General+Herkeimer

=General Herkimer= ==[|Nicholas Herkimer] came to America as one of many German Palatines to immigrate to New York. He started out working in a bond agreement for immigrating to the colonies. They were eventually allowed to leave and settle where they please. Growing up at Fort Herkimer, he eventually bacame the Lieutenant on January 5th, 1778. Like many Palatines, he spoke with a thick English accent and his writing was a mix of German and English. He was put in charge of the Tryon County Militia on September 5, 1776. On his road in the Revolutionary War he was to head for Oriskany to Fort Stanwix. His men, who in line were a mile long, had to cross a swamp by means of a log [|causeway]. There, British Greens, Mohawks and Seneca [|ambushed] him. Herkimer was shot in the leg and fell when his horse was shot. He was dragged to a hill where he could command the battle. [|Smoking his pipe]he said, "I will face the enemy." He told hid men to fight the indians in pairs so men wouldnt be tomahawked while they were reloading. Although many of his men fled and many were killed, he still caused the British to retreat. Ten days after the [|battle], Herkeimer died.==