New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-11
4 KNICKEHrocKEE GENERAL.


When nchtng on the O-wogo River. IN the old French
War when labcIlns against such odds az Fort Edward
when rcardng the British ad'a after the evacuation Of
Tlcondero,a when urging force % Tho relief Of Fort
StanwiX when planning the campaign which cnd % n h'
capture BuTsoync and placing lauics now faded on "
head Of Gate the Of own knchcrbo. Ncr
General Philip Schuyler. Tic pure patriot, m" noble
soldier is l.'Iou, evidence, Of h, ,tgicOus cose,
b., wonderful enerry aud DIS military skill.
The good blood OF thc ato,ns never flowed purcr or
brighter than when soldier, they batd for nations
r,ht,. In the G-At SaIatoet. Colonel Henry Knia'n
Van Ronssclaer greatly Distinguished himself aud carried
from Act Of British lead which remained ia
his body tuTty-iyc years Captain Solomon Van I,ia-c
lacr fought cOuIagcOusy by the side a." Mad Anthony
Wayne in Miami Campaign Hone seriously wounded
in brilliant charge refused 10 DE carried Oh ia" hd on
a litter but Insisted That Dragon be should be allowed
to ride the battle and II he droppcd to die
where he fell.
Worn and bleeding were the feet scant the clothing Of
our ragged Continental, Turning upon their 70" they re-
crossed the ic} Delaware Christmas nleht surprised I
and hi, Trenton, village punished Tho left Of
Coinwau,s co,uun az Princeton and then on their way
10 the mountains Of County fell by the SIDE win
hunger and vrct hcdncss. porshng with the intense cold
But in the darkness npht PARTISAN trooper with
twenty holsciln surrounded the baggage Of the
British force into the 200 soldiers guarding them,
and shouting Ike host OF deD,n-. captured mc train and
the doughty captain with Jay ancestral nam', woke
ND the weary soldiers Of Washington, amy with the
r,unbling Of WAGONS h,ayil, laden woolcn clothing
and supul.cs. bri,cly stolen from tn enemy.
OTHER HONoEED NAMES.
The poisoned arlovs vhistlcd thc Ncwtovn fight
the Ncw-YorH contingent pressed forward toward Seneca
Castle the great calitohousc of the Six Nations Tho
redskins and thcr Tory allies udcr Eant, tried hard 90
resist the progress Of that awful human w,d'c That was
with relentless iui} among th" wir"aus of tho,"
who burned IN, hCr- n beautiful NtonIn' who had
dc.pocd via. the bloody touahawk the settlement
German Flats and had close! the hOrrd campaign With
the cruel massacre cherry valley. Bold and daring IN
this rcveneefu expedition was Colonel Philip Van Cort-
andt honored all Dutch civil and military his.
tory.
leader OF 1900 cayalrymen the youthful General
Bayard proud Of his Dutch descent f th heights Of
bloody fredericksburg Like the good knight he
without fear and without reploach" Full Of zeal for the
cause the bTayest Of the brave his sword flashed always
where dangers the thicHcst When a bursting shell
left him dead held OF honor nourncd
the foe missed him In the lcadcn tempest which
raincd around Drurys Bluff boyish Officer led column
- rife gallant and daring. HIS uniform sOllcd
grim dirt o battle. but hi bright blue ego
took every Of the conflict day was just
closing when bullet pierced his throat he
cheering his men, and the young life Of my college