90;
lays siege to Fort Stanwix, 91;
Arnold's stratagem compels him to raise the siege, 93;
and retreat to Oswego, 93.

SCHUYLER, PHILIP, at Fort Edward, 51;
St. Clair joins him, 51;
sends a force to Fort Anne, 52;
military record of, 55, _note_;
holds Warner at Manchester, 57;
evacuates Fort Edward on Burgoyne's approach, 66;
state of his army, 66;
urges Stark to join him, 77;
sends Gansevoort to Fort Stanwix, 90;
then Arnold, 93;
superseded by Gates, 95.

SECOND BATTLE OF FREEMAN'S FARM, 120-122.

SKENESBOROUGH taken by Americans, 17;
described, 18, _note_;
made a dockyard, 21;
Americans retreat to, from Ticonderoga, 44;
set fire to, and abandoned, 51.

STARK, JOHN, appointed to sole command over New Hampshire militia, 74;
musters his brigade at Manchester, 74;
refuses to join Schuyler, 74;
his perplexity, 75;
marches to Bennington, 75;
sketch of, 76, _note_;
decides to join Schuyler, 77;
but hears of the enemy's approach, and sends out scouts, 77;
sends for Warner, 78;
re-enforced, 81;
his force, 82;
gains the victory of Bennington, 83;
and defeats Breyman also, 84, 85;
at Fort Edward, 132.

STILLWATER, position of the American army described, 98.

TICONDEROGA, position of described, 16;
taken by Americans, 17; 18, _note_;
Montgomery there, 19;
Burgoyne's landing, 39;
garrison of, 40;
invested by Burgoyne, 40, 43;
evacuated, 44;
effects of its fall, 56, 57;
Americans attack it unsuccessfully, 114.

TRENTON, N. J., victory at, 32, _note_.

VALCOUR ISLAND, naval battle at, 22.

VERMONT, people of addressed by Burgoyne, 38;
state of settlements in, 44, _note_;
critical situation of after the fall of Ticonderoga, 57.

WARNER, SETH, in command at Hubbardton, 47; 55, _note_;
surprised there, 48;
retreats to Bennington, 51;
posted at Manchester, 57;
his Green Mountain Boys, 57;
Stark calls on him for assistance, 77;
gets to Bennington in time, 81;
attacks Breyman, 84.

WASHINGTON, GEORGE, sets about retrieving the disaster at Ticonderoga,
60;
his views how to retard Burgoyne's march, 73;
sends Lincoln to carry them out, 74;
his policy vindicated, 85;
efforts to strengthen the northern army, 95, 96;
considerate treatment of Schuyler, 96.