His surrender to American forces at the Battle of Saratoga marked a turning point in the Revolutionary War. The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the Revolutionary War. The scope of the victory is made clear by a few key facts: On October 17, 1777, 5,895 British and Hessian troops surrendered their arms
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The incredible coincidence that surround the appearance of the messenger from Corinth and the shepherd was that he was both the messanger, and once he had been the shepard that found a baby on the woods near Thebes who he had helped, that baby happened to be Oedipus.
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The messanger that was coming to tell Oedipus that his father Podipus was dead, was the same shepard that years ago found Oedipus abandoned. It was an incredible coincidence that he was giving a message to a man, that years ago he met as a baby.
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The above description contrast with early mining operations in the American West in that the formerly conditions of the old west were completely different than the "beautiful hills, waving fields of grass, prancing mule deer, a glimmering lake . . ." description by T.H. Watkins.
Indeed, it was the opposite. American settlers that decided to bet on the west and the "gold fever," found difficult conditions and economic hardships. That was not an easy time and required extra work to find the gold.
And let's have in mind that many people that went to the west were people that have been suffering from the difficult conditions in the Plains during the so-called "Dust Bowl" period in which drought and the lack of rain killed animals and affect the production of crops.
