TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=. Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. More detail can be found at the end of the book. ETHAN ALLEN The Robin Hood of Vermont BY HENRY HALL [Illustration: RUINS OF TICONDEROGA] NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1892 COPYRIGHT, 1892, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY. PREFACE. At the time of the death of Mr. Henry Hall, in 1889, the manuscript for this volume consisted of finished fragments and many notes. It was left in the hands of his daughters to complete. The purpose of the author was to make a fuller life of Allen than has been written, and singling him from that cluster of sturdy patriots in the New Hampshire Grants, to make plain the vivid personality of a Vermont hero to the younger generations. Mr. Hall's well-known habit of accuracy and painstaking investigation must be the guaranty that this "Life" is worthy of a place among the volumes of the history of our nation. HENRIETTA HALL BOARDMAN. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE AN ACCOUNT OF ALLEN'S FAMILY, 1 CHAPTER II. EARLY LIFE, HABITS OF THOUGHT, AND RELIGIOUS TENDENCIES, 12 CHAPTER III. REMOVAL TO VERMONT.--THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS, 22 CHAPTER IV. ALLEN AND THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS.--NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN NEW YORK AND THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS, 32 CHAPTER V. THE RAID UPON COLONEL REID'S SETTLERS.--ALLEN'S OUTLAWRY.--CREAN BRUSH.--PHILIP SKENE, 46 CHAPTER VI. PREPARATIONS TO CAPTURE TICONDEROGA.--DIARY OF EDWARD MOTT.--EXPEDITIONS PLANNED.--BENEDICT ARNOLD.--GERSHOM BEACH, 61 CHAPTER VII. CAPTURE OF TICONDEROGA, 73 CHAPTER VIII. ALLEN'S LETTERS TO THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, TO THE NEW YORK PROVINCIAL CONGRESS, AND TO THE MASSACHUSETTS CONGRESS, 81 CHAPTER IX. ALLEN'S LETTERS TO THE MONTREAL MERCHANTS, TO THE INDIANS IN CANADA, AND TO THE CANADIANS.--JOHN BROWN, 89 CHAPTER X. WARNER ELECTED COLONEL OF THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS.--ALLEN'S LETTER TO GOVERNOR TRUMBULL.--CORRESPONDENCE IN REGARD TO THE INVASION OF CANADA.--ATTACK ON MONTREAL.--DEFEAT AND CAPTURE.--WARNER'S REPORT, 98 CHAPTER XI. ALLEN'S NARRATIVE.--ATTACK ON MONTREAL.--DEFEAT AND SURRENDER.--BRUTAL TREATMENT.--ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND.--DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT, 110 CHAPTER XII.