The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-07-05
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In the year isl. while Clinton and
Washington were watching each
others movements near New York
Gen. Schuyler, having resigned his
command on account of some unjust
charges against him, was staying at
his house. which then stood alone out
side the stockade or wall of Albany.
The British commander, therefore
seeing his opportunity, sent out John
Walter Meyer, with a party of Tories
and Indians. to capture ien. Schuy-
Ter.
When they arrived Mt the outskirts
Of the city. they learned from Dutch
lnlorer that the generals house WAS
guarded by six soldiers. The Dutch.
man, the minute the band WAS out OF
sight, took To his legs, and warned
the genersi Of their approach.
soon afier, n servant announced
that there was q strange man at the
back door who wished Ia see the gen
~ral.
SCHUYLER. understanding the trap,
gathered his family in one of the up
per rooms. and giving orders that
the doors and windows he barred,
fired a pistol from one of the top story
windows To alarm the neighhoIhoOd.
The guards, who had been lounging
In the shade of a tree, started To their
feet AT the sound az the pistol hut
alas. too late, for they found them
selves surrounded by a crowd Of dusky
figures. who bound them hand and
foot before they had time Ia resist.
And now you can imagine the lit
tie group collected in that dark room
upstairs the sturiy general, standing
re.olu;ely by the door. with his gun
in his hand. and his black slaves
gathered around him, each with some
weapon and at the other end Of the
room. thesswomen huddled together.
some weeping. some praying. Sud-
denly, q crash 10 hesrd that chiils the
very blood. and brings wildly TO
each ones mind the tales of Indian
msssacres Sc common nj that day.
The band hal broken in at one Of the
windows.
AT that moment, NT-. SCHUYLER.
springing TO her feet. rushed toward
the door; for she remembered that the
baby, only few months otd, having
beeh forgotten in the hurry OF ilght,
was asleep la Its cradle on the first
floor. Hut the general, catching her
in his arms, told her tha! her life. was
of more valur than the chihi's, aud
that ii any one must 90, he would
While, however, this generous sirug-
gle was going on. their third daughter,
gliding past them, was soon at the
side Of the cradle.
All was a. black "a night in the hall,
except a small patch of light just at
the foot of the stairs. This came
from the dining room. where the In
dians could be seen pillaging the
shelves, pulling down the China, and
quarreling with one another over their
iil-gotten booty.
How Ia get past this spot WAS the
question. but the girl did not hesitate.
She reached the cradle unobserved,
and was just darling back with her
precious burden when, by i'll luck, one
Of the savages- happened To see her.
. whiz, went his sharp tomahawk
within few inches of the hahy's head
and. cleaying an edge of the brave
girls dress, suck deep into the stair
rail.
Just then one of the Tories, seeing
her fit by, and surprising her 10 he a
servant. called after her, "Wench,
wench, where l. your master"" She
stopping for "A moment called back,
trpt1t w tilt loN "
hurrying On, was soon safe again up
stairs with her father.
And now, very nearly all the plum
der having been secured. the band WAS
about To proceed Ia the real object of
their expedition. when the general.
raising one az the upper windows.
called out in lusty tones, as if com
handing large body of men: Come
on, my brave fcliowsi Surround the
house, Secure the villains who are
plundering," The towards knew
that voice, and they each and every
one of them took To the woods as fast
rs their legs could carry them. leaving
the general in possession of the field.
The old SCHUYLER house looks now "a
IL looked then, except that the back
wing for the slaves has been torn
down, and some few alterations have
been made around the place; but
when you are shown the house, you
can still see the dent in the stair-rail
made by that Indians Ratchet more
than a hundred wears ago.