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Show r r [ _ r rof XTERBUTLER , . 'A A ' ! Lu Luckless ckte s S Tt ? gu re reii of of ? , , . 1 I ! ii Roin , omance a it cc , l 1 f ! isiiC isii \ . C , ILYift3Yq ; J / , , : J + yc ti ( Tjfji Tjfjie A e BUTLER hI [ ITI FLZ RANGER . + 1 . 1By By ELMO SCOTT WATSON WATSONon WATSONOR " ' OR on a century cel1tur and 'lntl lntl Ind ' a half h'llf hllf ' he hns hos has hosbeen hasbeen been written down in presumablyaccurate presum'lbly presumlbly presumably presum'lblynccur1te presumablyaccuratehistorles ' nccur1te accuratehistorles histories as ns the'arch thearch the * ' : arch :1rch 1rch fiend fiendof fiendof fiendof f of tlie the Resolution lle\olullon lle olullon Resohttion \ " With SImon SImonGlrty SimorGirty SimonGtrty Glrty Gtrty , , . ' the notorious rene renegade acle : ; , ' h he heh1S heleis ( ins h1S leis shared the th tli unenviable unenYIable reputa- reputa repnta- repnta repntatfon reputa reputatIon - tlon tIon tfon of being bemg ( the words "ords ords " ' ire 'Ire those thoseof thoseof thos/i thos i ( / of a "ell ell well w " ell known I.nown Inown . historian hlstorlnn hlstorlan ) ' q11s- q11s q11scre'lnts mi&U miU - & crcants cre'lnts crelnts creants ' who "ho ho " present no redeemingqunllty redeeming aoDpO aoDpOquality quality qunllty to plead plc'ld plcld ' for excuseIt excuse It " ItStill Stil&i Stili Still Stillanother Stillanother & another historian hjttorlin hl < : torl1n characterises chnracterires char'l charl ' tcrI7 ( > s hin film hinas filmas filmas as "a a " man of enterprising bold- bold boldnes boldness boldness - nes nesho ness . , \\ho ho \ whose < : e heart he'lrt helrt ' "a a " was a compound of feroc.lousbate ferocioushate feroc.lous feroclous ferocious ferocioushate . bate hate , " In81tpbJe Insatiable Tsatible . ' } cruelt\ cruelt cruejts crueltand cruelty \ and unappeasable unappe'lC1hle unappelC1hle unappeisahle ' : ' ro"enge revenge ro- ro re- re revenge - - "enge enge venge " But the novcllbts novelh"ts novelhts novelists " moie mote mOl e than thnn the historianshave .hIstorians hIstorians .hIstoriansbave historianshave . bave have made mace ] his name n'lme nlme ' a wold u01d woad of loathing Joathmg almosias almost almostas almostas as much , , as the name of'Benedict ofBenedict gf'Benediet gfBenediet Qf 'Benedict Benedict ' Arnold One Oneot Ono Oneof ( ot of ( them writes of of ' Cb Cherry rry Vallc Valley , } , , . \ where bere throu through throughthe througlthe h htho tho the " wintry "Intry Intry ss1ntry dawn 1 ' " n , young oung Walter WaHer Butler damneihis damned damnedhis damnedhis his soul for all eternity eternlt while "hlle hlle " men women andchildren 1nd and 1ndchlldrcn ' chlldrcn children , old ' and young yoimg young , . died horribly h horrihly rrlhly amid amu } thdripping tbe the tbedripping thedripping ( ' " pilntpdfiends paintedSend dripping 'knives knives 'lml.es lml.es lmles knives . ' and 'ind ind bawncts b'1onets b1onets bayonets ' , of his Ius p1Intpd painted p1Intpdfiend fiend Send " ! , or fell fen under the but butchering herln hatchets of ofrJ oft olhis hIs " rJ rJhIs t Senecas . " . , So after nfter rciding re'ldlng reldlng reading ' for so long that Walter WaIter Butler But- But Butler Butler - ler was a villain vlInln of the deepest dye , , It Is nil an all themore tbet then tbetmore thenmore more amazing nmazlng to pick up a book ' and 'lnd lnd read th'lt thlt that that"Ob th'lt"Ob tha tha"ObMOUsly ' < "Ob\ "Ob Ob " "ObMOUsly ObMOUsly "Oblously " \ lously iously he was no scoundr scoundrel l and nnd cert\inlv cert inlv certilnly certinlvno certilnlyno certilnhno ' \ no murderer of women and nnd children chl1dren is 'lS lS as ' all the thebooks thebooks , bool.s bools books . have said He Is the typical tVp1c1l tvplcil proud proud'rest 'rest- 'rest rest crest- crest 'restless crestless " ' - ' "Test'less Testless less , unhappy unh'1PPY unh1PPY ' . , luckless figure of romance rom1nce romince , , winthrows who whothroes \ ho hothros thro\\s thro s throes \ away his life for a lost causeobvlonsly cause-obvl- cause obvl causeobvlouslv cause " - obvioaslv - ouslv onsly the stuff of \ which wliich hlch heroes ' ire 'ire made Th Thbook Tbe The Thebook < J 1 Jbooh book booh Is 18 " "War War " Out of r-agara-W'ilter r agara W'ilter Wilter Atagara-Walter Atagara Walter - , Magara [ - - Walter ' Butle Butler Butlerand Butlerand ; bythe and the Tory Ringers R'1ngers R1ngers flingers ' , " published pnbll hed recently b by ; the Columbia Unhersity Unherslty Qniserstty Press for the r r-ew r ew Aew - , ew York YorlState YorkState State Historical association , and the man who has has1Jalnted haspainted hapainted 1Jalnted painted a neportr'llt new ne\\ ne \ portrait portr'llt portrllt ' of the "infimou infimou "lDf1mou lDf1mou "rnfimoug rnfimoug " ? W11ter 1Vilter W11terButler WaltcButler 1VilterButler Butler ' Is HO\\ HO Howard HOard \ \ ard S\\ S Sss Swiggett SIggett \ \ Iggett , . , author of a C'1re C1re cire C'1reull ' carefull cirefully fully ! ull } documented blognphv blogr1pln blographv ' , based b'lsed blsed ' upon sourcmaterial source sourcematerIal sourcematerial materIal hitherto untouched by the historians hlctorl'lns hlctorllns hlstorians : ' . . ' Why has the name of Walter W'lIter WlIter ' Butler for so Q long solong been tarnl tarnished < : hed \ with wuth Ith 111 III ill fame ? There Thereare Thereare Tberare are 1\\ 1 \ ' two 10 \ 0 reasons re1sons closely associated assocl1ted assoctited Even ven before beforethe beforethe beforthe the outbreak of the Revolution there \ was 1S ' en enmltv entnity eimitv mltv tnity between some of the 'h'll hll ' half ' ! feudal feud'll feudll ' anstorac arlstoc aristoc arlstocracJ aristocracy ( racJ racy ; " of ot the Mohawk Moluml ] . alley Hll1ev sallev , notably the tIle Johlsons John Johnsons JohnSons . sons and the Butlers Butler , and the Dutch and 1nd Ger German German Geiman man peasantry of that thnt regionSo regionSo region regionSo So when the conflict came C'lme Clme ' and Walter W11ter nutler Butler nutlercast Butkcast Butlercast cast his bls fortunes with the logical cause for fchim forhIm hIm to espouse . , It ft Is snnll sm'111 sm111 small ' wonder \ \ onder that thescommoners these thesecommoners thesecommoners commoners should hou1d refu refuse e to credit crecht him \ with Itb be biIng Ing lag beIng belag actuated bv by as much sincerity slnceritv ind 'lnd lnd and ' high prm pan panciple pruciple I ciple prmciple as they were In making mnhlng their choice HIs Ills [ s IIfather HIsfather Illsfather father , John Butler , was stns \ 1S ' an nn assistant 1sslstant ' to tlgreat the thegreat thegreat le great Sir William W1111am Johnson Johncon ; the King icing s cuperm superin ; 3 supcriitendent cupermtendent superintendent tendent of Indian aff\lr aff lr affairs ' \ : . In the Northern de- de department de- de department dpartment - e ' - partment and nnd a lieutenant lIeuten'lnt lIeutenlnt ' colonel In a C Coloni C lonlal 1onial 1onialmilitia lonlalmilltl : II milltlregIment militia milltl\ milltl thatthe ' \ regiment Brought up In the belief that th ; 11 the greatPSt gre'1tpst gre1tpst greatest ' chance cbance for honorable adv'1ncement adv1ncement advancement ' II advanceineilay adv'1ncementlay advancementlay lay naturthan naturalthan In 'the the ' King's Kings ' sen sers Ice , " what shat \ hat more natural a- a - than choosethe that tins tlus this young aristocrat should choose choo ; 3e the bide side Ide of at His Dis Majesty I1jesty Mijesty rather r'1ther r1ther ' than th1n that th'lt thlt ' of the le tl"rebels tlrebels the"rebels "rebels rebels " " ? ? Resolutionwas It must be remembered that the Re Resolution , olution olution'Was oluticwas ' 'Was Was ' stubhoiforeign bornforeIgn stubbornforeign more tlian than a conflict confllctr confllctrbetwef , , between betwef > n a stu stubborn born " foreIgn king Idng and nnd his IllS rebellious subjects Itas It \\as as nas nasalso \ wcleo asolao as natiAmericans nativeAmencans nativeAmericans olao also a civil war In ] n \ which hlch one group of or native e Amencans Americans againanother ag'1lnstanother againstanother , called PatrIOtsas Patriots \ was \\as as pitted ag'1lnst ag1lnst against ' another group of native D'1t1.e D1t1.e D1t1e ' . Americans Amerlc'1ns Amerlc1ns Amerlcans ' called TorIes Torior TorIesor or Loyalists LOJ aUsts . . thanclvll thancivil There Tllere Is no war oar \ \ 1r more bitter th than ; ln slto sIdeto civil clvll war and no crime too black hlaclt for one sIde 3e to charge against the other , when families are re dIvIded aredIvIded among themselves themsehes themselses and friend turns turagainst os against turnsagainst friend friendSo friendSo friendSo So the legends of Tory Tor , } Infamy began growlearly Ingearly gro\\ gro grow groIng \ Ing ] S early histoans hlstorlans historians among the Patriots and the first hlstorl histori ans who gathered their material materl'l materll ' ] among the sur vlvors vivors sivivors survlvors survivors of the Re\ Re Resolution Reolutlon \ olutlon and \ who uho \ ho do not seem to seemhave tohave have been animated by ' any 'lny lny too tOQ scrupulous re- re re- re - - - legends gard regard for accuracy , , accepted most of these 1 leg < ' ends as fact facts . , Then too tlicv thev they hthe hadthe seem "eem eem " to have had " slIn stIll1n stillin the quite understandable underst'lndable understlndable ' desire ( a desire stIll III 1n in evidence amon among some Americans of todieven today 'y y ' even though It is hot not so ' , understandable underst'lnd1ble understlnd1ble ' ) to try ry to make m'1he m1he ' the Patriots Patnots anthe allthe and their cause cauce ; seem an all , l the whiter and nnd purer by painting the atheir 'lndtheIr andtheir Tories 'lnd lnd and ' nd theIr cause all aJI the tIle blacker bI.lcl.er bIlcl.er bIlcler . . ' and 'lnr lnr ! more Infamou Infamous 3 nnhim m'1dohim milehim InfamouUnfortunately InfamousUnfortunately Unfortunately for Waltoi Waltei W'1Ih W1Ih ' : 1 Rutler Butler the thM th's ths > ' \ m'1do m1do mile ' do him hatreds the tbe scapegoat scaveg-oat scaveg oat - for most of their lorJ Tory lor ha 'a a ' treds Ao 1-.0 1.0 1 .0 0 lo - . doubt oubt tlwas thiswas the pirticular pirticutar P lrtlcular icason reason ceason for this 'ils ils ' was that th'1t th1t ' the Butlers Butler wereEtrumcntal Instrumenhl instrumental , father and und end son sonere \\ere ere were \ \ In strumenhl strumental Indiansthe tothe In " winning "Inning Inning ' the Iroqiiois IroquoIs Inclhns Indians to the British sld sId " ' and nnd became bec'1me bec1me ' ] leaders e'1tJer e1tJer eiders ' of the par ar ptisan partlsan partisan coopated cooperntecJ operated tlsan tisan forces forc3 forc3th ( . ' with \\th th \ [ thhlCh \ which \\hlCh hlCh these Indlins Inl.1lms Inl1lms Jodi . ins cooper co oper er ntecJ ated So they theyere were \\ere ere \ \ tl"enlisted tlenlisted they"enlisted "enlisted enlisted " bitterly hated because beC.lU'50 beC.lU50 beClU50 . ' they y thon themon red savages sasnges S l\ l \ lagts agts ! as fiS their allies nllle , loosed looped loo < : ed them em on the frontiers atrocitby atrocitiesby and encouraged encouragetJ their tlH'lr tlHlr ' atrocltle atrocities Ics , > by Imitation and a hOl hoirlhle hotrihie rlhle commerce In &ciof ciof tIpsof scupsof scups & c tIps IPS of men menvomen , . , women \vomen vomen \ and children ' But the Indignation of the early historIans lilstoriiagainst historIansagainst against the use of the Indians by the Brttish lltlsh Butand lltlshand Brttishand and the tlH thc , . Torles Tories " would ould be more convincing if tbey they tldid dld did not 0\ 0 o\erlook o erlook 0erloot oserlook \ erloot . or ignore thsame thesesame these fact facts- facts factsthat , > - ' that these same Patriots as rngllbh rngllsh rngll ! > h coIonl colonists ts durIng the duringwars thewars t [ ( wars with \ \ Itb the French rrLl1ch Frutch had h'ltl hltl hid , ' been glad enough to enoughhave tonave nave have Frciithat the Iroquois ' as 15 nllle allies ! ) against ag1Inst the "rench rench rrcnch [ " ch , that early in lip the Revolution Hevolutlon thev they bad had tried to triedwin to"In towia "In In wia " the \ warriors ssarrlors 1rrlors Tillride IRsIde TUDIItside of the long tong nousc IIol1sc House to TII TUDIIt 3IR IR sIde and an ! ] that 1hat flint during the Revolution Resolution some of ot somethe otthe ofthe the Continental EIsh BritIsh commanders , as well 'en en , ' as ao na the Brit ; . Ish , did tJld use Indians as alliea allies a1lle , , MARtNUS MARlN11S WILLE.TT WILLETT WILL . L r Y . , . + ' " , - ( / : a . 1 1a a r JOSEPN SRANT SRANTY 1 'g g ' 6 , I a a y ya r bm'A bmA bm'Ac ' 1 t 1 ' 1ipu1iW r c t . r , * _ ! IVtm T _ o ' ) ot _ _ . I 'tHE tHE ' CASTLE AT = [ FORT NIAGARA . , a ar ai r A . ; X . t 1 L .t t . Ji [ J r - i - T , \\Q/ Q \ \ / Qr r THE BUTLER BADGE BADGETHE THE 6UTLERROME SUTLER HOME AT BUTLERSBURY , N.Y NY . . Since Sinre Walter W'llter Wllter ' Butler was the apotheosis of the theworst theworst worst t tipe type pe of enemv enemy to the cause C'luse Cluse ' of Liberty , it would "ould ould " seem natural n'1tur'1 n1tur1 ' ' ] that our information mform1tlOn about ' aboil'him aboilhim abouthim him should shoultJ be fairlv falrlv fairly complete complc.te complcte . And yet set , as 'lS lS is ' thauthor the theauthor theauthor ( author Th'reIs 'ThereIs of "War War "liar liar " "Ii Ii " ar Out of r- r - , Magan ri1g1r1 Afagirt i1g1r1 ' ' sa sa\s sa s sacs \ , s 'Then Then Th're Thre 'There There ' ( ' is ' an 'In In absorbing absorbmg mystery myster ) ' about 1hol1t shout his life and a'1d a1d arid ' ch'1r ch1r char charaster ch'1racter character ' acter aster Ihe 1he 'the the ' ' date d1te of his birth Is un1.no\\ un1.no unknownThere unknown un1.non unknownThere . \ n , There ' Is no physical phvslc'll phvslcll phvsicit ' description deccrlptron ; of him except csccpin exceptIn In fiction Letters about him hml In catalogues cat'1logueo cat1logueo ' : ; , c\ c cen esen esenof \ en enof of the Scliiiyler cllusler Schuyler Papers , the Gites G ites rtes Papers Pnper : . , , the Library of Congress and nnd many manv mans ' other papers paIJCrs are aremysterlousl aremysteriously mysteriously mysterlousl marked m1rked missing misslDg Timothy D\\ D DIght Dwight \ Ight , , the President of Yalu Y'1le Y1le file ' iini\crsit\ iini crsit unrtcrsitt iinicrsitindented um \ erslt \ " , , indented insented 1m ented i n a ngre1t agreat great gre1t ArnerIcan Amerlean m mJ myth th tl1 about 1bout ' him that got into every e\ e eer \ er ) Arocr Arner Amer lean Ican history in the Nineteenth century L'lf'lYette Lafayette Lafay L'lf'lY- L'lf'lY LlflY Lafay- ' ' - thereIs ette is said to have h'1e h1e hate ' , been his friend fflend but ther there there is no authority for it Ualdimand llaldlm'1nd llaldlm1nd Iinldimind ' ( British comm'1nder coir com corn cornminder mandcr m'1nder m1nder minder ' In Canada C'iI1'ld'l CiI1ldl ' ' ' ) is said < ; altJ to have h'lve hlve hive ' refused refued " , t to toreceIve toreceive receive him after after- afterCherry afte - ! Cherry Valley and nnd this boo boot book bookcontains . contains cont'llns contllns ' an original orlglll\l orlglll l orlgrnal ' \ letter from Ualdimand 1111dilD'1nd 1111dilD1nd IIaldiinand ' ap ar approving proving of his hI : . conduct contluct that thatn \ ' ' \n\ n 0\ 0 o\ o \ nember 0emhE'r oember \ ember emhE'r emhEr ' da d1 day He Heappears Heappears H appears plainly pllllnly to have h'1ve h1ve ' brol en Ills hIs parole ' as 'lS lS a aprIsoner aprisoner prisoner but . , with \ ith every eery e , ery horrqr horrgr horror of massacre m'lSS1crc mlSS1crc ' : an and andf andrapine andrapine rapine laid hid ' f ( at his door for come some'reason somereason ; some'reason somereason re1son th th1t that th1tseems thatseems " seems to have hate escaped notice Brant nr1nt Ii'D IiD Ind1'1n Indin , , tlie the In dian d1'1n d11n din ' , is |