do this so, yes, no matter what you are, if you're in new york county, virginia or if you're in poughkeepsie, new york, you will be able to pull these guys in. what else, what other advantages? >> they know the land better than nip. >> -- anyone. >> they do. all right. they know the creeks and the rivers and the indian paths and all those different places that nobody else knows whether you're continental army or british army, all different folks, you have to know your terrain, folks and you can use that to your advantage as far as getting supplying and being able to pick your battle where that's going to happen and using that to your best advantage. this you cannot discount how important this is here but what else? >> did large percentage of the militia have war experience from fighting in the french-indian war? >> again, they don't necessarily have to have experience in cut and dry battle. they have experience with the weapon and hunting and just fighting in general is part of that, yeah, they are not necessarily, you know, disciplined as far as a force but they're very comfortable in the f