es their--to Coles & thence
to Seggick in Cornwel & then to Wilcocks in Goshen & Lodged their.

Monday 13th. Cold--I com up to Holleboate & sent my Pack a long from
goshen & then we marched and arived at Litchfield & then to Herrintown
to Wiers & from their to Strongs in Farmingtown & Lodged their.

Tuesday 14th. Very cold & frosty--marched 5 mile through the Meadows &
went to Brecfast and com to Mercies and stayed their & capt.n Holmes
came up.

Wednesday 15th. We marched & arived at Chenys in Bolton and from
thence we marched and Arived at Lees in covantry[97] & Lodged
their--very rainy Stephen Lyon met us with the Horses.

[Footnote 97: Coventry.]

Thursday 16th. Being warm & pleasant we arived at Woodstock.

NOTE.--The soldiers had, necessarily, a great deal of leisure
during permanent camp-duties, and contrived various ways to amuse
themselves, and "kill time." In those days the common soldiers
carried their powder in the horns of cows or oxen, and many
amused themselves by ornamenting them by a skilful use of their
knives. Below is a specimen of one of these ornamented horns,
prepared during the campaign of 1758. Upon it is neatly cut the
figure of a fortified building (a part of which is seen in the
engraving), the owner's name, and a verse, as follows:--

"Eluathan Ives His Horn, Made at Lake George, September ye 22d,
Ad. 1758.

"I, powder, With My Brother Baul
A Hero like do Conquer All.
Steel not this Horn For Fear of Shame
For on it is the Oners name.
The Roos is Red, the Grass is Green--
The Days Are past Which I Have Seen"

[Illustration: Horn]

A JOURNAL FOR 1775, A. D.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

The following is a literal transcript of a Journal kept by a common
soldier named SAMUEL HAWS, of Wrentham, Massachusetts, who appears to
have been one of the _minute-men_, organized toward the close of 1774
and early in 1775. At that time there were about three thousand
British troops in Boston, under General Thomas Gage, who was also
governor of the colony of Massachusetts. He was popularly regarded as
an oppressor; and act after act of the British government, during a
year preceding, had convinced the American people that they must
choose the alternative to submit or fight. They resolved to fight, if
necessary. During the