;
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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