Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1911 — Oriskany. [ARTICLE]

Oriskany.

"■f (Aug. 6, H 77.) < I This is the field; this pathway leads To that bright hill of green, There is the marsh, the tangled weed* 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* T ?n y IZuscade*” ** And few men read In history " The brave defense they made. For that was seven score distant years; The summer breezes stir, A s. d '^,T t ;i r ssir“ y ■ p “"’ ... j. i -A Nor shines the glare of war’s red brand By fort and tower and town; But there was sorrow in the land - ,vV -U When that good man went down. Soft echo sends his battle cry Across that valley fair; . ; / ~ And yet the bending pine trees sigh: •The King and St; Leger!” -J. J. Meehan,