Chapter XVI

Evacuation of Philadelphia by Sir Henry Clinton--Followed through New
Jersey by Washington--Battle of Monmouth--Conduct and arrest of General
Lee--Retreat of the enemy--Arrival of the French fleet--Combined attack
of the Americans and French upon the British army of Rhode
Island--British fleet escapes from Count D'Estaing--Battle of Rhode
Island--Failure of the expedition-Projected campaigns against the
Indians--Captains Pipe and White-Eyes--McKee and Girty--General McIntosh
ordered against the Sandusky towns--Irruption of Brant into
Cobleskill--Of McDonald into the Schoharie settlements--Pusillanimity
of Colonel Vrooman--Bravery of Colonel Harper--His expedition to
Albany--Captivity of Mr. Sawyer--Slays six Indians and escapes--Colonel
William Butler sent to Schoharie--Morgan's rifle corps--Daring adventures
of Murphy and Elerson--Death of Service, a noted Tory--Murphy's
subsequent adventures--Affairs at Fort Schuyler--Alarming number of
desertions--Destruction of Andros-town by the Indians--Conflagration
of the German Flats--Expedition of Colonel William Butler from Schoharie
to Unadllla and Oghkwaga.
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