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; cruel treatment by General Gage, of prisoners taken at, i. 630; General Sir Henry Clinton placed in command of a redoubt on, i. 744. Burgoyne, General, biographical notice of, i. 620; interview with General Lee proposed by, i. 630; intelligence of the movements of, in Canada, sent to Washington by Schuyler--doubts of Washington as to the force of, ii. 453; New York invaded by, ii. 459; composition of the army of--doubts of Schuyler as to the intentions of--Indians unwillingly employed by, ii. 460; faithlessness of the Indians employed by, ii. 481, 485; Crown Point taken possession of by, pompous proclamation issued by, ii. 461; proclamation of Washington in reply to, ii. 462; Mount Hope and Sugar-Loaf hill taken possession of, by, ii. 464; fate of, foretold by Washington--progress of, toward Fort Edward, ii. 480, 481; Indian allies of, troublesome--humanity of, ii. 481; large bounty offered by, for prisoners--humane instructions of, to his Indian allies (_note_), ii. 482; want of provisions in the army of, ii. 485; defeat of Baume at Bennington a disastrous blow to, ii. 487; perplexity and alarm of, after the battle of Bennington, ii. 521; silent march of, down the valley of the Hudson, ii. 522; retirement of, from Bemis's Heights--cheering news received by, from Sir Henry Clinton, ii. 526; anxiety of, to hear from Clinton, ii. 528; compelled to fight or fly, ii. 529; deplorable situation of, ii. 583; buildings of Schuyler at Saratoga burned by, ii. 535; arms laid down by the army of--army of, marched to Virginia as prisoners-of-war--reception of, and his officers, in the American camp, ii. 537: impression made upon, by the generosity of Schuyler--a guest at the house of Schuyler at Albany, ii. 538; importance of the surrender of, to the republican cause, ii. 539; effect in Congress and in Parliament of the news of the surrender of--speech of Chatham in relation to the surrender of--effect on the continent of Europe of the news of the surrender of, ii. 540. Burke, Edmund, on the conduct of the British naval commanders, i. 322; eloquence of, in opposition to the stamp-act, i. 334; extract from a speech of, on American taxation (_note_), i. 342; conciliatory resolutions presented by, in Parliament, i. 498; despondent view taken by, of American affairs, ii. 396.
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