The Republican journal., 1908-04-16
M; ARNOLD'S TRAIL
MAINE TO CANADA.
rr,<K W. GowEN.

,'f.e." Standing on the
,.uam and looking down
..4 Nhere Wolfe assembled
., and stood in battle array
Some heights at the break
o-.lry and a half ago-an
.,l Iistory-as l looked
... To see the British SOL
.r.us up this narrow path. as
-..l .li his brave men. Then
Ium a handful of Canadian
.f1.,l on the summit and
of1Ip road to Quebec, only a
g4. ,lowded. All the world
.r-t. how General Wolfe
a Jttory over Montcalm,
MI N driving France for
.ai shores. 81 WONDER"
III. IF General Arnold
found their task any
ug these heights than
.m IFS brave men," II am
. lat point" l replied.
Nas a bold thing to do,
I'VE been impossible for
a..i TO have attempted with
...- 10 capture the garrison,
sO4. his faithful Indian"
.,- I'M and delivered the
adj Nritten to General Schuy-
roYe on the Dead River
D Is If the Governor of Que
raj Carleton. The only
him to do was to wait
.. montgomery arrived from
nd lien, with the two small
light to the death to
U. How many soldiers
Nontgomery and Arnold
Item when they stood be-
ana prepared for the final
llred my friend. "The
I'VE of the actual num-
joel. Is a statement of Gen.
who took part in the
+ saws in his journal of
4siou that Arnold's and
armies after effecting a
samething like 1000 or
uner Other writer's or
lr placed the number at
r.ye men. Be that as it
rave leaders did the best
nler the circumstances.
.a Montgomery arrived at
nk command he planted
oy. large blocks of ice, and
3ombard the walled town
'll as the guns were not
III little if any damage was
4r lays passed away, while
vrlad soldiers shivered and
r y IN the intense cold of
md to add to the horrors
iou the small pox broke
,g soldiers and Montgom-
nl knew that they must
, The walled city by assault
'le undertaking altogether.
ejed on an assault" cit
tte undertaking" remark
0d. es, that is true" |
desperate as it was, Mont
trn0ld divided their small
'our columns and attacked
.,ty on the last day of the
daylight and in a binding
r getting late in the after
we had only one more day
ing in this historic place, we
part. AS we started l re-
~ men have ever fallen in
egretted on both sides than
ard Montgomery" "Y es,
B, history tells u.s." replied
BY the way" said he,
gemains of General Mont
leh were buried here in
such military glory, ever
is home in New York;"
lied. "They were removed
il ISIS to New York with
~ and religious pomp and
.49 deposited in st. Paul
]. where a monument was
# memory" zone or two
'us," said my friend: "Was
pIomoted to the rank of
neral for his gallant con-
avery in assisting General
III storming Quebec"
Piled, Our early Congress
.allr spirit in raising this
his rank in the military
pNd that it had been as
oi lis brave acts later; if
,ld. with all his defects of
T0bably would never have
or to his country" "Y es,'
y friend, zone of the sad
til our history was the gross
our Continental Congress
Arnold, Stark, Schuyler and
That is true" l replied.
HE'D ON toward our carriage |
nee away, pointing out and
i.e movements of Arnold
merry, / said: ''Look here"
Ped snort, 81 forgot to tell
IN General Arnold appeared
Z. with his army the brave
d had but a few weeks be-
ken prisoner by the English
u chairs on board an armed
Z. lay at Montreal. In his
Of his captivity and his
leHt by the English while
rr of war, Col. Allen says:
sent with other prisoners
nd then taken aboard a YES
ne Adamant, together with
i-rs of war and put under
IN English merchant from
y was a man of cruel dispo-
he tells us that there were
,-tnl Tories who were pas
Who sailed to England on
lp with him. He also states
d sailed for England about
Of November, chat a de-
i General Arnold's little
red on Point Levi, opposite
. had performed an extra
arch through a wilderness
h design to have surprised
# Quebec"
lien was a brave man and a
NY friend, land his famous
he name of the Great Je-
the Continental Congress-
ed at Ticonderoga, will live
q hearts and minds Of men"
II Quebec was very delight
eep interest and we visited
Af ,oxo =; o-l ro,,n1 fhio |