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MINISINK

Minisink is a town in Orange County, New York, USA. During 1779 constant raids were made by the British and Indians along the border settlements of New York. On the night of July the 19th, 1779, Brant, an Indian chief, commanding a force of 160 miscellaneous troops, descended upon Minisink, a village then in Ulster County. The citizens of Goshen, 120 strong, under Colonel Hathorn, went in pursuit. They were completely cut to pieces and Minisink was raided, though Sullivan's army of 2312 men was not far away.
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