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Title: The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911
Year: 1893 (1890s)
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Subjects: Canadian periodicals
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario publishing co
Contributing Library: Toronto Public Library: Research and Reference Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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olonel Butler was aman of great natural ability, courageand experience, and had distinsruishedhmself in the French and Indianwars prior to the Revolution. He rais-ed a battalion of ranger^, of pickedmen well acquainted with the woods,and the customs of the Indians andtheir manner of making war. whowere well officei-ed by respectabh^2:entlemen. sou^ of dstinguished sold-iers. Their uniform was of dark sreencloth, with scarlet facings, and a flatcap having a brass badsre in front bear-ing the mcnocram G.R. encircledby a beH with the words Butler =Ransrers and surmounted by tbe Brt- OLD MILITAEY BUTTONS OiO ish CTOwn. Log buildings were builton the west side of the Niagara riverin 1778, and called Butlers Barracks.During t«he Eevolutionary war thisformidable body of men were cease- ably caused his failure. His Majestythe King had his thanks conveyed toColonel Butler for hs great servicesduring the war. The regiment wasfinally disbanded at Niagara in -June, immmammih iHWiiinrrrr --—■
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BKITISH KKGIMI.NTAI. l;r li ONS OF THE FKKNCH WAK AND KE\ OLL i lUNAKY WAK IKKIODS.SURROUNDING A CAP PLATE OF BUTLEKS RANGERS lesfely active throughout western NewYork, and along the frontier, in aconstant succession of conflicts, am-bushes, fierce engagements and raids,with tremendous destmiction to theenemys property. General Washing-ton made strenuous efforts to captureButter, but the skilful enemv invari- 1784. At the close of the war. in1783, a return of the corps showed astrength of four hundred and sixty-nine men, thirty of whom were offi-cers, with one hundred and elevenwomen and two hundred and fifty-seven children, who settled in the Ni-agara district/, being granted lands

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