James (Tory), 81, 88; attempt to capture, 82 Delancey House, Mamaroneck, 21 Delavan, Timothy, sends his nine sons against the British at Ridge-field, Conn., 123 Deming, Col., in pursuit of British on their retreat from Danbury, 116 Disbrou, Capt., 100 Dobbs Ferry, 8, 9; American stores at, 29 Donop, Col. Count, 42, 48, 49; mortally wounded at Red Bank, 55 Dragoons, Royal, formidable to American troops, 31-2 Dumas, Count Methieu, 73, 94 Dutchess County, royalist inhab-itants of, 3 Dyckman, Abraham, guide, 68, 69, 70, 74, 80, 84-7, 96; death of, 81 Dyckman, Michael, guide, 68, 69, 70, 74, 88 Dyckman, Wm. N., guide, 68, 81, 82 Dyckmansbridge, 1

Eastchester, American stores at, 19, 20 Eastchester Bay, 15 Erskine, Sir William, 17, 18; with Tryon's expedition against Dan-bury, 99, 119, 120

Fairfield, Conn., American stores at, 101, 106 Fenno, Lieut., 41, 47 Fishkill, 3 Fort Independence, 1, 2, 19, 26, 70 Fort Lee, 7, 32, 33 Fort Washington, 1, 2, 19, 26; can-nonade of British vessels ascend-ing the Hudson, 7; determination to hold, 13; combined land and water attack on, 32-4 Franklin, John, 65 Fredericksburg, N. Y., American stores at, 106 French troops in Westchester Coun-ty, 73 ff.

Gates, Gen. Horatio, 19 Gist, Col., his corps saved from de-struction by guide John Odell, in 1778, 70-2 Glover, Col., his stand against the British at Pelham Heights, 15-18; saves part of stores at East-chester, 19; defends new Ameri-can position after battle of White Plains, 57 Greene, Gen. Nathanael, 4, 32, 33, 34 Greene, William, guide, 68 Guides, the Westchester, 66 ff.