparade.
Tn 81, IA th9 wagons that stretched
over the dreaFy fields, lay suffering aud
shiv, ring IN the straw, think. .ug thai.
10 them SO least thaaksgi was u
mockery, Their enemies werewolf I, d
aud housed ia tie cry near by. while
tie bleak hillside must be their H. me.
Indeed, there Wa more earnest pray or,
that day, than thanksgiving, by the
patriotic eAaplaias IS ho were to share
with the soldiers ;no priva.ions aud
s1iisrlugs OF tIe ming winter-be-
seecbing. earnest prayer 10 Hun who
alone could help and pour light a tn
all-enveloping daF&ness
IL was solemn no. joyful day.
and. when i. c't,si the ermy Of elovt II
thoasand strcb@ uatcaed oh to the
frozen hills whore taey W,rs 10 spend
'he next three m3aths, anil scents ana
trials ugycs - b. forgotten W, !te "a
single Vago in history Is lais for the
rfrnid II true patriotism. Ia the or
drrs isu d ~ Washington. dir,ctiug
the work 10 be done, he told the sol
diers he wou! share all their private is
The whole army WAS divided lato
groups of twelve. who were To build "a
hut or pen for tbenfcIves Each one
wa 10 b9 sixteen by f-asiteD feet, filed
in with clty. .th log fireplace lined
with 10y foot = MI half thick The
n..At .as g. 50. feet and = half
fhua it wiil rn ,hey were mere
novels. buely high eaoush to st,hd ~
IA, aud. With tao fireplace. accontrc
ments etc. would lave barely room
sufficient f'r tn twelve men - liz
dow IL, pscSed closely side ty sias
To stimulate tFs di -hCssteued .niUiI~ss
- "s,isitY, Washington otFe,vl twelve
du,,s Is rswafd TT tac list hat hulil l.,
each regiment. ard hundy,d db,ar,
- hiin who would discover TIE best
sal,ii,ute fer boards (which were na,
q ho hadl fsr the rvc.>. SPLIT oak
slabs were ssltcfcd. whose irregular
sarsaets cull gufoisa O. ly p4ftia! !
I eiiou fir n he snow AID taiu.
1t Mas II cold. dreary day whcu tGe
mussejs were 81 ck,d, the knapS.chs
thrown aside, ard hose eleven thous-
aud meu. sach as could work, broke up
iuto hundred groups aud scattered
themselves through the woods Soon
the rapid blows 81 nearly ten thousand
axcs aud the inc' SAINT crash of falling
trees ,ebeed ou ever side fos miles
aronuG Prom ~lv dawn 'ill the
wiu.fy n.sb; shut "a. the work Weat
ol, and then Tue tired host laid down
b>hjnd Aeir li,s 81 logs - break the
fotc I toe Mind OF "a hered, shiver-
iay tcar3 their bla4.l camp fires that
IL np with sItauge splend0r tho wiutry
f'aest, There Va small house
ucar hy. whica Was. ing,on had selected
fo' als ogu qrag,ers, tat he would not
e upy il wb.5c b,s rscgcl | soldiers
~ e. uecasce3. ard g. pitch i hi' tent
il tG<3t mid ou thv ftc1en groaud.
s'i - wgre laid eat. and. loo: oy f9o.
sse CITY { hats weut up TIL over a
shg. lld cf them stretched away a ~
th- surrounding hlil, lato these Ia
'so. ot liter'y crept aud lay dosh
10. {,sr stfaw