nly deprived them of
tender husbands, some indulgent parents, and others of affectionate
friends and acquaintances, besides robbed and plundered of all their
furniture and clothing. In short, they are left totally dependent on
the public, and are become absolute objects of charity."--_Hubley's
Journal._

[52] The army when concentrated at Wyoming was organized as follows:

New Jersey Brigade, Brig. Gen'l William Maxwell com'd.
1st N.J., Col. Matthias Ogden.
2d, N.J., Col. Israel Shreve.
3d, N.J., Col. Elias Dayton.
5th, N.J., Col. Oliver Spencer's Independent Regiment, also
fragments of Forsman's and Sheldon's regiments merged into
Spencer's.
New Hampshire Brigade--Brig. Gen'l Enoch Poor, com'd.
1st N.H., Col. Joseph Cilley.
2d N.H., Lieut. Col. George Reid.
3d N.H., Lieut. Col. Henry Dearborn.
2d N.Y., Col. Philip Van Cortlandt.
Brigade of Light Troops, Gen'l Edward Hand, com'd.
11th Pa., Lieut. Col. Adam Hubley.
German Regiment, Maj. Daniel Burkhardt.
Independent Wyoming Company, Capt. Simon Spalding.
Wyoming Militia, Capt. John Franklin.
Schott's Rifle Corps, under Capt. Selin.

[53] FORTY FORT--On the right bank of the Susquehanna between Pittston
and Wilkesbarre, built in 1770 by the company of emigrants from
Connecticut, forty in number.

[54] GEN. HAND, and other officers were engaged for six weeks in
collecting supplies, which General Sullivan expected would be in
Wyoming on his arrival. Four hundred and fifty boatmen were enlisted
and large parties of soldiers were detailed for this service.

[55] LACKAWANNA RIVER, flowing into the Susquehanna from the
north-east, called by the Delawares, _Lechau-Hanneck_, signifying the
forks of a river or stream, and by the Iroquois _Hazirok_; an Indian
town called Adjouquay existed at an early date on the east side, on
present site of Pittston.

[56] FALLING SPRINGS.--A short distance above Campbell's ledge, a
beautiful cascade comes rushing down from the mountain called Falling
Springs. It proceeds from several never-failing springs on the summit.
Hubley says, "to attempt a description of it would be almost
presumption. Let this short account thereof suffice. The first or
upper fall thereof is nearly ninety feet perpendicular, pouring from a
solid rock, ushering forth a most beautiful echo, and is received by a
cleft of rocks, considerably more projected than the for