Next came the generals them-selves with their aides and retinue, and then, after a con-siderable interval, followed the main body of the army. The expedition moved forward slowly and silently, without beat of drum or sound of trumpet. The horsemen scarcely ever broke from a walk. In this manner the army marched along the Fordham road, straight to the west bank of the Bronx, directly opposite to DeLancey's Mills, at Westfarms, and then continued its movement in a southerly direction immediately along the margin of the stream. After passing along the Bronx a mile or more, they left behind them the houses of Cornelius Leggett and Robert Hunt, the latter of which is yet standing: mansions memorable as having at different times been the headquarters of the tory leaders Colonel DeLancey and Major Barmore. A short distance further on, the guides turned to the left, toward Graham's Point, and soon reached a spot that commanded a full view of Long Island Sound. Here General Washington ordered a halt, and inquired the names of the islands that lay before them, particularly those of the Two Brothers. Retracing their steps about half a mile, they entered the old road leading

78 THE MCDONALD PAPERS to Morrisania Ferry, which they followed for a while, and then moving through the fields on the left, entered Morrisania by its eastern borders. The refugee corps all this while, surprised and alarmed at the sudden appearance of the combined forces, were flying before them, and seeking safety at Harlem and Montressor's Island. When the allies came in sight of the enemy, on the high grounds about old Morrisania House, the residence of Col. Lewis Morris, the British Artillery opened upon them a tremendous fire from the fortifications at Mont-ressor's Island and Snake Hill (now Mount Morris), from the batteries at Harlem, and from the ships of war at anchor in the river.