Washington pursues the British 60

His plan of attack 61

Battle of Monmouth (June 28) 62-65

Lee"s shameful retreat 62

Washington retrieves the situation 63, 64

It was a drawn battle 65

Washington"s letter to Lee 66

Trial and sentence of Lee 67, 68

Lee"s character and schemes 68-70

Lee"s expulsion from the army; his death 71

The situation at New York 72

The French fleet unable to enter the harbour 73

General Prescott at Newport 74

Attempt to capture the British garrison at Newport 75

Sullivan seizes b.u.t.ts Hill 76

Naval battle prevented by storm 77

Estaing goes to Boston to refit his ships 77, 78

Yeomanry go home in disgust 78

Battle of b.u.t.ts Hill (August 29) 79

The enterprise abandoned 79

Unpopularity of the French alliance 80

Stagnation of the war in the northern states 81, 82

CHAPTER XI

WAR ON THE FRONTIER

Joseph Brant, or Thayendanegea, missionary and war-chief 83-86

The Tories of western New York 87, 88

The valley of Wyoming and its settlers from Connecticut 89, 90

Ma.s.sacre at Wyoming (July 3, 1778) 91, 92

Ma.s.sacre at Cherry Valley (November 10) 93, 94

Sullivan"s expedition against the Iroquois 94

Battle of Newtown (August 29, 1779) 95

Devastation of the Iroquois country 96

Reign of terror in the Mohawk valley 97, 98

The wilderness beyond the Alleghanies 99

Rivalry between Pennsylvania and Virginia for the possession of Fort Pitt 100

Lord Dunmore"s war (1774) 100-104

Logan and Cresap 102, 103

Battle of Point Pleasant (October 10, 1774) and its consequences 104

Settlement of Kentucky 105

And of eastern Tennessee 106

Defeat of the Cherokees on the Watauga, and its consequences 106-108

George Rogers Clark 108

His conquest of the northwestern territory (1778) 109

Capture of Vincennes (February 23, 1779) 110

Settlement of middle Tennessee 111

Importance of Clark"s conquest 112

Tryon"s raids upon the coast of Connecticut 113

Sir Henry Clinton captures the fortress at Stony Point (May 31, 1779) 114

Wayne recaptures Stony Point by storm (July 16) 115, 116