Drums Along the Mohawk
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Raining, lying there.
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I remember thinking how
hot it was, wondering...

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I'm cold.
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Wondering how long we'd be away,
when it happened.

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I heard a crack...
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Daisy, some water.
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...like a stick breaking
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and all of a sudden the fellow
next to me stopped talking

:54:35
and fell over on his side.
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Then I heard a whistle,
shots from everywhere.

:54:45
Somebody shouted
we'd been ambushed.

:54:48
I saw General Herkimer slide
off his horse and grab his knee.

:54:54
Peter Tenyck with his head
blown half off.

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Oh, darling, this is going to hurt.
:55:04
Somebody told me to lay down
and then I saw them

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all smeared with paint,
yellow and red,

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every colour.
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Oh, darling. I'm sorry.
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And back of them, Tories
with green coats.

:55:25
I got down behind a log
and aimed at a fellow.

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He leaped straight up in the air.
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Don't talk about it.
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Fell forward on his face.
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After that, we just kept shooting
as fast as we could load

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for I don't know how long.
:55:46
Amos, Adam Hartman came over
beside me.

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His musket was broke,
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but he had a spear.
He kept grinning.


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