Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 222, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1911 — Oriskany. [ARTICLE]

Oriskany.

(Aug. 6. 1777.) This is the field; this pathway leads To that bright hill of green, J, There is the marsh, the tangled weeds< That skirt the deep ravine. Here stood the flank on one dread day When thunder filled the air; And rose the shout o’er mountains gray: “The King and St. Leger!” They fell—the sons of years gone by, In 4rood and ambuscade; v And few men read in history' The brave defense they made. For that was seven score distant years; " 'The summer ,breezes stir. And deck with rows of grassy spears, The_grave of Herkimer. Nor shines the glare, of war’s red brand By fort and tower and town; “ But there was sorrow in the land When that good man went down. Soft echo sends his battle cry Across that valley fair; And yet the bending Dine trees sigh: “The King and, St. Leger!” —J. J. Meehan,