books.google.ca - In the fifth year of the War of Independence, while the Americans focused on the British thrust against the Carolinas, the Canadian Department waged a decisive campaign against the northern frontier of New York. Their primary target was the Mohawk River region, known to be the "grainbowl" that fed Washington's...http://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Burning_of_the_Valleys.html?id=HHXxb14EcwsC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Burning of the Valleys