Identifier: storyofournation00stra (find matches)
Title: The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ... together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands ..
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Stratton, Ella (Hines), Mrs. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Philadelphia, National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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buy a pair of shoes ! It was in January, 1778, that France acknowledged the Independ-ence of the United States, and, in February two bills were presented to ri__rt-. Parliament, one which promised not to levy any more taxes on(1778) , , 111 • • • • the colonists, and the other appointing commissioners to treat with the Americans for peace and the restoration of British authority in America, said Jake. Hold on, cried Marion. A treaty was signed with France inFebruary which gave America the aid which was needed so badly. Andin June, Howe decided that Philadelphia wasnt a healthy place for himto live in, so he moved out ! And Lord Howe was removed, and Sir Henry Clinton put in his END OF THE WAR. 199 place. Then came the battle of Monmouth Court House, which causedClinton to realize that New York was the best place for him ! It was at thatbattle that Molly Pitcher, seeing her husband fall as she was bringinghim water, dropped her pail, and fought in his place. The soldiers called
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SIR HENRY CLINTON. her Major Molly, and Congress voted her a sergeants commissionwarrant with half pay through life, said Ray. This battle was followed by the terrible massacre of WyomingValley. The men were nearly all with the army, when the Tories under 200 END OF THE WAR. Butler, with the Indians under Brant, killed and captured all the inhabi-tants, and left the fertile valley a ruined waste, added Ruth. Joseph Brants Indian name was Thayendanega, and he was oneof the Indian boys sent to the school at Lebanon,—the germ from whichDartmouth College grew. Although women turned pale and childrenfled at his name, he always denied that he was guilty of the terribledeeds laid at his door by the frontier historians. He saw that the Indianswere in danger of extermination, and killed all the white men that hecould, but he never tortured them. He was a Free Mason, and oncesaved a man who gave him the sign. Cornplanter was a chief whocommanded with him, and both of them were opposed to Red

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