THE SITE OF OLD FORT SCHUYLER.

How all this force, to serve the crown,

And win in civil strife renown,

Before Fort Schuyler settled down,

Where Gansevoort close with Willett lay—

Their force too weak for open fray—

Bristling like hunted bucks at bay.

And Dirck, by Herkimer the stout,

Was sent to noise the news about,