12/26 The comrades shook hands again and again as they eagerly exchanged greetings. Other stragglers kept dropping in and joining us, and many more, as we found later, had made their way back to Fort Edward. Come in, come in; you will be welcomed warmly by my kind hostess, Mrs.Schuyler.She has been the friend and mother of all English fugitives in their destitution and need. I have a home with her here for the present, till the army from England and the levies from the provinces arrive. Come in, good comrades, and do not fear; there will be a warm welcome here for you." They followed Howe to the house, and found that he had not deceived them as to the welcome they would receive. |