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wounded officers in her house, 154; account of the second fight near Stillwater, 159; death of General Fraser, 160; on the retreat to Saratoga she is complimented by General Phillips, and reproves General Burgoyne, 169, 170; in a cellar at Saratoga, 172-179; assists in concealing the Brunswick colors, 182 ; enters the Amer- ican camp, and snubs General Burgoyne, 183, 184; entertained by General Schuyler, 184; observations on the road to Cambridge, 187, 188; life at Cambridge, 191-193 ; ball, 192; militia called to- gether by beacons, 193 ; journey to Virginia, meeting with Lafay- ette, anecdotes of her treatment by the Americans, 193-195.

Riedesel, Major-General Friedrich Adolph von, early life and enlist- ment, 117, 118; appointed major-general in command of the Bruns- wick contingent in America ; sees nothing disgraceful in that busi- ness, 118; sets out from Brunswick, imperfect equipment of the sol- diers, 119; letters home, I17-121 ; coadition of Canada, 121 ; inter- view with Indians, 121, 122; naval battle on Lake Champlain, I22, 123 ; reconnoitres Fort Ticonderoga, 123 ; winter quarters, occupa- tions and amusements, 123-125 ; does not like Burgoyne, 136, 137; approaches Mount Lidependence, which is abandoned, 140 ; action at Hubbardton, 141 ; letter from Burgoyne concerning baggage, 142 ; plan for Baum's expedition, 142, 143 ; expedition to Bennington, 143- 148 ; Riedesel had improved the Brunswick uniform, 124, 145 ; com- mands the left wing after crossing the Hudson, 152 ; fight at Free- man's Farm, 152, 153 ; councils of war, 156; reconnoissance, and second fight near Stillwater, 156-159; in the retreat commands the head of the column, 160, 161 ; councils of war, and negotiations for surrender, 162-179 ; state of feeling between Riedesel and Burgoyne, 170-172; conceals the Brunswick colors, iSi, 182; his contempt for American officers, description of members of the General Court of Massachusetts, 188, 189; life at Cambridge, 1S9-193 ; journey to Virginia, 193 ; exchanged, 196; writes to Washington, 2S4.

Riflemen, American, on Long Island, 61 ; described by Colonel von Heerin- gen,65,66; at Fort Washington, described, 82; German, see Oawif«rj.

Rochambeau, Count de, joins Washington before New York, 262 ; march to Virginia, 276 ; Yorktown, 277-281.

Rockel, servant of Baroness Riedesel, undertakes to defend her, 127; anxious about General von Riedesel, 176.

Rodney, Thomas, writes concerning Trenton, 92.

Riibenkonig, Sergeant, gallant conduct near Fort Independence, 261.

Russia refuses to let out troops, 14.

S. Sag Harbor, Colonel Meigs's expedition to, 225. Sandy Hook, the first Hessians at, 58 ; Howe sails for the Chesapeake,

197; Clinton retreats to, 214; Wiederhold puts back to, 231;

Campbell sails to Savannah, 240; last Hessians pass, 282.