Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-29

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rur. To- us il is a picture. But 70 know
" hat il truly was, let the happy farmer
ON these green slopes and placid mead
ows imagine a sudden fight Tonight
with ali he loves. from all he owns, strug-
yliny nm steen bills lost in tangled woods.
crowdinp along Difficult. roads, at every
stsn exnect;no The 0listenino tomahawk.
the hniIet and the mercies Of a foreign
sold;erv Not MANY miles from this spot
the hairless lane EcCrea was killed. as
Ruroovne's savapes hurried her away.
Her s,',rv rano t6rouoh the land like A
woman's crv ef aropy. This. then. was
British chivalrvl Burpoyne. indeed. had
not meant murder. hut he had threatened
il. The name of the ir nocent girl became
tho rallv;nu crv for armies and to a thou
ssnd ;nd;ensnt hearts her blood cried
from tho yround for vengeance. We
come With song and sneech and proud
commemoratioS TO celebrate the triumph
of this dav Let us not forget the cost
of that triumph. the suffering that this
nnchanr;no az, heheld the torture of
men The heartbresk of women. the terror
of little children that Maid for the hap.
n;nass which No enio,l
Tn descr;h;.v the surrender a striking
tahleau mas nreeented nv the orator. On
the 14th of October. Burrovne proposed
a cessation of arms 10 arrange terms of
canitulation. His agent. Lieut., Col.
Kinostop. was received at the crossing of
the creek by Adiutsnt. General Wilkin-
son and was conducted by him blind.
folded 70 Gen. Gates. Gates term re.
ouired An unconditional surrender of the
army "a nrisoners of war. Burgoyne.
anxious to save his srmy to the king for
service elsewhere. insisted that it should
be returned to ENGLAND. under engage
ment not to serve again in North Amer
lea during the war. Gates had no wish
to prolonp the negotiations. He had
heard from Putnam that the English
army and feet were triump hantly sweep
ing up the river. and that he must ex-
pect the "worst,' and he therefore has
tened to accept the proposition of Bur-
goyne. AT line o'clock on the morning
Of this dsy. q hundred years ago, he
signed the convention. Ateleven o'clock
his troops marched to this meadow, the
site of old Fort Hardy, and with tears
coursing down bearded cheeks, with
passionate sobs and oaths of rage and de.
tianCe, the soldiers kissing their guns
with the tenderness of lovers, or with sud-
den frenzy knocking of the butts OF their
muskets, and the drummers stamping ON
their drums, the kings army lald down
their arms. No American eyes except
those of Morgan Lewis and James Will
kinson aids Of Gen. Gates, Oeheld the sur
| render Aa the British trOODs fled af-