, 1877-07-01

In the meantime, st. Legcr, aespairine Of Oh
tasni'S biood'ess pos session OF that stronghold,
bsgaa pushing hostile operations With great
yaris Of tne fort, and troE this point beganN
| throw shells fntD the Enclosure Their nro
visions tlafly c1hanstsng1 entirely cut OH from
Oil oatsfut communication. ignorant nf the lnrsp
! force that was assembling in the valley below
for their relief, and re.nemberine tie horrihla
! late Of the inmates of Fort William Henry many
OF The garrison began to whisper oirlnousty
about capitai iatfou; and it is said that Cause
Vooft bad resolved upon desperate attempt 10
cut through the enomI's lines, when with
out any apparent cause, the 6esie:ers sud-
denly
BROKE UP THEIR CAMPS AND nErRaArEp IN
GREAT CONFUSION.
So hurried was their flight that they left thei1
tents, together with nearly all their artillery
and camp eauip7gs; and the I'D OF August,
which bad aawned upon siege III fill
progress. and with every prospect of sue
eess ere tts close, saw the British host leave the
MYhawk Valley in headlong haste.
That the reader asay understand this sudden
movement 60 mysterious and unexpected 70 the
lubilant garrison, it wilEbc necessary to 70 back
to Fort Dayton, where we left Arnold restless
ana impatient under bis selt:imposea restraint
4 party OF Tories, meeting claudestiaelr at tho
la!m,honse Of 1oraliss,-by name Shoemaker,
had beca captured and imprisoned BY Col
y mmestoa, at taat time IN command Of the fort.
th dhe ..r;ss, ossas!on sj Of :the gathering WAS
Legers camp With eonics OF Sir John john
son's last appeal to tue loyalists OF the va,-
ley. Butler and his associutes we're tried as
spies oy co1tt~.narttal Of Arauld's, and
themselves in this prrdivameat was Ger
tain Aon-Yost SCHUYLER, one OF the coarsest
anu most ignorant men in the valley and gener.
ally regarded az little better than an idiot,
yue7 as the sequel will ahow, possessed Of con-
siderable shfewdncss witnal. Hls mother
and brother, upon herring Of his nisior-
time, fastened TO Fort Dayton, and imp(ored
the commander to spare him. The pathet-
ic elo4uence With which, In q frenzy Of grief,
ward son, who had audea the crimes OF
guerrilla to that Of being a spy, would havs
moved heart less stony than that she nd.
dressed But Arnold, nerer very tender
hearted was. stern and inexoraele. until q
ton OF which this idiot could be used to ex-
ccllent advantage. Accordingly he melted,
aud promised the ovcfjoyed mother the lifc OF
her son, upon conditions These were that be
should hasten to the British camp and
SO ALARM ST. LHarR
Us to induce hi1I: to rHlse the siege and fly. Hon
Iost gladly accepted the terms. and, having
made arrangements with some friendly 0nciaaa
once on bis mjss,on, leaving his brother ia prison
as hostage for his fidelity and success. He
first presented himself among the Indians, who,
moody aud dissatisfied at their repeated
ie;a Losses asd asd angry at St; Leser for prom,
abundant plunder, had eonvened pow
WOW for tho purpose OF considering the dubious
enterprise In Which they had been engaged, aud
who were In suitable state of mini to catch
eagerly at the news be brought them of Arnold's
rapid approach. He pointed out the bullet
holes in his cost Carefully made by the Provin~
eia1s before he lefty as evidences Of his own
narrow escape; and when questioned By them
as to the uumber OF Arnnld's force, he shook
III k-H IL.
hanging leaves. He was taken At onre to
st. Lcger's tent, and gave to the Colonel
pitfu1 accouns of his trials, claiming to have o.
capped, white OIL the way to the gal1ows, through
q shower Of bullets, the marks Of which he could
see for himself. HI Inserted that Arnold waa
within twenty hours march, ut the heaa o.
I, GOO regulars.
Meanwhile, the Onettias Ind arrived IN the canp
and
SPREAD srarrAR REPORT,
the effert Of which vas all chat the most exact-
ing Wing could desire. The Indians had long
since become heartily sick OF this hesieEtnK
business, and eagerly seized upon this report as
a pretext for dccamping- In vain St. Lege.
stormed and swore, useless were the pleas and
tears Of Sir John; the sasages had an answer
pat" the pow-wow said We must go,'' and 70
they did IN utmost haste.
Furious at being 80 shauefully deserted, g.
detection Of his copper~hned friends, while Sir
John retorted By charging the former with an
indifferent prosecution of The Siege Two
sacheme who were standing near put an end to
The unpteasantnesa By yelling out, in sudden
eonskngr' We can fancy the grim wink thai
Eas interchangcd by these stolid, stately
sachems as their commanders rapidly threw
together few necessarIes, aad, as The shout
:etrcat, and ef,dcd away ID the eathering dusk,
loosely followed by their panic-strfcken troops.
The Indians, enjoying the terror snd confusion
II their allies, who threw arrays guns, KNAPP
acks, and nil else that tmpcded their flight,
epeated the Joke until the rabb1e reached
)neida Lake. Thence st. Lager hastened On to
)swego and Montreal