Lee's character and schemes 68-70 Lee's expulsion from the army; his death 71 The situation at New York 72 The French fleet unable to enter the harbour 73 General Prescott at Newport 74 Attempt to capture the British garrison at Newport 75 Sullivan seizes Butts Hill 76 Naval battle prevented by storm 77 Estaing goes to Boston to refit his ships 77, 78 Yeomanry go home in disgust 78 Battle of Butts Hill (August 29) 79 The enterprise abandoned 79 Unpopularity of the French alliance 80 Stagnation of the war in the northern states 81, 82 CHAPTER XI WAR ON THE FRONTIER Joseph Brant, or Thayendanegea, missionary and war-chief 83-86 The Tories of western New York 87, 88 The valley of Wyoming and its settlers from Connecticut 89, 90 Massacre at Wyoming (July 3, 1778) 91, 92 Massacre at Cherry Valley (November 10) 93, 94 Sullivan's expedition against the Iroquois 94 Battle of Newtown (August 29, 1779) 95 Devastation of the Iroquois country 96 Reign of terror in the Mohawk valley 97, 98 The wilderness beyond the Alleghanies 99 Rivalry between Pennsylvania and Virginia for the possession of Fort Pitt 100 Lord Dunmore's war (1774) 100-104 Logan and Cresap 102, 103 Battle of Point Pleasant (October 10, 1774) and its consequences 104 Settlement of Kentucky 105 And of eastern Tennessee 106 Defeat of the Cherokees on the Watauga, and its consequences 106-108 George Rogers Clark 108 His conquest of the northwestern territory (1778) 109 Capture of Vincennes (February 23, 1779) 110 Settlement of middle Tennessee 111 Importance of Clark's conquest 112 Tryon's raids upon the coast of Connecticut 113