![]() ![]() It may seem an obscure, if arresting, episode: one little old lady against an entire set of regiments. Mohawk warrior, watercolor, Native American Civilization, United States, 18th century / De Agostini Picture Library / G. It was another kind of battle, with fewer casualties and yet profoundly destructive all the same. ![]() But Sullivan’s Campaign was no Lexington and Concord, nor was it Yorktown. ![]() Some modern readers probably imagine the same, or else they envision tidy lines of redcoats firing against minutemen. Soldiers expected whooping warriors with tomahawks raised. For the soldiers at the time and for modern audiences, though, Madam Sacho is a surprise. There were many such narratives from the American Revolution. Madam Sacho must have emerged from the smoke like a ghost: startling, uncanny, and with a tale to tell. Sullivan and his men burned houses, fields, and whole towns down to the ground. ![]() Kettles had been left in a hurry by the hearth, books had been thrown aside, and tall corn stalks stood untouched, ready for harvest, in the field. Those who had evacuated perhaps imagined they would be returning to their homes soon. The land, though very recently bustling with Indians, was eerily abandoned. ![]()
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