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RED TAPE. F 15 » Jt. required the obedient husband but a few moments to Obey this command; and fully satisfied, his wife rode deliber- ately away, without exchanging another word. “There goes a genius; she'll take care of herself, and the baby, as well as if I were with her. Ah! me! it’s a dreadful time! I must hurry to the Abingdons.” Still communing with himself, he entered the wood, end his rapid strides soon carried him beyond the sight of his humble cabin. CHAPTER II. WYOMING’S SWEET VALE. EaArty in the Spring of 1778, the inhabitants of Wyoming Valley learned of a contemplated incursion in their settlement by the English and Indians. Their position was one of pecu- liar exposure, as very nearly all their able-bodied men were absent in the Continental army. “Wyoming was the only con- siderable post above the Blue Ridge, and could this be deso- lated, the German: settlements below the mountains were laid open to the fury of the different: tribes. Sensible of the dreadful danger, that every week was. be- coming more and more threatening, General Schuyler address- ed the Board of War. The officers and men earnestly remon- strated that their families, left defenseless; were now menaced with invasion, and adverted to their terms of enlistment: But Congress: seemed impervious to their pleadings, and refused to extend its helping hand until the middle of March, when it “ Resolvet: That one full company of foot be raised in the town of Westmoreland, on the east bank of the Susquehanna, for the defense of the said town, and the settlements on the frontiers, and in the neighborhood thereof, against the Indians . and the enemies of these States; the said company to be enlisted to serve one year from the time of their cHliaung, un- less sooner discharged by Congress.” This was an extraordinary resolution, as s itis furposstble’ to understand how a company, to be enlisted from among its connicloooks.com