Johnson immediately made hasty retreat to his boats on Onondaga lake, and escaped to Canada by the way of Oswego, shorn of whatever prestige he had gained on his former raid. Similar were the events of 1781.

The devastations of the

invading bands commenced again on the borders of Ulster.

In

August, a body of three hundred Indians and ninety tories

fell

It is said

that he was the representalive of three nations, having in his veins

the blood of the French, the Indian, and the negro.

His bravery was unquestioned.

OF HUDSON'S RIVER. upon the

settlers

in

the Wawarsing valley and

" burned and

destroyed about a dozen houses, with their barns," and killed Colonel Harone of the inhabitants, " the rest having fled."

denburgh, -with a force of only nine .men, hastened forward to the aid of the settlers, and, throwing his men into a small stone house, checked the advance of the enemy. attempts to dislodge him, thirteen of their

dead upon the field.

In their repeated

number were

left

Colonel Paulding's regiment of state levies,

together with the militia, was soon on the ground, but not in time to punish the marauders, although they were pursued for

seven days. In October the Mohawk valley was visited by Major Ross and Walter N. Butler at the head of about one thousand troops,

The settlement consisting of regulars, tories and Indians. known as Warren Bush was broken into so suddenly that the people had no chance for escape. houses plundered and destroyed.