found it beleaguered, and before they could flee they were seized
by the backwoodsmen. In their belts they carried the scalps of
the slain settlers. The savages were taken redhanded, and the
American frontiersmen were in no mood to show mercy. All the
Indians were tomahawked in sight of the fort.

For some time the British defended themselves well; but at length
their guns were disabled, all of the gunners being picked off by
the backwoods marksmen, and finally the garrison dared not so
much as appear at a port-hole, so deadly was the fire from the
long rifles. Under such circumstances Hamilton was forced to
surrender.

No attempt was afterward made to molest the Americans in the land
they had won, and upon the conclusion of peace the Northwest,
which had been conquered by Clark, became part of the United
States.



THE BATTLE OF TRENTON

And such they are--and such they will be found:
Not so Leonidas and Washington,
Their every battle-field is holy ground
Which breathes of nations saved, not worlds undone.
How sweetly on the ear such echoes sound!
While the mere victor's may appal or stun
The servile and the vain, such names will be
A watchword till the future shall be free.