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French & Indian War

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The stone trading post of Johan Jost Herkimer, located on the __ side of the Mohawk River at Burnetsfield, was made into a fort with earth works and a palisade of logs, called Fort Herkimer (where the rest area is today on 5S).
Once they were in #10 Down, Henry' Harters wife Catharine was __ from him and taken across the St. Lawrence River to an Indian camp at Prescott and gave birth to a daughter, Catharine, in February 1758. They were reunited at the end of the war!
The English built a stone fort at Oswego in 1728, the only toehold on the Great Lakes, becoming the most successful __ post in the British Colonies.
The French and Indian War (1754–1763) pitted the colonies of __ America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by American Indian allies.
Over one hundred Palatines left their homes the day before the attack to cross over the river to a safer place at Fort __.
France’s __ into the Ohio River valley repeatedly brought it into conflict with the claims of the British colonies, leading to war.
The Palatine Village was a part of the Burnetsfield settlement established in 1725 when a group of 92 Palatine __ received a land grant (Burnetsfield Patent) in the extreme western frontier of the Province of New York.
To prepare the Mohawk Valley for war in 1756, a line of communications was built through the upper valley under the leadership of Sir William __.
#3 Across's daughter Catharine grew up to be a beautiful looking woman who married the most prominent citizen of Herkimer, General Michael Myers, and became mother of a large __.
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An expedition under the command of General M. de Belletre, composed of over 300 Marines, Canadians and Indians, ravaged and burned 60 __ of the Palatines, along with their barns, other outhouses and a water power mill.
The French and Indian War is also known as the __ Years War.
General M. de Belletre's report noted about the "Palatine Village attack" that "about 40 English perished, killed or drowned, and the number of __ were nearly 150."
Appolonia Bellinger Harter, wife of Frederick, was one of the captives. In an exchange of prisoners, Appolonia was __ from the Canadian prison camp, returned to Boston, traveled by boat to New York, traveled up the Hudson River to Albany, and then walked the distance from Albany to her home.
During the 1740's and early 1750's, Johan Jost Petrie, magistrate of Burnetsfield, had a fleet of __ to supply the fort at Oswego.
On November 12, 1757, the Palatine Village, now the village of __, was raided and destroyed by a war party of over 300 French, Canadians, and Indians.
Lorentz and Appolonia (Helmer) Harter were able to escape with their family to protection, but their 3 other Harter sons, Frederick, Henry and Lorentz II were prisoners who were taken to __.
After the war, these early settlers who showed great courage and fortitude rebuilt Burnetsfield and by 1772 it was necessary to form a new county. Burnetsfield became part of German Flatts and Kingland District in a new county called __.
The __River became the military supply route to the Great Lakes.