...accelerated by the fact that Rurgoyne, previously, in a proclamation to the Americans had declared war: "I have but to give stretch to the Indian forces under...the hardened enemies of Great Britain and America." General Gates, in a letter to General Burgoyne, made mention of the sad fate of Jane Mac Rae in the...

...THAN THE " INQUISITION OF THE ROMISH CHURCH." Burgoyne in a Proclamation to the People had declared, " I have but to give stretch to the Indian forces under...the hardened enemies of great Britain and America." He declared, " the present unnatural Rebellion to be the foundation for the completest system of tyranny...

...Point a few days afterward, in which he said : " Let not people consider their distance from my camp. I have but to give stretch to the Indian forces under...to overtake the hardened enemies of Great Britain. If the frenzy of hostility should remain, I trust I shall stand acquitted in the eyes of God and man...

...people be led to disregard it, by considering their distance from the immediate situation of my camp. I have but to give stretch to the Indian forces under my direction ... to overtake the hardened enemies of Great Britain and America." The General's invitation to come...