CHAPTER XII

. EARLY WORK ON THE GREAT LAKES 259

It was a beautiful Region unmarred by the Hand of Man in those Days--The Long Trail to Oswego--The First Yankee War-ship on Fresh Water--The British Get Ahead of us on Lake Ontario--Good Work of “The Old Sow” at Sackett’s Harbor--A Dash into Kingston Harbor--The Story of the Brilliant Work by which Jesse D. Elliott Won a Sword and the Admiration of the Nation.

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