OF

SCHOHARIE COUNTY,

AND

BORDER WARS OF NEW YORK;

CONTAINING ALSO

A SKETCH OF THE CAUSES WHICH LED TO THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION;

AND

INTERESTING MEMORANDA OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY;

TOGETHER WITH

MUCH OTHER HISTORICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS MATTER,
NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.

ILLUSTRATED WITH MORE THAN THIRTY ENGRAVINGS.

BY JEPTHA R. SIMMS.

Sleep soldiers of merit, sleep gallants of yore,

The hatchet is fallen, the struggle is o'er,-

While the fir tree is green and the wind rolls a wave,

The tear drop shall brighten the turf of the brave.-Upham.

ALBANY;

MUNSELL & TANNER, PRINTERS.
1845.