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Amos rirnaw L'lrn1 Llrn1 rirnbvvorth ' > \ orth was a aer aer aer er of ot the squad They reached reachedDes reachednes readiednes Des nes of Generil Genenl General Ward SVard on Dor Dorr ; r nccl ned neck , ThcI Thcie There e was a big uned uned un unLed Led ed bill blI1 hill ou on the tbe line tine Colln CoHn andclimbed and andf'cllmhed andclimbed f'cllmhed fcllmhed ' climbed to its top top.IUl with \.IUl .IUl \ . the en enK enand lleutemnt Heuten'lnt Heutenlnt lieutenant from fromis froms K and a young ' is ; 8 headquarters headqu'lrters headqulrters ' . . . 1 ' Ihoy they h < , y surveyed sunesed sunesedspy sun surveyedS e , ed spy ; ftliss alas I1S5 the long stretch of ofno of\ of of10 \ S fDO no 10 part of which was wns more than thanra"ay thanaway thanaway ra"ay raay away " A slilp ship had been be'lched belched be bcichcdrecent ' tched tchedrecent recent cent storm and was "as as " bins lying I . } In withmasts with withimasts withI withmasts imasts I ( masts In shallow water wfiter almosty almost | y north ofithcm ofithcmat or o . them themat thcmat at hill near the sliorc shore south of ofIp ofip oflip Ip Is occupied by a British b'ttsaid b\t b t b'tt btt bitsald ' ' \ : said Colin Colinthe Colinthe Collnthe \ the foreground three BrItIsh Britishes Britishe9 es e9 were driving drnlng drtang % a small herd of.toward oftoward of oftoward oftoward . toward Isooks 1\ook 1 ook hook ' \ shin s hill Colin Cohn wasto was wasto wasto to iindcistind undeistnnd unclel st\nd st nd ' \ the situation TheL The Theiwere 1 , Jwere iwere were from the stnndcd str\nded str nded stranded ' \ ship shipe shipft e would J be driven around Nook'so Nook'sgetter Nook's Nooks ' o getter fP "r1 / "r- "r r " - 1 : .as as . Il I : i + 1 1iww iwwwrrns iww wrrns wrrns'tthe 'tthe tthe ' thc the End of January the Com Corn Comnder Cornrider Cornnder nder rider in Chief Sent for Colin1 ColanI Coland Cohanf Cohand Colan Cohan Colin1id I f id d ferried over 0cr 0\ 0 o \ cr er to Boston ned neck neckwere neckwere , were not halt half a mile away a " ay andwas and andif.1S andas if.1S if1S as . a good cover cotter co , er of scrub o\l.s ol.s o l.s ls oaks oaks'art oikspart ' \ . 'art art . ' art of the journey journeytos journeyos os , , \ we ne e cm C'1n C1n can ' get g't gt ( ' tliose those cattle In to Ink k dash " he heaid . --aid aid .aid paid - - ' ' Come on "y y " fi firan ityran ity ran do\\ do down don \ n tlie the lullnd hill lull ' \ ind \nd nd and mount mountelr mountsir mounticlr elr sir hor&cs horcs hores horses : , & galloped gallollCd to tondsiaitcis 1\ 1 " 1ar \\ndsiaitcis ndsiaitcis \ \ 11 ar ' d s snl sniters | nl niters tel s where \ here In tliese these wordsannounced words wordsnnounced . [ nnounced his planleral pl1.1o pl11o pllin pl1.1oleral pllinoral . [ leral oral a few marines marIDes u : aie ale e driving1 drningof drn drning Ing Ingof of cattle tuttle across the penmsula peninsula peninsulae - | e roinutes minutes from lieic hew liege I 111 Ill H cap capern capem capuiem ern em with my m9 mysquad m9squad my squad If you . } ou oullim 11 11us us S coming back bac1 . " alicid ahe'1d ahe1d ahead ' ' said the gonor-il gonor il gener\l gener l general generalalf gonorilJit generlaIr - ' \ aIr alf a minute CoPn Colin and nnd his ten tenD tenen tenen Jit en D " with "lth lth Amo Amos In the leid le'1d le1d lead ' on ont ont onat t roan goldlng geldlng gdding , . , \ were ere speedm speeding speedingthe speeding1 the British line Hne The 111'1rmeS 1111rmeS marines 111'1rmeSem marinesem unnneshem ' em coming comlDg and fled tIed 'I I ' Ihe he raid raidad raidad raidolad ad headed the cattle estward westward westwardwas \ westwardMVVIS estwardws w\s w s was ' \ lively 11ely lhely 11\ 11 \ ely skirmishing sl lrmlchln ; alicadn aheadn ahead n the troops troopc ; of "ard ard " ard and thes the thet5 theis t5 is ; The ral raiders ers ersere \ were \\ere ere in nmong among nmonges amonges among'es amonges ' es \ when wlien hen a British nrltlsh bittcry b\ttery b ttery battery ' \ on onts onis onts ts is In the cast east , began to fire nt at ntThe atThe atThe { The herd berd and nnd the horsemencir horsemenC'1r horsemenear horsemen , C'1r C1r ear ' the limit I1mlt of c cinnon mnon tnnon range range11s rangeP rangeits rangeills P 11s its cnshed cI'lshed cIlshed crashed " ' Into the trees treee ; be-em be em be- be beem beem - - [ em and nnd did no damage damageral damageral ' ral ralVird Wird W'lrd Wlrd \Vird Vird \ ' had hnd sent out t\\O t O two twois tOts twonts \ \ ts is to CO\ CO col co\er co er COer \ er the return of the theA , . A forcepprO'1dllng force ' \ ipproiclnng \pprO'1dllng pprO'1dllng pprO1dllng approaching ' flomneck fromI fiom flom from fiomnecb I necb neck neckHIS , , \ was \HIS HIS quickly qulcl.ly qulclly . put to t11ghtt flight t11ght ' ' t two " 0 ciptilns c'1pt'lIns c1ptlIns captains ' ' cime c\me c me came ' \ into the theIng thering theving Ing ring of the army with "lth lth " eleien elevent eleienf ele , en enr r f f cattle In good condition con ltion - J . , [ CHAPTER VIPrcents VI LoveLetteril LoveLetterii Pre Prcacnts Prcents , ents Thstonc aThstonc a Historic Love-Letter Love Letter Love-Letterives Love Letterives - il ii ilIves iiIves Ives an Ac Acyunt punt unt of the Movmg Moving MovingGuns Movings , Guns of Ticonderoga Tlconderoga by Ox- Ox Oxam Oxam Ox-am Ox am - am to Dorchester Heights/ Heights Heightsioter HClghts Heights HClghtsInter 1 1winter / \\Inter Inter winter \ \ ioter cime c\me c me came ' \ , the time hme and nnd ent enf en enjpt jpt t f manv many mall . } oniccrs ol1lcers officers wererbely were \rbely rbely hrtiely hrtielyn ! ' \ rbelyn [ livelyJan hrtielyS S ( n nurching m.lrching mlrching marching . men to their homes homesbrlngIDg homesbringing homesI bringing brlngIDg fresh companies to toI to'lhe tor tol I rlhe 'lhe lhe The ' process ta\ed ta ed taled ta.ed taed \ . the slender slendercs slenderes r ' es ( ! S of or tlie the pa paymaster . } mister m'lster mlster ' Tlie The newre newre new newra ra re of better mctil met'll metll metal ' thin th\n th n ' \ thoseleft those thoseII thosed II d lert left . Revere ne Rel , ere and nnd his ills friendslit fnends friends friendsiiii : iiii llt Ilt a mill 01111 for ror the miking m\klng m klng making ' \ of ofr ofr ofir r and some lucky lucl.y lucly . cipturcs C'111tures C111tures captures ' had hadade hadode hadide ade ode ofT off the coast by AmerIcan Americans AmericanX X ' " ts is Po Powder " du was In betteri betterImt better betterirm i irm\ irm irmit Imt rm \ . it 'It at ' Cambridge hid h\d h d had ' \ now am a am am m of de\otcd de otcd deoted deiotcd de\ de \ oted men trained forkice for forIce forilce I forI \Ice Ice ilce \ News r-.e\\"s r.es r .e e "s s hews - . \ \ " of oC the defeat at Que Quethe Quethe Quethe the death of Montgomery andture andture and andture > ture of the \ wounded ounded Arnolddamllened Arnolddampened Arnold ; dampened damllened their ardoi ardOl btorles Stories btorlesIncredible StoriesIncredible &torlesIncredible torlesIncredible & Incredible hard hard-ships hard ships hardships - hlps enduredold enduredold endured enduredlds I enduredI old > lds s men In their long lonl ; mirch m'lrch mlrch march marchthe mirchthe m'lrchthe ' the thel1derncssof wilderness \\l1derncss-of l1derncss of wilderness-of wilderness \ - of dOp doe do ; meatand meat meatnd meatrid nd rid mired horses horsec ; and sick sid . men menandoned menandoned menandoncd andoned guns-were guns were guns - were told at atampflre atampflre atamptire atamptirelldor ampflre ampflreIder lldor Ider of the While White Uorse I10rse Horse had hadn n face as he \ went ent about the lIe theHe thelIe pi&sed pised passed p'l pl ' & sed when \ hen the two t0 t\\ t \ 0 capre cap capre capre ; re In front of their regimentalirtors regimental regimentalrt regimentalI regimentalrters I rt rters rs wirh win wdfh . a squid squ\d squ d squad ' \ of men bullets bullet menbullets menbullet ' ! . man Isorrled Is \ worried \\orrled orrled ; , " ' Colln CoUn Colin said saidls saidS E saidE S 'Ills Ills ' days da ) s c ; are nre shadowed"1 shadowed1 shadowedrll lmdowed shadowed . , lmdowedrll rll " It flavors flatiors Ilu , ors his food foort . Some SomeE Somee Someie E : e sleeps In his bls breeches with . , , beside bLSldc bcsldo withbcsldo him and anel a saddle horse | horsedoor door This army lg Is 19 like lIlee the theivid thewid theI theavid I ivid wid avid and nnd tlie the British arc are Goth Goti Go Got Y wea.er'sY { ( th ti t " ) a n staff ! like Ilee a wea weaver's weavers wea.er's wea.ers weaers weaver'shear \ ' . er's ers ' 50 50F 50hear F hear willMs wlllIs to me . , boy , 0 0) 0 01 ) ' Qoll GoU Colt ' wlll will willrssek rssek Is tent . , " eild s\ld s ld Said ' \ Amos Amos.i Amosi . , Oo o you l'OU lOU ' eay say that LhaU ? ' le leiAo iAo i "Theres Theres ' " There 'There ' s hills In his way vva "a a " ; an ' hislegs his hisleg's hislegs leg's legs ' Is tired ' "What What " hills hulls ? ' ' ' Bunker 'Dunker Dunker 'Bunker ' IIlll I1II1 11111 an * ' Biced's Biceds Bleed's Bleeds Breed's Breeds ' ' Hill H111 , by byGd byGd byG G-d G d - - d ( beggm begglD beggnn ' ' His IIIs Ills pardon ) If Ifou'd tiou'd'a \ou'd ou'd oud tiou'd tioud \ ou'd'a ou'da ' 'a a ' a ' seen sec.n secn . what I seen an ' heered what whatI I hcered beered heered , the Lord God knows lnow5 , yer talk talk"oullln talkwouldn talkwouldn "oullln oullln wouldn " t allwus aliwus be so ca'm cam ' an ' properwhich proper properwhich properwhich which thar ain nln amn t no decent Chilstlanwords CIlIlstian Chllstian CIlIlstianwords Chllstianwords words that fit the C'1se-none C'1se C1se none case-none case cise ' - - none "hat hat what "hatmer whateser " whatever mer eser nt at all nil Ye hear to me bov boy bo . } . , I\'e I 'e e I've Ive I'ell"ed I'velived ' I'velived Ivelived ' \ ' ll\"ed ll "ed ed lived \ " fort forti forty . } four year ' an ' one hen hell henbellerIn hellbelleria hellbellerin bellerIn belleria ' night that spills It's Its ' dc\ dc dcIItrv desiltrv desiltrvinto deviltryInto \ IItrv IItrvInto Into my DIY sleep e ever eier , er since an ' \ wakes al es me meup meup meup up a ycllln yeBln yellin * ' . , We'd Wed ' fit the British alldiv al1 all al1dV alldnv d\V d V dnv ' \ an nn ' that night nlht ; we wrastled withDcith with withDeth withDeitli De\th De th Deitli ' \ an ' Satan 0\ 0 over 0er \ er the sp spilt spylt . } It men men.which menwhich , . , "hlch hlch which " I can smell blood " when hen I 1 thlnl think thinkon thinkon , on it It . . Some on 'cm cm 'em em ' looked loohed like III"e IIIe " a tree treehit treehit treehit hit by Ughtnln-heads Ughtnln heads llghtnin-heads llghtnin llghtnin ' - heads broke brol"e brole " an an'lopped anlopped ' lopped over o\"er o "er er \ " . , faces tore ragged bellies belliesrIpped belliesripped belliesripped rIpped open , lungs leikin le'1hln le1hln leiLin ' ' , legs lege ; hackedEvery hacked hackedD D . cry ery one strapped down do " n Surgeonssewin Surgeons SurgeonsI Surgeonssewin I sewln sewin ' 'cm cm 'em em ' up an ' sawin snwm sawn ' ' off ofT legs leas an an'arms anarms ' : . arms Some o 0 ' the hurt men w\s w s tvns tvnsnumb wisnumb ' \ Dumb numb an ' half dcid de'ld deld dead ' , wlilch which they didn't didnt didn'tmahe didn'tmake didn'tmake didntmake ' mahe make no more noise than a bush when wheni wheny y e cut off a sprout . . Some jest clenched clenchedtheir clenchedtheir clenchedtheir their teeth teethn in \n n 'in ' \ ' ' grunted Too proud toholler to toholler toholler holler I ! Most on 'cm cm 'em em ' yelled like hl e a pigwhen pig pig"h'n pigwhen "h'n hn when " ( ' ye sho shove shore , e the knife in him himSome himSome himSome Some pravcd prn\"ed prn "ed ed prayed \ " to God for fer help an an'mercy anmercy ' mercy Thir 'rh\r 'rh rh r Thar ' ' \ was t two " 0 bnvs boys bo . } s nigh me methat methat methat that sobbed like III.e IIIe . whipped wlupped younuns younguns younunsSome youngunsSome youngunsSome : ; Some cuised cmsed cursed an ' swore like 111.e 111e . the thev thei , w\s w s was wsmad wasmad wismad ' \ mad to the bone Godi'mighti Godimighti Goch'nllght Gochnllght Godn'nughty Godnnughty ' I ' Thesurfcrin The ThesulTerln Thesullerin sulTerln sullerin sulTerlns ' wis , \s s ' \ enough enou h to wither \ \ Ither ycrcirs yer yerers yercars e\rs e rs cars ' \ " which "lllch lllch , sir , au an ' God be m my mv ) "it it nit "itnesc nitnest " witness nesc nest : , , th tinr th'1r th1r ' it w " wis 'lS lS as ' them diem that heered heerell it 1 a ' . amile imile DlIle mile awav awa awai , Them boys " wis was 'lS lS ' In the fi fix fixo fixo . : 0 o ' a mm m'1n m1n min ' chimed ch\med ch med chinned ' \ to n a hot gilddleIt glll1dlcIt griddleIt glll1dlc griddle It wis W'1S W1S was ' hell fer us but it " was "fiS fiS hell hen an an'wildcits anwildcits ' wildcats \ Ildc\ts Ildc ts ' \ fcr fer for the British DrlUsh Honest IIone'5t IIone5t Honest- Honest Honestlike ' 1- 1 11II.e ' - like 1II.e 1IIe . I was spcik speak < : pe'1l pe1l ' . n ' to God Godthr Godthar ' -th\r th r -thar thar - thir ' \ wisleid w\s w s was wsled waslead ' \ le\d le d lead ' \ enough put in them poor lobstcrs lobsters lobstersto lobstcrsto to sink sml . a ship Ye heir he\r he r hear ' \ to me , bor boy boythey , they don't dont ' like lll.c lllc . our " way "ay ay o'shootm oshootm o'shootrn oshootrn o'shootin'When oshootinWhen ' ' When they think thml , on It they git glt Imd kind kindo , 0 o ' ' sick Siel . to their stummicks stuDlmlcI.s stuDlmlcIs stunimicks . They Theydruthel Theydruthei Theydruthel druthel druthei wilt w'llt wllt wait ' hopin hopln well we 11 U stirvc st\rve st rve starve ' \ anbieik an * ' bl br e'1l e1l cnk ' . up " 'These These 'The'5e The5e ' ' tortuies torhnes tortm ec ; In the hospital are area area area a pirt p'1rt p1rt part ' of the " wickedness Ickerlness of kingcrnft I.m Im kingcnft"said kingcnftsaid . cr\ft cr ft ' \ , , " mid said Colin Cohn 'I I ' I h'l hl hive hate ' \ e read reall of b'lttles blttles battles bittles.but bittlesbut ' , . , bu but t never ne\"er ne "er er \ " until now h hive hue ' \ \ e I T rC'lh7ed rClh7ed reihyed reihyedwhat rcili7edwhat ' what \ hat comes at the end of them " " 'Oh Oh ' Oh Ive I r \ e only told y ) ve e a pirt p\rt p rt part ' \ on It It ItWhen . . When Whcn the wownd wowncl begins beglDs to rot an'turn anturn an ' turn blue 50 ye e got to go under thestrips the thestrps thestrips str\ps str ps strips ' \ an ' be siwcd s\werl s werl sawed ' \ an nn ' slislicd shshed slashed ag 10 in inwhich , "hlch hlch which " ver vcr heart Is likely 111ely , to 11\ 11 gi ; give 11e \ e a up up1I1e uplike uplike 1I1e like , i n ' \ sick slcl . o o\ o 0\ 0 oan 0an \ ' an ' Iiy hy lay down an ' it 1.lcl.s 1lcl.s 1lcls kicks kicksa 1.lcl.sa . . a little " vvliile while hne in 'In an ' ' ' stops " . There 'There ' ought ouht : ; to be he some way wav to toease tocase case ease the pun P\ID P ID ' \ " slid s\td s td said ' \ Colln Colin who hadleirned had hadle'lrned hadlearned le'lrned lelrned learned ' son something ) ( > thm of the dawning dawningscience diwningscience { h wnlng : sCience of chemistry"All cheml chemistry chemistry"All trv trv"All "All"e "All All " \ ' " we \\"e "e e poor de\ de devils |