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 Coto Cljace, 
 
 POEM IN THREE CANTOS. 
 
 BY 
 
 Major JOHN ANDRE, 
 
 ADJUTANT GENERAL TO THE BRITISH ARMY 
 IN NEW YORK, IN I780. 
 
 ALBANY, N. Y. : 
 
 ]. MUNSELL, 78 STATE STREET. 
 
 1866. 
 
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 Edition ioo Copies. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 941 
 
 gǤ HE fatirical Poem of Major 
 Andre, entitled The Cow Chace, 
 has been regarded with addi- 
 tional Intereft from its being 
 among the Laft of the Writings of this tal- 
 ented but indifcreet young Officer. It is 
 founded upon an unfuccefsful Attempt of a 
 Party under General Wayne, to Capture a 
 Block-houfe upon the Hudfon in New Jer- 
 fey, and but a fhort Diftance from the City 
 of New York, on the 21ft of July, 1780. 
 
 This Blockhoufe was held by a fmall 
 Party of Loyalifl: Refugees, under Colonel 
 Cuyler, but at this Time under the imme- 
 diate Command of Captain Thomas Ward, 
 and was built to cover the Operations of 
 fome Wood cutters employed in the Vi- 
 cinity. 
 
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Prefc 
 
 ace. 
 
 The prefent Edition is printed from the 
 firft, as it appeared at Intervals in the 
 Columns of Rivington's Royal Gazette, of 
 New York City. The original Notes as 
 printed in that Paper, are here preferved as 
 Foot Notes, while all the additional Notes 
 are given at the End, with the Authorities 
 from whence derived. 
 
 This Poem has been often printed, and 
 from the tirll:, has enjoyed a certain Degree 
 of Popularity. Mr. Sargent in his Life of 
 Andre intimates, that the Theme may have 
 been fuggefted by the Fa6t, that the Author 
 then boarded with John Thompfon, the 
 Wood-cutting Agent at New York, and 
 then engaged at this Place. The Piece is 
 faid to have been written at Head-Quarters 
 No. I Broadway. Dunlap reports, that the 
 Printer received the laft Canto from the 
 Author, on the Day before he fet out to 
 meet Arnold. 
 
 The Army under General Wafhington 
 lay at this Time in New Jerfey, a few Miles 
 back from the River, in Bergen County, in 
 
Preface. 5 
 
 Pofition to obferve the Enemy, but too weak 
 for any aggreffive Movement. The Ameri- 
 cans were in great Want of the common 
 NecefTaries of Life, many of the Soldiers 
 were barefooted, mofl: of them ragged, and 
 not a few bitterly complaining under their 
 Privations, and apparently on the Verge of 
 
 Mutiny. 
 
 The Expeftation of an early Arrival of 
 Troops from France, imparted Hope to 
 the Continental Army, and the Difcontent 
 which they fometimes expreffed, was in no 
 Degree Emulated by a Defire to return to 
 the Britifh Allegiance. 
 
 To relieve their Wants by drawing from 
 the Supplies within the Enemy's reach, was 
 a Meafure of Policy, fuggefted by the firft 
 Principles of Warfare, and led to repeated 
 Attempts of this Kind during the Courfe of 
 
 this Seafon. 
 
 On the 30th of Auguil: it was reported 
 in the Gazette fo often quoted in thefe 
 Pages, that "General Wafhington, the 
 Marquis de La Fayette, Generals Green and 
 
6 Preface, 
 
 Wayne, with many other Officers, and a 
 large Body of Rebels, have been in the 
 Vicinity of Bergen for fome Time paft. 
 They have taken all the Forage from the 
 Inhabitants of that Place, and left them 
 deftitute of every Thing for their prefent 
 and Winter Sublicence. Their Officers 
 were down as low as Prior's Mills laft Fri- 
 day, but did not feem inclined to make any 
 Attack. Their Artillery, fave fome few 
 Pieces, with their Baggage, are about twenty 
 Miles in the Country." 
 
 Several feparate Editions of The Cow 
 Chace has been publilhed, and it has often 
 appeared in the Columns of Periodicals, and 
 in Colledtions of Poems relating to this 
 Period. 
 
 As a Specimen of Literature, while it has 
 fome Faults, it has other Points of great 
 Beautv, and it evervwhere bears Evidence 
 that its Author polfelfed a keen Senfe of 
 the Ludicrous, and the Ability to feize upon 
 thofe Points of his Subjedt which allowed 
 the befl Opportunity for its Exercife. 
 
Preface. 7 
 
 We have thought proper to infert as an 
 Introduction to the Poem, the Preface and 
 Advertifement of the London Edition of 
 1 78 1, and fuch Letters and Newfpaper 
 Articles, as might moll fully prefent the 
 Reports of both Sides upon the Subjed:, 
 with many little Incidents that further ferve 
 to give it Intereft. The Bitternefs of par- 
 tizan Feeling which fo largely influenced 
 the Statements and Opinions of Cotempo- 
 raries, has long fince paft into Oblivion, and 
 no one will at this Day, cherifh the Memory 
 of our illuftrious Wafhington, and his dif- 
 tinguiflied Companions in Arms with lefs 
 Veneration, by knowing what was faid 
 againft them by Partizans within the Ene- 
 my's Lines, who had every Motive for 
 weakening their Influence, and throwing 
 Ridicule upon their A61:s. 
 
INTRO DUCTION. 
 
 Advert if e?nent of the London Edition:^ 
 
 THE following Poem was written by 
 the late gallant Major Andre, who 
 was condemned to die /c?r doing his Duty to 
 his King and Country, by a Set of Mifcre- 
 ants, calling themfelves " General Officers'' 
 in the American Rebellion; all of whom 
 are a thoufand Times more deferving of 
 Death for their Crimes, with the inhuman 
 
 *The 1 CowChace: | an | Hcroick Poem in three Cantos, | 
 
 Written at New York, 1780. | By the late Major Andre, ] with 
 
 Explanatory Notes, by the Editor. | 
 
 «' The Man who fights, and runs away, \ 
 " May live to fight another day," > 
 
 Said Butler in his deathleis lay : ) 
 
 " But he who is in battle flain, ) 
 
 " Can never rife to fight again ;" . 
 
 As wifely thought good General Wayne. ) 
 
 London : ] Printed for John Fielding, No. 23 Pater-Nofter-Row, 
 
 1781. I 4to, pp. 32. 
 
 B 
 
lo IntroduEiion. 
 
 Wafiington at their Head, by whofe Author- 
 ity their Sentence was put into execution, 
 and who has, by his own perfonal Orders, 
 caufed more than fifteen hundred Britifli 
 Subjeds to be executed lince he became a 
 Traitor, for the bare Profeffion of Loyalty, 
 and becaufe they would not add, as he had 
 done. Perjury and Treafon to Cruelty and 
 Rapme. Yet are there even Britons fo loft 
 to Shame, and fo dead to Humanity, as to 
 applaud his Conduft. 
 
 Preface of the London Edition, 1781. 
 
 THE Poem is founded on the Defeat of 
 the Rebel Generals, Wayne, Irving, 
 and Procter, by a fmall Body of Refugees, 
 as ftated in the following Gazettes. The 
 principal Subjed: is the taking and retaking 
 of the Cattle ; that Part of the Story afford- 
 ing the beft Opportunity for Humour. 
 
 The lafl Stanza muft awaken the Senfi- 
 bility of the Reader. It leems to have been 
 prophetic of the difaflrous Fate of the ac- 
 
IntroduSiion. 
 
 1 1 
 
 compliihed Author. The Poem was printed 
 in feparate Cantos at New York ; the laft 
 Canto on the very Day the Major was taken 
 Prifoner. 
 
 Letter from General Wajhington to the Preji- 
 dent of Congrefs. 
 
 [From the Pennfylvania Packet, Augull i, 1780.] 
 
 Head Quarters, (Bergen County) 
 
 July 26, 1780. 
 Sir, 
 
 Having received Information that there 
 
 were confiderable Numbers of Cattle and 
 
 Horfes on Bergen Neck, within Reach of 
 
 the Enemy, and having Reafon to fufped: 
 
 that they meant fliortly to draw all Supplies 
 
 of that Kind within their Lines, I detached 
 
 Brigadier General Wayne, on the 20th, with 
 
 the lirft and fecond Pennfylvania Brigades, 
 
 with four Pieces of Artillery attached to 
 
 them, and Colonel Moyland's* Regiment 
 
 of Dragoons to bring them off. I had it 
 
 alfo in Contemplation to attempt at the 
 
 * Stephen Moylan. 
 
1 2 Introdu&ion. 
 
 fame Time, the Deflru6tion of a Block- 
 houfe at Bull's Ferry,* which ferved the 
 Purpofe of covering the Enemy's Wood- 
 cutters, and giving Security to a Body of 
 Refugees, by whom it was garrifoned, and 
 who committed Depredations upon the 
 well-affe6led Inhabitants for many Miles 
 round. 
 
 General Wayne having difpofed of his 
 Troops in fuch a Manner as to guard the 
 different Landing Places on the Bergen 
 Shore, upon which the Enemy might throw 
 over Troops from York Illand to intercept 
 his Retreat, and having fent down his Ca- 
 valry to execute the Bulinefs of driving off 
 the Stock, proceeded with the iirif, fecond 
 and tenth Regiments, and the Artillery, to 
 
 * Bull's Ferrv is a Landing and Hamlet at the Foot of the 
 Palifades on the New Jcrfey Shore, oppofite 90th Street New 
 York City. A Steam Ferry now conneds it with the City. It 
 is the Seat of a Poll; Office of this Name. 
 
 Blockhoufe Point is a Hiort Diftancc below, and derives its 
 Name from the Blockhoufe that was the Scene of Events defcribed 
 in Andre's Poem. The Place was named from a Family who 
 were living there at the Time of the Attack. 
 
IntroduEiion. 13 
 
 the Block-houfe, which he found furround- 
 ed by an Abatis and Stockade. He for 
 fome Time, tried the EflFed; of his Field 
 Pieces upon it, but tho' the Fire was kept 
 up for an Hour, they were found too light 
 to penetrate the Logs of which it was con- 
 ftrudted. The Troops during this Time, 
 being galled by a conftant Fire from the 
 Loop-holes of the Houfe, and feeing no 
 Chance of making a Breach with Cannon, 
 the firft and fecond Regiments, notwith- 
 ftanding the utmoft Efforts of the Officers to 
 reftrain them, ruilied through the Abatis to 
 the Foot of the Stockade, with a View of 
 forcing an Entrance, which was found im- 
 practicable. 
 
 This Ad: of intemperate Valour, was the 
 Caufe of the LolTes fullained, and which 
 amounted in the whole, to three Officers 
 wounded, 15 non-commiffioned and Pri- 
 vates killed, and 46 non-commiffioned and 
 Privates wounded. The wounded Officers 
 are. Lieutenants Hammond and Crawford, 
 of the lirft, and Lieutenant De Hart, of the 
 
14- Introdu&ion. 
 
 fecond, the lafl lince dead. I cannot but 
 mention his Death with Regret, as he was 
 a young Gentleman of amiable Qualities, 
 and who promifed fair to be fervicable to 
 his Country. 
 
 The Dragoons, in the mean Time, drove 
 off the Stock which were found on the 
 Neck; the Sloops and Wood boats in the 
 Dock near the Block-houfe were burnt, 
 and a few People on board them made Pri- 
 foners. 
 
 I have been thus particular, left the Ac- 
 counts qf this Affair fhould have reached 
 Philadelphia much exaggerated, as is com- 
 monly the Cafe on fuch Occalions. 
 I have the honour to be. 
 
 With the greateft refpedt. Sir, 
 Your Excellency's moft 
 Obedient Servant, 
 
 George Washington. 
 His Excellency Samuel Huntington, Efquire. 
 
 Publilhed by Order of Congrefs. 
 Charles Thompfoiiy Sec'y- 
 
IntroduBion. '5 
 
 Neivffaper Notices. 
 
 [From Rivington's Royal Gazette, No. 398, J»ly 22, -TSo-] 
 
 Jonathan thefe Babes of thine, 
 Are not all Children genuine. 
 
 Yefterday Morning about nine o'Clock, 
 Generals Wayne and Irwin, with the ift 
 and 2d Pennfylvania Brigades of Infantry, 
 Colonel Moylan's Cavalry, and Proftor's 
 Artillery, the Flower of Waihmgton s 
 Army, confifting of about 1800 Troops, 
 with 6 fix Pounders, and one Howitzer, 
 appeared in View of Col. Cuyler's Refugee 
 Port, on the Jerfey Shore, which was then 
 commanded by Captain Thomas Ward; 
 about ten o'Clock they advanced with their 
 Cannon, within one hundred and fixty 
 Yards of the Refugee Works, and com- 
 menced a tremendous Cannonade, which 
 kfted till half paft eleven. They attempted 
 
 .Col Thomas Proaor was a Native of Ireland, and fettled 
 i„ America before the Revolution. By Trade he was a Carpen- 
 „. H= died at Philadelphia, March ,6, .807, aged 67 \ e ,s 
 
 • ^ ;., t;f Paul's Church Yard in that 
 
 and his Rcmai.ts were interred in St. l^aul s i^imicn 
 
 City. 
 
t6 IntroduSiion. 
 
 to ftorm the Abatis, but were repulfed with 
 the Lofs of about ninety killed and wound- 
 ed, among which are five Officers. The 
 Lofs of the Refugees, is four killed and 
 eight (lightly wounded. No Veterans could 
 have behaved better than thefe few Loyal- 
 ifts ; and his Excellency the Commander 
 in Chief, has expreifed his Thanks and 
 Approbation, to this LOYAL BAND, for 
 their fpirited and gallant Behaviour. 
 
 [From Rivington's Royal Gazette, No. 399, July 26, i 780.] 
 
 The following are the Names of the brave 
 Refugees that were killed and wounded at 
 Colonel Cuyler's Refugee Poft, near Fort 
 Lee, on Hudfon's River, on Friday the 21ft 
 Inft. (as mentioned in our laft,) viz. Thomas 
 Philips, of the Artillery, John McMurdy, 
 with another Man and a Negro killed. 
 
 Lieutenants George and Abfalom Bull, 
 Alexander Sharp, John and Ezekiel Feaiy, 
 and John Mullan wounded. 
 
IntroduEiion, 17 
 
 The principal Rebel Officers on the At- 
 tack, were Colonels Moylan, Stewart, Hays, 
 Prodtor, and the Majors Lee* and More. 
 
 Thus the chofen Band of Wafliington's 
 Army, were repulfed by a few determined 
 Loyalifts ; and we have Reafon to believe 
 the Lofs of the Rebels much greater than 
 has yet been afcertained ; and to add more 
 to the Spirit of the Refugees, a Party under 
 the Command of the brave Captain Ward, 
 purfued the Rear of the retreating Army 
 upwards of four Miles, retook twenty Head 
 of Cattle that were carried off from the well 
 affected Neighbourhood, killed one Rebel, 
 and made Prifoner of General Wayne's Ser- 
 vant and another. 
 
 The following Approbation was ftgnified to 
 Colonel Cuyler, by the Adjutant General. 
 
 Head Quarters, July 21, 1780. 
 Sir, The Commander in Chief admiring 
 
 * Major Henry Lee, afterwards a General in the Service, and 
 Governor of Virginia. He was the Father of Robert E. Lee, 
 Commander in Chief of the Rebel Armies, in the War of 1861-5. 
 
1 8 IntroduEiion. 
 
 the Gallantry of the Refugees, who in fuch 
 fmall Numbers, defended their Poft againft 
 fo very confiderable a Corps, and withftood 
 both their Cannon and AlTault, defires his 
 very particular Acknowledgement of their 
 Merit may be teftified to them. 
 
 His Excellency requefts you will give in 
 a Return of the Numbers prefent at this 
 fpirited Defence, that he may give Direc- 
 tions for uniform Cloathing and Hats be- 
 ing given them from the Infpedor General's 
 Office. 
 
 In Future, your Requifition of Ammuni- 
 tion will be valid with the Ordnance. 
 I have the the honour to be, 
 Sir, your moft obedient, 
 and moft humble Servant, 
 
 John Andre, A. D. G. 
 
 [Quoted in Rivington's Royal Gazette, No. 400, July 29, 1780.] 
 
 New-Jersey. 
 
 "Chatham, July 26. Laft Friday, General 
 Wayne, with a Detachment of 1800 Men, 
 
IntroduEiion. 19 
 
 made an AlTault upon a Blockhoufe of the 
 Enemy near Bull's Ferry, on the North 
 River, but finding it very ftrong, [held by only 
 84 Refugees) drew off the Men. Our Lofs 
 we are told, amounts to near 50 Killed and 
 Wounded." [But the Returns fay 150.) 
 
 Card in Rivingtons Gazette, July 29, 1780. 
 " A Lady prefents her Compliments to 
 the Sir Clement of Philadelphia Ball Room, 
 and defires the next Country Dances may 
 commence with a new Movement, called, 
 
 A Trip to the Blockhouse, 
 
 OR THE 
 
 Wood Cutters Triumph, 
 
 In Compliment to a certain General, who 
 (emulating his Brother Arnold,) was lately 
 checked on the North River, by a Malheu- 
 reufe Event, and his Glories (now on the 
 Wane) threatened with an infuperable Mor- 
 tification." 
 
20 IntroduEiton. 
 
 (Publiilied by Authority.) 
 
 ExtraB of a Letter from Sir Henry Clin- 
 ton to Lord George Germain, dated 
 Eaji Haffipton, Suffolk County, Long IJland, 
 Auguji 20, 1780. 
 
 [From the London Gazette.] 
 
 I have the Satisfaction of communicating 
 to your Lordfliip an Inftance of Courage, 
 which reflects the greatefl Honour on a 
 fmall Body of the Refugees. 
 
 h^o\)X feventy of them had taken Poft on 
 a Part of the oppoiite Shore on the North 
 River, called Bull's Ferry, where they had 
 fortified themfelves with a Block-houfe and 
 Stockade, to be protected in cutting Wood, 
 the Labour they were employed in for their 
 Maintenance. 
 
 A Corps of near two thoufand Rebels, 
 under their Generals Wayne, Irving and 
 ProCtor, with feven Pieces of Cannon, made 
 an Attack upon them on the 21ft ult. Not- 
 withftanding a Cannonade of three Hours, 
 
Introdu&ion. 2 1 
 
 almoft every Shot of which penetrated 
 through the Block-houfe, and an Attempt 
 to carry the Place by AfTault, they were 
 repulfed by thefe brave Men, with the Lofs 
 of a great many killed and wounded. The 
 Exertions of the Refugees did not ceafe : 
 after having refifted fo great a Force, they 
 followed the Enemy, feized their Stragglers, 
 and rej cued from theyn the Cattle they were 
 driving from the neighbouring DiJiriB. 
 
 The Block-houfe which I vifited, was 
 pierced with fifty-two Shot in one Face 
 only, and the fmall Guns that were in it 
 were difmounted. Six of the Refugees 
 were killed and fifteen wounded, — the far 
 greater Part in the Block-houfe.* 
 
 * It is highly probable, that Major Andre accompanied General 
 Clinton on this Vifit to the Blockhoufc. 
 
22 
 
 IntroduBion. 
 
 [From Rivington's Royal Gazette, No. 439, December 13, 1 780.] 
 
 Head Quarters, iith Dec, 1780. 
 
 Sir, I have the Pleafure offending you, by 
 the Direction of his Excellency the Com- 
 mander in Chief, the enclofed Extradl of a 
 Letter which he has received by the laft 
 Pacquet, from Lord George Germain, one of 
 his Majefty's principal Secretaries of State, 
 and which he is happy to communicate to 
 you by the firft Opportunity. 
 
 I am. Sir, your moll obedient 
 humble Servant, 
 
 Fred. Mackenzie, D. A. Gen. 
 
 Capt. Ward,* Loyal Refugees. 
 
 * Capt. Thomas Ward, was from Newark, New Jerfey, and 
 had originally Tided with the Whig Party. He was the Leader 
 of a Band of Outlaws, and plundered wherever he found Oppor- 
 tunity. — Sabine's LoyaliJIs, i, 400. 
 
 Ward was fubfequently transferred to a Block Houfe at Ber- 
 gen Point, where on the 7th of Oftober, he was again attacked 
 by a Party of Infantry and Horfe, reported by Britifh Accounts 
 as two hundred ftrong, and fucceeded in refilling them. On the 
 2ift of November he attempted to furprife the American Guard 
 at Newark and was repulfed. 
 
IntroduEiton. 23 
 
 ExtraB of a Letter from Lord George 
 Germain, to his Excellency, Sir Henry 
 Clinton, dated \th OBober, 1780. 
 
 " The very extraordinary Inftance of 
 Courage fliewn by the Loyal Refugees, in 
 the Affair of Bull's Ferry, of which you 
 make fuch honourable Mention, is a pleat- 
 ing Proof of the Spirit and Refolution with 
 which Men in their Circumftances will ad: 
 againft their OpprefTors, and how great 
 Advantage the King's Troops may derive 
 from employing thofe of approved Fidelity. 
 And his Majefty, to encourage fuch Exer- 
 tions, commands me to defire you will ac- 
 quaint the Survivors of the brave Seventy, 
 that their intrepid Behaviour is approved of 
 by their Sovereign." 
 
THE 
 
 COW CHACE. 
 
 Canto I.^ 
 
 ^ I ^O drive the Kine, one Summer's Morn, 
 
 The Tanner^ took his Way, — 
 The Calf fhall rue that is unborn 
 The Jumbling of that Day. 
 
 And Wayne defcending Steers (hall know, 
 
 And tauntingly deride. 
 And call to Mind in ev'ry Low^ 
 
 The Tanning of /ji's Hide. 
 
 * The References by Figures, are to correfponding Numbers 
 in the Notes at the End of the Poem. 
 
 D 
 

 
THE 
 
 COW CHACE 
 
 Canto I.* 
 
 ^ I ^O drive the Kine, one Summer's Morn, 
 
 The Tanner^ took his Way, — 
 The Calf fhall rue that is unborn 
 The Jumbling of that Day. 
 
 And Wayne defcending Steers (hall know, 
 
 And tauntingly deride. 
 And call to Mind in ev'ry Low^ 
 
 The Tanning of his Hide. 
 
 * The References by Figures, are to correfponding Numbers 
 in the Notes at the End of the Poem. 
 
 D 
 
26 T^he Cow Chace, 
 
 Yet Bergen Cows ftill ruminate 
 
 Unconfcious in the ftall. 
 What mighty Means were ufed to get 
 
 And lofe them after all. 
 
 For many Heroes bold and brave 
 From New-Bridge^ and Tapaan,'* 
 
 And thofe that drink PalTaick'sS Wave, 
 And thofe that eat Soupaan.^ 
 
 And Sons of diflant Delaware 
 
 And ftill remoter Shannon,^ 
 And Major Lee^ with Horfes rare 
 
 And Prod;er9 with his Cannon. 
 
 All wond'rous proud in Arms they came 
 
 What Hero could refufe ? 
 To tread the rugged Path to Fame 
 
 Who had a Pair of Shoes.'° 
 
l^he Cow Chace. 27 
 
 ktfix the Hoft with fweating Buff, 
 
 Arriv'd at Freedom's Pole," [enough 
 
 When Wayne, who thought he'd Time 
 Thus fpeechified the Whole : 
 
 " O ye whom Glory doth unite 
 " Who Freedom's Caufe efpoufe 
 
 " Whether the Wing that's doom'd to fight 
 " Or that to drive the Cows : 
 
 " 'Ere yet you tempt your further Way 
 
 " Or into Adion come, 
 " Hear Soldiers what I have to lay 
 
 " And take a Pint of Rum. 
 
 " Intemp'rate Valour then will firing, 
 " Each nervous Arm the better 
 
 " So all the Land fhall lO fing 
 " And read the Gen'ral's Letter.'^ 
 
28 T^be Cow Chace. 
 
 " Know that fome paltry Refugees 
 " Whom I've a Mind to fight, 
 
 " Are playing H — 1 amongfl the Trees, 
 " That grow on yonder Height. 
 
 " Their Fort and Block Houfes we'll level, 
 " And deal a horrid Slaughter, 
 
 *' We'll drive the Scoundrels to the Devil 
 " And ravifh Wife and Daughter. 
 
 " I, under Cover of th' Attack 
 " Whilft you are all at Blows, 
 
 " From Englifh Neighb'rood'^andTinack"^ 
 " Will drive away the Cows. 
 
 " For well you know the latter is 
 
 " The ferious Operation 
 " And fighting with the Refugees 
 
 " Is only Demonftration." 
 
The Cow Chace. 29 
 
 His daring Words from all the Crowd 
 
 Such great Applaufe did gain 
 That every Man declar'd aloud 
 
 Yov ferious Work with Wayne. 
 
 Then from the Calk of Rum once more 
 
 They took a heady Jill, 
 When one and all they loudly fwore 
 
 They'd fight upon the Hill. 
 
 But here — the Mufe has not a Strain 
 
 Befitting fuch great Deeds, 
 Huzza they cried, huzza for Wayne 
 
 And fliouting — did their Needs. 
 
 End of Canto the Firji. 
 
THE 
 
 COW CHACE. 
 
 Canto II. ^s 
 
 IV TEAR his meridian Pomp the Sun 
 
 Had journey'd from the Horizon, 
 When fierce the dufky Tribe mov'd on 
 Of Heroes drunk as Poifon. 
 
 The Sounds confuf'd of boafting Oaths, 
 
 Reecho'd thro' the Wood, 
 Some vow'd to fleep in dead Men's Cloaths, 
 
 And fome to fwim in Blood. 
 
The Cow Chace. 3^ 
 
 At Irvine's Nod 'twas fine to fee, 
 
 The Left prepare to fight, 
 The while the Drovers, Wayne and Lee, 
 
 Drew off upon the Right. 
 
 Which Irvine 'twas, Fame don't relate. 
 
 Nor can the Mufe affift her. 
 Whether 'twas he that cocks a Hat, 
 
 Or he that gives a Glifter.'^ 
 
 For greatly one was fignaliz'd 
 That fought at Chefnut-Hill, 
 
 And Canada immortaliz'd. 
 The Vender of the Pill. 
 
 Yet the Attendance upon Proder, 
 They both might have to boaft of; 
 
 For there was Bufinefs for the Dodor, 
 And Hatts to be difpof'd of. 
 
32 The Cow Chace. 
 
 Let none uncandidly infer. 
 That Stirling wanted Spunk, 
 
 The felf-made Peer had fure been there. 
 But that the Peer was drunk. 
 
 But turn we to the Hudfon's Banks, 
 Where ftood the modeft Train, 
 
 With Purpofe firm, tho' ilender Ranks, 
 Nor car'd a Pin for Wayne. 
 
 For them the unrelenting Hand 
 
 Of Rebel Fury drove. 
 And tore from ev'ry genial Band, 
 
 Of Friendship and of Love. 
 
 And fome within a dungeon's Gloom, 
 
 By mock Tribunals laid. 
 Had waited long a cruel Doom, 
 
 Impending o'er their Heads. 
 
The Cow Chace. 3.^ 
 
 Here, one bewails a Brother's Fate, 
 
 There one a Sire demands, 
 Cut off, alas ! before their Date 
 
 By ignominious Hands. 
 
 And filver'd Grandfires here appear'd, 
 
 In deep Diftrefs ferene. 
 Of reverend Manners, that declar'd, 
 
 That better Days they'd feen. 
 
 Oh curf'd Rebellion thefe are thine 
 Thine all thefe Tales of Woe, 
 
 Shall at thy dire infatiate Shrine 
 Blood never ceafe to flow ? 
 
 And now the Foe began to lead 
 
 His Forces to th' Attack ; 
 
 Balls whiftling unto Balls fucceed. 
 
 And made the Block-houfe crack. 
 E 
 
34 ^^^ Cow Chace. 
 
 No Shot could pafs, if you will take 
 The Gen'ral's Word for true ;'7 
 
 But 'tis a d ble Miftake, 
 
 For every Shot went thro'. 
 
 The firmer as the Rebels prelT'd, 
 
 The loyal Heroes ftand ; 
 Virtue had nerv'd each honefl: Breaft, 
 
 And Induftry each Hand. 
 
 " In valour's Phrenzy,-^' Hamilton 
 
 " Rode like a Soldier big, 
 " And Secretary Harrifon,'^ 
 
 " With Pen ftuck in his Wig. 
 
 " But leaft their Chieftain Wafliington, 
 " Should mourn them in the Mumps,f 
 
 * Vide Lee's Trial. (See Note 18.) 
 
 f A Diforder prevalent in the Rebel Lines. (See Note 20.) 
 
The Cow Cbace. 35 
 
 " The Fate of Withrington to ihun, 
 " Thought behind the Stumps."* 
 
 But ah, Thadaeus Poffet, why 
 
 Should thy poor Soul elope, 
 And why fliould Titus Hooper die, 
 
 Ah die — without a Rope ! 
 
 Apoftate Murphy, thou to whom 
 
 Fair Shela ne'er was cruel. 
 In Death Jhalt hear her mourn thy Doom, 
 
 " Auch wou'd you die my Jewel ?" 
 
 Thee, Nathan Pumpkin I lament. 
 
 Of melancholy Fate, -; * 
 
 The Grey Goofe ftolen as he went, - 
 In his Heart's Blood was wet." 
 
 * " The Merit of thefe Lines, which is doubtlefs very great, can 
 " only be felt by true Connoifleures converfant in antient Song." 
 (Sec Note 21.) 
 
36 The Cow Chace. 
 
 Now as the Fight was further fought, 
 
 And Balls began to thicken, 
 The Fray alfum'd, the Gen'rals thought. 
 
 The Colour of a Licking. 
 
 Yet undifmay'd the Chiefs command. 
 
 And to redeem the Day, 
 Cry, Soldiers^ charge I they hear, they fland. 
 
 They turn, and run away. 
 
 End of Canto the Second. 
 
THE 
 
 COW CHACE. 
 
 Canto 111.^3 
 
 ^^TOT all delights the bloody Spear, 
 
 Or horrid Din of Battle, 
 There are, I'm fure, who'd like to hear 
 A Word about the Cattle. 
 
 The Chief whom we beheld of late. 
 Near Schralenburgh^'^ haranguing, 
 
 At Yan Van Poop's,^5 unconfcious fat 
 Of Irving's hearty Banging. 
 
38 The Cow Choice, 
 
 Whilft valiant Lee, with Courage wild, 
 
 Moft bravely did oppofe 
 The Tears of Woman and of Child, 
 
 Who begg'd he'd leave the Cows. 
 
 But Wayne, of fympathiling Heart, 
 
 Required a Relief 
 Not all the Bleffings could impart 
 
 Of Battle or of Beef, 
 
 For now a Prey to female Charms, 
 His Soul took more delight in 
 
 A lovely ^Hamadryad's Arms, 
 Than driving Cows or fighting ; 
 
 A Nymph, the Refugees had drove 
 Far from her native Tree, 
 
 * A Deity of the Woods. 
 
The Cow Chace, 39 
 
 Juft happen'd to be on the Move, 
 When up came Wayne and Lee. 
 
 She in mad Anthony's fierce Eye 
 
 The Hero faw pourtray'd, 
 And all in Tears (he took him by 
 
 —The Bridle of his Jade.^^ 
 
 " Hear, faid the Nymph, O great Com- 
 " No human Lamentations ; [mander ! 
 
 " The Trees you fee them cutting yonder 
 " Are all my near Relations ; 
 
 " And I, forlorn ! implore thine Aid, 
 
 " To free the facred Grove ; 
 " So fliall thy Prowefs be repaid . 
 
 " With an Immortal's Love." 
 
 Nov^ fome, to prove fhe was a Goddefs, 
 Said this enchanting Fair 
 
^o 'rhe Cow Chace. 
 
 Had late retired from the Bodies,^ 
 In all the Pomp of War ; 
 
 That Drums and merry Fifes had play'd 
 
 To honour her Retreat, 
 And Cunningham^^ himfelf convey'd 
 
 The Lady thro' the ftreet. 
 
 Great Wayne, by foft Compaffion fway'd, 
 
 To no Enquiry ftoops. 
 But takes the fair afflided Maid 
 
 Right into Yan Van Poop's. 
 
 So Roman Anthony, they fay, 
 Difgrac'd th' imperial Banner, 
 
 And for a Gipfy ^^ loft a Day, 
 Like Anthony the Tanner. 
 
 * A cant Appellation given amongft the Soldiery to the Corps 
 that has the Honour to guard his Majefty's Perfon, 
 
The Cow Chace. 4^ 
 
 The Hamadryad had but half 
 Receiv'd Redrefs from Wayne, 
 
 When Drums and Colours, Cow and Calf, 
 Came down the Road amain. 
 
 All in a Cloud of Dull were feen 
 The Sheep, the Horfe, the Goat, 
 
 The gentle Heifer, Afs obfcene, 
 The Yearling, and the Shoat, 
 
 And Pack-horfes with Fowls came by, 
 
 Befeather'd on each Side, 
 Like Pegafus, the Horfe that I 
 
 And other Poets ride. 
 
 Sublime upon his Stirrups rofe 
 
 The mighty Lee behind. 
 And drove the terror-fmitten Cows, 
 
 Like Chaff before the Wind. 
 F 
 
4-2 The Cow Chace. 
 
 But fudden fee the Woods above 
 
 Pour down another Corps, 
 All helter fkelter in a Drove, 
 
 Like that I lung before. 
 
 Irving and Terror in the Van, 
 
 Came flying all abroad. 
 And Cannon, Colours, Horfe and Man 
 
 Ran tumbling to the Road. 
 
 Still as he fled, 'twas Irving's Cry, 
 
 And his Example too, 
 " Run on, my merry Men all — For why ? 
 " The Shot will not go thro'."* 
 
 * Five Refugees ('tis true) were found 
 
 Stiff on the Bloci<houfe floor, 
 But then 'tis thought the Shot went round. 
 
 And in at the back Door. 
 
7'/6^ Cow Chace. 43 
 
 As when two Kennels in the Street, 
 
 Swell'd with a recent Rain, 
 In gulhing Streams together meet, 
 
 And feek the neighbouring Drain ; 
 
 So met thefe dung-born Tribes in one, 
 
 As fwift in their Career, 
 And fo to Newbridge they ran on, — 
 
 But all the Cows got clear. 
 
 Poor Parfon Caldwell,^-"^ all in Wonder, 
 
 Saw the returning Train, 
 And mourn'd to Wayne the lack of Plunder, 
 
 For them to fteal again. 
 
 For 'twas his Right to feize the Spoil, and 
 To Share with each Commander 
 
 As he had done at Staten Illand, 
 With froft-bit Alexander.3° 
 
44- '1-he Cow Chace, 
 
 In his Difmay the frantick Prieft 
 
 Began to grow prophetic, 
 You'd fwore, to fee his lab'ring Breaft, 
 
 He'd taken an Emetic. 
 
 " I view a future Day," faid he, 
 " Brighter than this Day dark is, 
 
 " And you fhall fee what you fliall fee, — 
 " Ha ! ha ! one pretty Marquis. 3^ 
 
 " And he fhall come to Paulus Hook,3^ 
 " And great Atchievements think on, 
 
 " And make a Bow, and take a Look, 
 " Like Satan over Lincoln. 
 
 " And all the Land around fhall glory 
 " To fee the Frenchmen caper, 
 
 *' And pretty Sufan^^ tell the Story 
 " In the next Chatham Paper." 
 
The Cow Chace. 4.5 
 
 This folemn Prophecy, of courfe, 
 
 Gave all much Confolation, 
 Except to Wayne, who loft his Horfe 
 
 Upon the great Occalion. 
 
 His Horfe that carried all his Prog, 
 
 His military Speeches, 
 His corn-ftalk Whilky for his Grog, 
 
 Blue Stockings, and brown Breeches. 
 
 And now I've clof'd my epic Strain, 
 
 And tremble as I fhew it. 
 Left this fame Warrio-drover, Wayne, 
 
 Should ever catch the Poet. 34- 
 
 FINIS. 
 
NOTES. 
 
 Note I, Page 25. 
 This Canto was firft printed in Rivington's Boy^l Gazette, 
 No. 405, Aiiguft 16, 1780. 
 
 Note 2, Page 25. 
 
 Wayne's legal Occupation. — Note in London Edition. 
 Before entering the Service Wayne was a Land Surveyor. 
 
 Note 3, Page 26. 
 New-Bridge, a Hamlet in Bergen County, N. J., about four- 
 teen Miles northweft of Jerfey City. 
 
 Note 4, Page 26. 
 Tappan was within the prefent Limits of Orangetown, Rock- 
 land County, N. Y. This was the Scene of Andre's Trial and 
 Execution, a few Weeks after this Canto was written. 
 
 Note 5, Page 26. 
 A River in New Jerfey. — Note in London Edition. 
 
 Note 6, Page 26. 
 
 Harty Pudding made of the Meal of Indian Corn. 
 London Edition. 
 
 -Note in 
 
+8 
 
 Notes. 
 
 Note 7, Page 26. 
 The Number of Irifh in the Pennfylvania Line often caufed 
 it to be called in the War the Line of Ireland. — Sargent's Life of 
 Andr}, 237. 
 
 Note 8, Page 26. 
 Major Henry Lee of the Dragoons. 
 
 Note 9, Page 26. 
 Captain Thomas Proftor. 
 
 Note 10, Page 26. 
 
 " They are of a thin long-legged Make, moil: of them with- 
 out Shoes and Stockings, and without Coats, and fometimes they 
 throw away their Arms when they are clofe purfued." MS. 
 Mather's Journal, quoted by Mr. Sargent, in his Life of Andre, 
 
 p. 237- 
 
 Note II, Page 27. 
 •' Freedom's — /. e. Liberty Pole — a long Tree ftuck in the 
 Ground." — Note in London Edition. Its Place was between 
 Orangetown and Tinack. — Sargent's Andre, 237. 
 
 Note 12, Page 27. 
 Mr, Sargent fuggefts that this may have been the Letter of 
 General Wafhington, dated July 26, 1 780, and printed on Page 
 12 of this Volume. — Sargenfs Andre, 238. 
 
 Note 13, Page 28. 
 Englifh Neighborhood, a Settlement in New Jerfey, then within 
 the American Lines. 
 
Notes. 4-9 
 
 Note 14, Page 28. 
 Tinack, a Hamlet in Bergen County, New Jerfey. 
 
 Note 15, Page 30. 
 This Canto was firft publifhed in Rivington's i^^jrf/ Gaxette, 
 No. 409, Auguft 30, 1780. 
 
 Note 16, Page 31. 
 One of the Irvines was a Hatter and the other a Phyfician. — 
 liote in London Edition. Dr. William Irvine, after two Years' 
 Captivity in Canada, now commanded the 2d Pcnnfylvania Regi- 
 ment. Brigadier James Irvine of the Militia, it will be recol- 
 leded, was taken at Chefnut Hill, December \ii^— Sargent's 
 Andre, 240. 
 
 Note 17, Page 33. 
 " So WaOiington wrote to the Congrefs ; a body of Men at 
 firft of fome Reputation, but now confifting only of Bankrupts 
 and- Knaves,— always excepting the renowned Johny Wither- 
 spooN, who is perfeaiy adapted to his Situation ; concerning 
 whom it may be ufeful to obferve, that it has not yet been fettled 
 which of the three he is moft fond of,— Herefy, Sedition, or 
 Strong Toddy : Perhaps he may be beft fuited by the Bath 
 Motto, Tria Juncta in \J^o:'—Note in London Edition. 
 
 Note 18, Page 34. 
 Wayne attributed his Failure to the Lightnefs of his Pieces, 
 which he thought made no Impreffion upon the Walls of the 
 Houfe. In this he was probably miftaken.— %r/f/j Wajhing- 
 ton, vii, 117. 
 
 G 
 
^o Notes. 
 
 Note 19, Page 34. 
 " When General Wafliington aflced me if I would remain in 
 Front, and retain the Command, or he fhould take it, and I had 
 anfwcrcd that I undoubtedly would, ana that he fliould fee that I 
 my felf fhould be one of the laif to leave the Field; Colonel Ham- 
 ilton flourifhing his Sword immediately exclaimed — that's right, 
 my dear General, and I will ftay, and we will all die here on this 
 Spot, I could not but be furprifed at his Expreffion, but ob- 
 ferving him much fluftcred and in a fort of Phrenzy of Valour, 
 I calmly requefted him to obferve me well, and tell me if I did 
 not appear tranquil and Mafter of my Faculties : his Anfwer was, 
 that hemuft own that I was entirely polTefled of my felf: Well 
 then (faid I,) you muft allow me to be a proper Judge of what 
 I ought to do." — Gen. Chas. Lee's Trial, p. 129, ed. of 1823. 
 
 ♦ Note 20, Page 34. 
 
 Col. Robert H. Harrifon. Major Andre with Col. Weft 
 Hyde had met Col. Harrifon and Col. William Davies at Amboy 
 in May, 1779, to endeavor to negotiate an Exchange of Prifon- 
 ers. They remained from the 12th to the 23d and eftefted no- 
 thing. — Sargenfs Andre, 217. 
 
 Note 21, Page 35. 
 
 " For Witherington needs muft I wayle 
 
 As one in doleful Dumps ; 
 For when his Legges were fmitten ofF, 
 
 He fought upon his Stumpes." — Chevs Chace. 
 
Notes. 5 ^ 
 
 No'.e 2 2, Page 35. 
 " Againil Sir Hugh Montgomery 
 
 So right the Shaft he fett. 
 The grey Goofe-wing that was thereon 
 
 In his Heart's blood was wett."— C-^^z'j Chafe. 
 
 Note 23, Page 37. 
 This Canto was firft printed in Rivington's Ro;jal Gazette, 
 No. 416, September 24, 1780. 
 
 Note 24, Page 37. 
 Schralenberg, a Village in Bergen County, N. J., five Miles 
 Northeail of Hackenfac. 
 
 Note 25, Page 37. 
 " Who kept a Dram-Shop." — Note in London Edition. 
 
 Note 26, Page 39. 
 A New England Name for a Horfe, Mare, or Gelding.— iV^/^ 
 in London Edition. 
 
 Note 27, Page 40. 
 That is, the Lady had been drammed out of the Lines as a 
 common Drunkard or Thief: Cunningham was the Provoft 
 Marftial. " There are a Number of Women here of bad Char- 
 after, who are continually running to New York, and back again. 
 If they were Men, I would flog them without Mercy." A. Burr, 
 commanding on American Lines in Weftchefter County, to Gen. 
 McDougall; White Plains, Jan. 21, x^-jg.— Sargent's Andre, 245. 
 
 Note 28, Page 40. 
 Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt.— A^tf/^ in London Edition. 
 
52 Notes. 
 
 Note 29, Page 42. 
 
 " Caldwell, a diffenting Minifter at Elizabeth Town, appointed 
 Ouarter-mafter General to the Rebel Army, and afterwards dif- 
 mifTed for Embezzlement." — Note in London Edition, 
 
 Rev. James Caldwell of New Jerfey, an adlive Whig and De- 
 puty Ouarter-Mailer General, whofe Wife was barbaroufly fhot 
 by a newly enlilled Soldier of Knyphaufen's command in the 
 preceding Summer, on no other Provocation, as was alleged, than 
 that fhe vituperated him from her Window as he pafled. 
 
 The Britifh were at this Time on an Expedition into the 
 Interior of New Jerfey, to favor an Uprifmg of Loyalills which 
 they had been led to believe needed only the Prefence of an 
 armed Force for its Development. The invading Force con- 
 fifted of five thoufand Men, and advanced to Springfield, and 
 General Wafhington marched to the Short Hills in the Rear of 
 that Place to await an Aftion. The Information which had 
 been given, as to the favorable Temper of the Inhabitants how- 
 ever proved altogether unfounded, and the Britilh Army returned 
 to the Place of their Landing without cfFeding any thing. It was 
 followed and harrafled by the Americans, and fome Lofs occurred 
 on both Sides. 
 
 The New Jerfey Gazette, of June 21ft, 1780, mentions the 
 Murder of Mrs. Caldwell as follows : 
 
 ** "Asfoon as they came to Connefticut Farms, feven 
 Miles from the Place of their landing, they began the Exercife of 
 their aweful Cruelty. Although they obferved great Difcipline 
 and Decorum in Elizabethtown, yet at the Farms every Step was 
 marked with wanton Cruelty and caufelefs Devaftations. They 
 fet Fire to and utterly deftroyed the Prelbyterian Church, and 
 fourteen Dwelhng Houfes and Barns, fo that there are but two 
 
Notes. 53 
 
 Dwelling-hoLifes remaining in tliat fertile Settlement. But Alas ! 
 this is only one Part of the horrid Scene. 
 
 In the Neighborhood lived the Rev. James Caldwell, whofe 
 Zeal and Activity in the Caufe of his Country had rendered him 
 an Object worthy of the Enemy's keeneft Refentment. His 
 Vigilance and Attention had always evaded every Attempt to in- 
 jure him, and therefore it was now determined to wound him in 
 an unguarded Part. Following the abfurd Principles of too many 
 of our incautious Countrymen he left his Wife and Family at 
 Home, trulling to the Politenefs and Humanity of the Enemy 
 towards an amiable Woman, and a Number of helplefs and inno- 
 cent Children, though he did not think it prudent to truft them 
 with his own Safety. He had been warned of their utmoil: 
 Hatred of him, and therefore diflliaded from leaving his Family 
 in their Power; but, alas! his Confidence in their Benevolence 
 towards the Helplefs, has been his Deflruftion. 
 
 Soon after polTeffing themfelves of the Neighborhood, a Soldier 
 came to the Houfe, and putting his Gun to the Window of the 
 Room where this worthy Woman was fitting, (with her Children, 
 and a Maid with an Infant in her Arms, alongfide of her), he 
 fhot her through the Lungs dead on the Spot. Soon after an 
 Oiiicer with the HefTians came in and ordered a Hole dug and 
 her Body thrown in, and the Houfe to be fet on Fire. At the 
 earneft Requeft of an Officer of the new Levies, and with fome 
 Difficulty, the Body was fufFered to be carried to a fmall Houfe 
 in the Neighborhood, and Mr. Caldwell's Dwelling was imme- 
 diately fet on fire, and every thing belonging to him confumed 
 together. The only Comfort arifing to this afflidled Family is, 
 that the Wretch who ferved as the Executioner of this murdered 
 Lady (who, from her excellent Charafter, deferved a better Fate), 
 did his Bufinefs fo effedually that flic loft her Life without Dif- 
 
54 Notes. 
 
 trefs or Pain. Thus it is, that even the tender Mercies of the 
 Wicked are Cruelty. This Melancholy Affair, with their cruel 
 Burnings, has raifed the Refentment of the whole Country to the 
 higheft Pitch. They are ready almoft to fwear an everlafting 
 Enmity to the very Name of Briton. So far is this Cruelty and 
 Devaftation from terrifying them to Submiffion, that it roufes the 
 moft Timid to Feats of defperate Heroifm. A moft worthy Man, 
 who has for four Years paft, devoted himfelf to the Service of his 
 Country, is thus left with nine fmall Children, deftitute even of a 
 Shift of Clothes to comfort them. Many of the Inhabitants are 
 in a fimilar Situation; fome Widows, fome Aged, fome Infirm," 
 
 Chief Juftice Marfliall in alluding to this Incurfion fays: 
 
 " At the Connedticut Farms, a flourifliing Settlement which 
 took its Name from the Country of thofe by whom it had been 
 planted, and which had been diftinguifhed for its Zeal in the 
 American Caufe, a Halt was made. In a Spirit of Revenge un- 
 worthy the General of an Army, which was in the Chara'dler of 
 Tryon, who was prefent, rather than of Knyphaufen who com- 
 manded; which ferved to injure more than advance the Interefts 
 of thofe in whofe Caufe he was engaged; and tended more to 
 irritate than intimidate; this Settlement including the Meeting- 
 houfe and the Houfe of the Clergyman belonging to the Village, 
 was reduced to Afhes.' 
 
 In a Note, he adds : 
 
 " This Circumftance would fcarcely have deferved Notice, had 
 it not been accompanied by one of thofe melancholy Events, 
 which even War does not authorize, and which the civilized 
 World condemns, and which made at the Time a very deep 
 ImprefTion. 
 
 " Mrs. Caldwell the Wife of the Clergyman, who has been 
 mentioned, had been induced to remain in her Houfe, under the 
 
Notes, 5 5 
 
 Perfuafion that her Prefcncc might ferve to protc6l it from Pillage, 
 and that her Perfon could not poffibly be endangered, as in the 
 Hope of prefcrving the Farms, Colonel Dayton who at that 
 Time commanded the Militia, determined not to halt in the Set- 
 tlement, but to take Poft at a narrow Pafs on the Road leading 
 to Springfield. While flie was fitting in the Midll of her Child- 
 ren, having a fucking Infant in her Arms, a Soldier came up to 
 the Window and difcharged his Mufket at her. She received the 
 Ball in her Bofom, and inftantly expired. 
 
 Afhamed of an Aft fo univerfally execrated, it was contended 
 by the Britifh, that this Lady was the Viftim of a random Shot, 
 and even that the fatal Ball had proceeded from the Militia ; in 
 Proof of which lall AfTertion, they infifted that the Ball had en- 
 tered on that Side which looked towards the retreating Americans. 
 But it was Notorious that the Militia made no Stand at the Farms, 
 and a pathetic Reprefentation oftheFaft, made to the Pubhc by 
 the affljfled Hufband, received univerfal Credence and excited 
 univerfal Indignation. The Death of Mrs. Caldwell, might in- 
 deed be confidered as the Aft of a fingle Soldier, and therefore 
 not involving the Reputation of the Army; but when with it was 
 connefted, the wanton and ufelefs Devaftation committed by 
 Authority, thefe Afts formed one connefted Whole in the public 
 Mind, and ferved ftill more to confirm the fettled Hate of the 
 well afFefted, againft the Britilh Government." — MarfiaWs 
 Wajhington, iv, 225. 
 
 To relieve the Britifh Caufe of the Odium which the Death of 
 Mrs. Caldwell occafioned, a Loyalift named Fofter, who had 
 probably followed the Britifli Army to afTift in plundering, ad- 
 drcfied the following Letter to Rivington's Gazette, which was 
 publifhed on the 5th of Auguft, 1780: 
 
S6 
 
 Notes. 
 
 " To the Printer. 
 
 Sir. Agreeable to your Requcft, I give the following Narra- 
 tive of what I faw, heard and conceived relative to the Death of 
 Mrs. Caldwell. Not, as you fay, to coniradidt the Rebel Ac- 
 counts (for they fufficiently contraditt one another), but for the 
 Satisfadion of fuch judicious Isquirers as wifh to be informed. 
 
 I, without being requefted by any one, or attached to any 
 Detatchment of the Army, from mere Curiofity, marched from 
 Elizabethtown with a Column of Britifli Troops. I did not en- 
 quire, nor do I yet know who commanded them. The Column 
 halted near a Houfe faid to be Mr. Caldwell's. I foon faw a 
 Group of Soldiers in and about faid Houfe, and on my nearer 
 Approach, heard fome of them mention (rather piteoufly,) a 
 Woman's being fliot. As foon as the Crowd difperfed, I en- 
 tered the Houfe, and not without Difficulty, found her lying on 
 her Back on a Bed that flood in a fmall dark back Bed room, 
 (for I don't recolleft it had any Window,) tho' it had two.Doors 
 that opened into other Apartments. 
 
 She was to Appearance dead, and had a Cloth careleflly thrown 
 over her Face, which I did not remove, but left her, expefting 
 the Troops would foon march, when her Friends might take 
 Care of her. Some Time after this, a Detachment moved near 
 Rahway River, I followed, and did not return; in lefs than three 
 Hours, when fome Perfon who was near Mr. Caldwell's Houfe, 
 told me the Woman was ftrip ped, and thrown ofF the Bed, but 
 that a Britifli Officer's coming in, had prevented the Soldiers 
 from carrying off her Cloaths. On entering the Houfe, I found 
 her laying on her Face on the Floor befide the Bed, and mofl. of 
 what Cloaths had been pulled off by her Side. I concluded fhe 
 had been taken off the Bed that the Bedding might be taken from 
 under her. 
 
Notes. 57 
 
 As I came out of the Houfc, I met at the Door, a Mr. Benja- 
 min Dunn, a Refugee from Pifcataway, (New Jerky,) who 
 feemed fcnfibly touched with the humane Feelings of an informed 
 Loyaliir. He had not yet fccn the Corpfe, but defircd me to 
 Hievv her to him, I did fo. We then examined every Circum- 
 ftance in our Power, in order if poffible, to difcover the Caufc 
 of the Lady's Death, who by this Time we had heard was Mis. 
 Caldwell. We found that on Account of a Pantry that was 
 building on the back Side of the Houfe, a fmall Spot of Covering 
 had been pulled off oppofite to the Bed whereon the Lady fat. 
 The only Ball we could difcover that touched the Houfe, was the 
 one that killed her. It appeared to have come from a northern 
 Diredlion (in the Courfe of the Rebel fire,) and paffed between 
 Joints of the plaftercd Wall. It feemed to have pafled fo far 
 above the Bed as to have hit her above her Girdle, and its paffing 
 through her left Breaft, I account for, by fuppofmg her to have 
 fat in a ftooping Pofture. 
 
 Mr. Dunn and myfelf, (for I cannot fay which propofed it,) 
 concluded to go to the neareft Houfe, which we did, and afked 
 the Woman to call fome of the neighboring Women, and go to 
 lay the Corpfe out. This fhe declined, but faid, flic would fend 
 for Affirtance, if we could get Help to remove her to her Houfc, 
 which was done; and at the Inihince of Mr. W. Chandler, a 
 Heffian Sentinel was fet at the Door, while the Women per- 
 formed their laft kind Office to their Fiiend. At this Houfe was 
 a young Woman who faid that flic fat on the fmie Bed with Mrs. 
 Caldwell at the Time fhe was fhot by the Continental Troops. 
 About two Hours after the Corpfe was removed, Mr. Caldwell's 
 Houfe was fet on fire. 
 
 I am Sir, Your moft obedient Humble Servant, 
 
 Ebenezer Foster. 
 
 H 
 
58 
 
 Notes. 
 
 [Mr. Foftcr, (who gives the above Account of Mrs. Caldwell's 
 Fate, was a Juftice of Peace in the County of Middlefcx in New 
 Jerfey,) is a Gentleman of great Integrity, and a very loyal Sub- 
 jeft.]" — Note by Rivitigton, 
 
 Mr. Caldwell was himfelf killed by an American Soldier, 
 Nov. 24, 1 78 1 — Sargent's Andr}, 247. 
 
 A Britifh Account of this Invafion into New Jerfey is given in 
 Rivington's Royal Gazette, No. 389, June 21, 1780, as follows: 
 
 Operations, 
 Of the Roy a/ Army in New Jerfey. 
 
 To Mr. Rivington. 
 
 Elizabethtown, June 20, 1780. 
 Sir, As the Rebels, agreeable to their ufual Pradice, have 
 publiflied many glaring Falfehoods relative to the late Movement 
 into New Jerfey, I have been induced, from a regard to Truth, 
 to fend you the following Account of our Operations, which I 
 requeft you will publifh in your Gazette tomorrow. 
 
 A British Officer. 
 
 On Tuefday Night, the 6th Inft., the Troops made their firft 
 Landing upon Elizabethtown Meadows, and were crofled over 
 by Divifions in fucccffion from Statcn Ifland, with fome light 
 Artillery, taking their Route by Elizabethtown and Connefticut 
 Farms, towards Springfield. Dayton's Regiment, receiving Inti- 
 mation of our Approach, retired with Precipitation, as did alfo 
 the Jerfey Regiments which compofe Maxwell's Brigade, from 
 their Pofition near Camps ; the Militia of the Country, although 
 incapable of making any fixed Refiftance, did their utmoft to in- 
 commode the Troops upon their March, and colledirg from dif- 
 ferent Quarters, they aflembled in fome Force in the Vicinity of 
 Springfield, forming a Jundion with the Jerfey Brigade at that 
 
Notes, 59 
 
 Place, and it is faid that in the Courfe of Wednefday the 7th 
 Inll. they were fupported by another Brigade detached from 
 
 Morris Town. 
 
 The Troops halted upon fome Heights beyond Conneaicut 
 Farms, where they were ordered to take Foil till fuch Time as 
 the Remainder of the Artillery, the Provifions and the other 
 Waggons, with the Corps which brought up the Rear, joined the 
 Army. From this Circumftance it is probable, the Rebels con- 
 ceived, that whatever might have been the original Plan, it was 
 intended to penetrate no further. Increafmg in Numbers, they 
 ufcd every Exertion in their Power, in flying Parties to fire upon 
 the advanced Picquets, and during the Courfe of the Day, they 
 made different Attacks upon a Body of Yagers, which was ad- 
 vanced upon the Springfield Road ; this produced much firing 
 upon both Sides. 
 
 During the Courfe of the Evening it is reported that Informa- 
 tion was received from the Southward which rendered it expedi- 
 ent to defer the Objeft in Agitation, and about two Hours after- 
 wards the Troops returned towards Elizabeth Town, without a 
 Shot being fired, taking Port upon the Heights near the Point. 
 
 On Thurfday the 8th Inil:. the Rebels advanced in fome Force 
 to Elizabeth Town, and made an Attack upon the zzd Regiment, 
 which was polled fome little Diftance in Front of the Line. 
 This Regiment was ordered to fall back, and the Rebels con • 
 ceiving it was the Rear Guard of the Army they advanced with 
 fome Rapidity, but were foon checked, and retired with Pre- 
 cipitation. 
 
 The Lofs fuftained during the Courfe of this Service is incon- 
 fiderable, nor can that of the Rebels be determined, as they con- 
 ceal it. 
 
 Whilll the Troops were advancing to Conncflicut Farms, the 
 
6o Notes. 
 
 Rebels fired out of the Houfcs agreeable to their ulual Pradice, 
 from which Circumftance, Mrs. Caldwell had the Misfortune to 
 be Shot by a random Ball. What heightens the Singularity of 
 this Lady's unhappy Fate, is, that upon Enquiry it appears be- 
 yond a Doubt, that the Shot was fired by the Rebels themfelves, 
 as it entered the Side of the Houfe from their Direftion, and 
 lodged in the Wall neareft the Troops then advancing. 
 
 The Manner in which the Rebels aggravate this unfortunate 
 Affair in their Publications, is of a Piece with their uniform Con- 
 duct, plaufable, but fallacious, nor is it to be wondered at, if a 
 Rebellion which originated in Falfehood, is profecuted with De- 
 ceit ; a Soldiery received with Smiles one Moment, and the fol- 
 lowing Inftant butchered, (for in a military View it merits no 
 other Name,) by a Set of People, who by their Clothing and 
 Appointments cannot be diftinguiflied from the quiet Inhabitants 
 of the Country, may well be fuppofed to be exafpcrated ; nor 
 need we be furprifed at their ufing the Torch to Dwellings which 
 they find hourly occupied by armed Men, who either want the 
 Generofity or the Spirit to clofe the prefent unhappy Conteft, by 
 a manly, open. Soldier-like Decifion ; whatever may be the hu- 
 mane Wifhcs of the Commanders, human Nature at Times, fteps 
 over the Barrier of Difcipline, and Men of Judgment and Can- 
 dour, in the great Scale of political Reafoning, do not wonder at 
 Occurrences, which their private Feelings fhrink at. Such are 
 the Efi'eds of inteftine Divifions; miferable is the Fate of that 
 Country, which is the Theatre of fuch a Quarrel, and accurfed 
 is the Man, or the Set of Men, who from Motives of private 
 Lucre, or inordinate Ambition, have fanned a Flame, which if 
 they are willing, they are now perhaps unable to extinguifli. 
 
 A British Officer. 
 
Notes, 6 1 
 
 " After the Rebels had plundered the Inhabitants of Staten 
 inand, in their Defcent lall January, Lord Stirling (who com- 
 manded the Invaders) iiTued an Order direded to Parfon Cald- 
 well, for the collefting and reftoringall the Property to the fevcral 
 oyNn(txi"—Rn'irigton's Gazette, ]\i\Y 19, 1780. 
 
 To prove that this Order was not obeyed, a Letter is publilhcd 
 in which it appears that a confiderable Amount of fuch Articles 
 as MattralTes, Blankets, &c., had been retained for Family Ufe, 
 by fome Pcrfons connefted with the Expedition. 
 
 Note 30, Page 43. 
 
 Calling himfelf, becaufe he was ordered not to do it, Earl ot 
 Stirling, though no Sterling Earl.— iVo/^ in London Edition. 
 
 The Allufion is here made to an Expedition undertaken to 
 Staten Ifland, for the Purpofe of furprifing Skinner's new Corps, 
 that had been undertaken by the Americans under Lord Stirling 
 in the preceding January. It was not Succefsful and the thinly 
 clothed party that compofed the Expedition fufFered from the 
 intcnfe Cold. It is faid that five hundred Soldiers were Froft- 
 bitten. A few Prifoners were taken by the Enemy. 
 
 The following Account of this Expedition was publiflied m 
 Rivington's Gazette, January 19, 1780 : 
 
 " On Friday Night, the 14th Inftant, a large Detachment from 
 the Rebel Army, confilling it is fuppofed of between 3 and 4000 
 Men, with fix Pieces of Cannon, and two Howitzers, moved 
 fuddenly from the Neighbourhood of Morriftown, and being, 
 (as it is reported,) tranfported in Sleighs over the Ice, reached 
 Staten Ifland before Daybreak in the Morning of the i8ih, 
 bending their March towards Decker's Ferry. 
 
 " Col. Bufkirk commanding the 4th Battalion of Brigadier 
 General Skinner's Brigade pofted there, having received Intclli- 
 
62 Notes. 
 
 gence of their Approach, judged it proper to retire towards Robi- 
 foil's Ferry, not being in Force fufficient to oppofc fo confidera- 
 ble a Corps. The Rebels purfued their March, and before 
 Noon, took Pofl upon the Heights near the Redout, conftruftcd 
 at the north End of the Ifland ; from their Pofition, cutting oft' 
 the Communications betwixt the Corps hutted there, and the 
 Troops at Richmond and the Flag Stafi^. They remained in this 
 Situation till early in the Morning of the i6th, when they were 
 obfcrved retiring from Staten Ifland, without attempting any 
 thing. They burnt Decker's Houfe, and a very few fmall Vef- 
 fels frozen in by the Ice at that Place. A fmall Detachment 
 which harraffed their Rear, made a few Prifoners, feveral Defert - 
 ers came to the Different Pofts during their Stay on the Ifland. 
 They committed many Exceffes, plundering and diftrefling the 
 Inhabitants. Sixteen Prifoners had already been fent to New 
 York, and it is imagined there are others not yet arrived from 
 Staten Ifland." 
 
 In Retaliation for this, a Detachment of Britifli Troops on 
 the Night of January 25th, furprifed an American Poft at Eliza- 
 bethtown, and took off thirty-four Ofiicers and Privates, and feveral 
 prominent Citizens. — Rivingtoti' s Gazette, Jan. 29, 1780. 
 
 Note 31, Page 44. 
 " Marquis de la Fayette, a French Coxcomb, in the Rebel 
 Service." — Note in London Edition. 
 
 Note 32, Page 44. 
 " A fmall Head-land in Hudfon's River, oppofite to New 
 York." — "Note in London Edition. It is now in Jerfey City. 
 
Notes. 63 
 
 Note 33, Page 44. 
 Mifs Sufannah Livingfton, Daughter of Governor William 
 Livingilon of New Jerfey, who was fufpetled of writing political 
 Articles, in foine of which Andre had come in for a Share of 
 Satire. Mifs Livingilon fubfequently married John Cievcs 
 Symmes, the Father-in-law of Prefident Harrifon. 
 
 At the Time of the Invafion of the Britidi to Springfield, the 
 Refidencc of Governor Livingfton was in the Hands ot the 
 Enemy but was guarded againft Injury. It was claimed to have 
 been reported in Rivington's Paper, that while fome BritiOi Offi- 
 cers were at the Houfe, one of them was prefented with a Rofc 
 by this Lady, and that afterwards he was wounded by a Shot fired 
 on the Premifes. 
 
 No Article of this Kind was however publifhed in that Paper, 
 cither on or near the Time alleged, but it led to the following 
 Correfpondence : 
 
 [From the New Jerfey Journal, July 12, ly^O-] 
 Mr. Rivington, according to his ufual Praftice, has infertcd 
 in his Gazette of the 29th ult., under the Signature of one of my 
 Sex, the groflcft Falfehoods, refpeding what happened to Col. 
 Gordon, near Governor Livingfton's Houfe, that ever entered 
 the Heart of Man, Almoft every Syllable of that Publication, is 
 a moft villainous Lie. There was not a fmgle Mufkct fired from 
 behind the Governor's Houfe, nor Fields, nor was it the Colonel 
 that was wounded, who had the Rofe in the Morning, but a 
 Colonel Woromb, an Heffian Ofiicer, who afked Leave to pick 
 one as he was on his Horfc. This, Mr. Printer, you may de- 
 pend on as a Fad, and it is in the Power of Colonel Gordon, 
 and Col. Woromb to confirm my Words. 
 
 1 am your Humble Servant, 
 
 Cl.ARINDA. 
 
6+ 
 
 Notes. 
 
 Mr. Rivingt07i prefents his mojl refpellful Compliments to Cla- 
 rinda, and ajjures her he is perfectly innocent of the Charge refpeSI- 
 ing the Rofe, and other Imputations in the above Addrefs. He 
 has not printed or publifl^ed, direHly or indireilly, a Jingle Line 
 upon the SubjeB, and he takes leave to add that no Lady will from 
 his Performance, ever meet with Injury or Difgujl. 
 
 We Conje£ture the following Reply may have been vvitten by 
 Major Andre : 
 
 CARD TO MR. RIVINGTON. 
 
 Rosalinda prefents her Compliments to Mr. Rivington, re- 
 gretting that the Name of one of the Sex fhould be connefted 
 with 'Terms, fo very unlike thofe ufed by the diftinguifhcd Part of 
 the Fair ! However his Zeal and Loyalty may urge him through 
 Mijiake, to be poetical in his profe Produdions occafonally, the 
 World at large muft quit him, of having merited the unguarded 
 Attack of the Clarinda of Chatham, he having been filent of late 
 in what regards La petite Guerre; and wholly occupied by the 
 tremendous Maneuvres of the grand Fleets of Spain, France, and 
 Holland, the former of which he has given a good Account of 
 uncontradicted, and 'tis hoped, God willing, will foon give a fur- 
 ther good Account of the Jlly next in Rotation for Flagelation. 
 
 Rofalinda is informed that the Britifh Officer refufed the Ho- 
 nour of the Rofe by Clarinda, is fo very grateful for the Favour, 
 that he will not relinquilh his Right to it, and for thefrjl Time, 
 and as 'tis faid (he hopes the laft Time in his Life) he brags of 
 the Lady's Favours ! Received on Horfe back, in like Manner as 
 the gallant Heffian Partisan, honored by the Sign Manual of the 
 fair Clarinda ! It is whifpered, that on the Return from the Ex- 
 curfion, notwithilanding he wore the fweet Prefent next his left 
 Breaft, the Altcrnoon he received another, in the Vicinity of Mr. 
 
Notes. 65 
 
 William L 's Houfe, tho' alfo very honourable, not near 
 
 fo agreeable as that he had the Pleafure to receive at 4 o'Clock 
 that Morning ! 
 
 Note 34, Page 45. 
 By a Remarkable Coincidence Major Andre was arrefted on 
 the fame Day that this Canto was publifhed in the Royal Gazette. 
 He was probably preparing to leave for the American Lines 
 when the Poem was written. Brigadier General Wayne was one 
 of the Board of General Officers that fentenced Andre to Death, 
 and he doubtlefs witneffed his Execution, 
 
 According to Mr. Frank Moore, the following Lines were 
 found under Andre's Signature, to a manufcript Copy of this 
 Poem : 
 
 " And when the epic Strain was fung 
 
 The Poet by the Neck was hung, 
 h nd to his Coft he finds too late 
 
 The dung-born Tribe decides his Fate." 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 ADVERTISEMENT of 
 ■^^ London Edition, 9. 
 Alexander, Wm., Lord Stir- 
 ling- 43- 
 Andre, Major John, 21, 50, 
 
 64, 65. 
 Letter of, 1 7. 
 Arnold, General, 19. 
 
 BERGEN, 4, 6, 26. 
 Bergen Neck, 11. 
 Bergen Point, 22. 
 Block Houfe at Bull's Ferry, ;?, 
 12, 19,20,21,28,33,48. 
 Bull, Abfalom, wounded, 16. 
 Bull, George, wounded, 16. 
 Bull's Ferry, 12, 20, 23. 
 Burr, Aaron, 51. 
 Bufldrk, Col., 61. 
 Butler, Parody on, 9. 
 
 /^ALDWELL, Rev. James, 
 
 43. 52' 53.61. 
 Killed, 58. 
 Caldwell, Mrs. James, murder- 
 ed, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 
 57, 58, 60. 
 Cattle, Attempt to take, 11, 17. 
 Chandler, W., 57. 
 Cheftnut Hill, 31. 
 
 Chevy Chafe quoted, 50, 5I. 
 Clarinda, Letter by, 63. 
 
 Reply to, 64. 
 Cleopatra, 5 1. 
 Clinton, Sir Henry, Letter from, 
 
 20. 
 Clothing to be iffued to Loyal- 
 
 ifts, 18. 
 Complimentary Notice of Col. 
 
 Cuyler, 17. 
 
 of Capt. Ward, 23. 
 Connedlicut Farms, 52, 54, 58, 
 
 59- 
 
 Country Dances, Suggeftion re- 
 lative to, 19. 
 Cow Chace, a Poem, 25. 
 Crawford, Lieut., wounded, 13. 
 Cunningham, 40, 51. 
 Cuyler, Col., 3, 15, 16, 17. 
 
 rjAYTON, Col. 55. 
 
 "^'^ Dayton's Regiment, 58. 
 
 Decker's Ferry, 61, 62. 
 
 De Hart, Lieut., killed, 13. 
 
 Delaware, 26. 
 
 Deftitution of American Army, 
 
 5- 
 
 Dunlap, Mr., quoted, 4. 
 
 Dunn, Benjamin, 57. 
 
68 Index. 
 
 tpAST Hampton, L. I., 20. JERSEY Brigade, 58. 
 
 ■"-^ Englifh Neighborhood, 28, J Jerfey City, 62. 
 
 48. 
 
 Ehzabethtown, 52, 58, 59,62. 1Z"NYPHAUSEN, Gen., 52, 
 
 ''^ 54. 
 
 PEALY, John and Ezekiel, 
 
 ■*• wounded, 16. T ADY'S Card, and Compli- 
 
 Fort Lee, 16. ments, 19. 
 
 Poller, Ebenezer, 55, 57, 58. La Fayette, Marquis de, 5, 44, 
 
 France, Fleets of, 64. 62. 
 
 Freedom's Pole, 27. Lee, Gen. Charles, 50. 
 
 Lee, Major Henry, 17, 26, 31, 
 
 GERMAIN, Lord, Letter to, , ^^' ^d t^\ p 
 
 ' Lee, Gen. Robert E., 17. 
 
 T ' r Letter from Gen. Wafhin^ton, 
 Letter from, 23. t> * 
 
 Gordon, Col., 63. ^ '^ ^,. ^ 
 
 ^ l~. ' 1 -^ Gen. Henry Llmton, 20. 
 
 Green, General, c. t\/i • > j^ - 
 
 ' ' -' Major Andre, 17. 
 
 H Liberty Pole, 48. 
 
 AMADRYAD, 38, 41. Livingllon, Sufannah, 44, 63. 
 
 Hamilton, Alexander, 34, Livingrton, Gov. William, 67., 
 50. _ 65. 
 
 Hammond, Lieut,, wounded, 13. 
 
 Harrifon, Col. Robert H., 34, ATeDOUGALL, Gen., 51. 
 
 -.^ •,- ' r. rj /r McKenzie, Frederick, 22. 
 
 Harrilon, rrelident, 03. a/t t\,t j t u i -n j c 
 
 xj I -rr J T va o McMurdv, John, killed, 16. 
 
 natsto beiliued toLoyalilts, lb. ,, r. n • ot- r t a- 
 
 TT „ , ^ ' Marftall, Chief Jultice, 54. 
 
 Hays, i.01 17- Maxwell's Brigade, 58. 
 
 Holland, rleets or, 64. a/t . c- tj u 
 
 „ J,- ' , ' T^ Montgomery, Sir Hugh, ci. 
 
 Hudlon, 32, 62. Tv,T PI . J X 
 
 XT • •^ \- 1 Moore, frank, quoted, oc. 
 
 Huntmgton, Stephen, 14. jyj j^ • 1, 
 
 Hyde, Col. Weft, 50. MoSft^ 59. 61. 
 
 Moylan, Col. Stephen, 11, 15, 
 INTRODUCTION, g. 17. 
 
 Iryine, James, 49. Mullan, John, wounded, 16. 
 Irving, [or Irvine] Gen. Wil- 
 liam, 10, 15, 20, 31, 37, '^EWARK, N. I-, 22. 
 42> 49- •'-^ New Bridge, 26, 47. 
 
Index, 
 
 69 
 
 QRANGETOWN, 47, 48. 
 
 DASSAICK, 26. 
 
 Pegafus, 41. 
 Philips, Thomas, killed, 16. 
 Pifcataway, 57. 
 Preface, 3. 
 Preface of London Edition, 
 
 1781, 10. 
 Proftor, Col. Thomas, 10, 15, 
 
 17, 20, 26, 31, 48. 
 Prior's Mills, 6. 
 
 T> AHWAY River, 56. 
 
 Richmond, Staten Ifland, 
 
 62. 
 Rivington, Card to, 64. 
 Robifon's Ferry, 62. 
 Rofalinda, Card by, 64. 
 Rofe prefented to an Ofiiccr, 
 
 6^, 64. 
 
 C ARGENT, Winthrop, quot- 
 ed, 4, 48, 49, 50, 5 1, 58, 65. 
 Schralenburgh, 37, 51. 
 Shannon, 26. 
 
 Sharp, Alexander, wounded, 16. 
 Short Hills, N. J., 52. 
 Skinner's Corps, 61. 
 Sloops burnt, 14. 
 
 Soupaan, 26, 47. 
 Spain, Fleets of, 64. 
 Sparks's Wafhington quoted, 49, 
 Springfield, N. J., 52, 58, 63. 
 Staten Ifland, 43, 61, 62. 
 Stewart, Col., 17. 
 Stirling, Earl of, 32, 61. 
 Symmes, John Cleves, 63. 
 
 'T^ANNER,Gen. Wayne thus 
 
 called, 25. 
 Tappan, 26, 47. 
 Thompfon, John, 4. 
 Tinack, 28, 48, 49. 
 Tryon, General, 54. 
 
 VyARD, Capt. Thomas, 3, 
 
 . i5» 17. 22, 23. 
 Wafhington, General, 4, 5, 7, 
 
 10, II, 17,34,48,50,52 
 Wayne, Gen. Anthony, 3, 6, 
 
 10, II, 12, 15, 17, 18,20, 
 
 25.27,29,31,32,39,40, 
 
 41,45,47, 65. 
 White Plains, 51. 
 Withrington, 35, 50. 
 Woromb, Col., 63. 
 
 VAGERS, 59. 
 
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