Scarsdale, 30, 42 Silliman, Brig.-Gen., 100, 103, 106; in pursuit of British in their retreat from Danbury, 107 ff., 115 ff. Simcoe, Lieut.-Col. (British), 70, 71 Smallwood, Lieut.-Col. William, in defense of Chatterton Hill at battle of White Plains, 46, 50, 51; wounded, 55 Smith, Major William, 8, 10 Spencer, Gen. Joseph, attack of, on British vanguard at White Plains, 43-4; position of his troops on Chatterton Hill, 44, 46; opposes Rahl's charge, 51-2 Spuyten Duyvil Creek, 1, 8 Stirling, Lord, 21, 22, 24 Stuart, Maj. Ferdinand S. (Tory), 119-20 Sullivan, Gen. John, 13

Tallmadge, Gen. Benjamin, narrow escape of, at White Plains, 43-4 Tartar, British war vessel, 6 Tea, efforts of women to obtain, 35-9 Teller's Point, 28 Tersen, Count Axel de, 94-5 Throg's Neck, 4 Throg's Point, or Neck, check of the British at, 10-11; the British advance from, 14 ff. Travis, James, 76, 77 Travis Hill, 57, 58 Trumbull, Doctor, escape from cap-ture at White Plains, 44 Tryon, Governor, in command of expedition sent to destroy Amer-ican stores at Danbury, Conn., 98 ff.; destroys stores at Danbury, 105-6; retreat of, 106 ff.; escapes the pursuit and reembarks his

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Tryon, Governor - Continued forces, 120; losses on both sides during the expedition, 121; quan-tity of stores destroyed by, 121; narrow escape of his forces from destruction, 124; his opinion of his provincial troops, 127 Tuckahoe, 30

Valentine's Hill, American head-quarters at, 26 Van Courtland, Gen. Philip, 65 Van Wyck, Capt., killed by Rogers' rangers, 62

Ward's House, 26 Washington, Gen. George, position of his army in September, 1776, 1; headquarters at Jumel House, 2; character of his troops, 3; his policy at this time, 3; at Throg's Point, 11-12; council of officers determines on retirement of American forces from New York Island, 12-13; his skillful strategy for the withdrawal, 13-14; begins movement up the Bronx River, 19; concentrates forces at White Plains, 26 ff.; headquarters at White Plains, 28; position of his army at White Plains, 40-2; examines grounds in rear in search of a position of greater security, 45; strength-ens his position after the battle, 55, 56; withdraws army from White Plains to stronger position, 56; fortifies new front, 58; high estimate of his strategy in West-chester in 1776 by military writers, 61-2; reconnaissance of British lines in north end of New York island in 1781, 73-80 Webb, Col., in defense of Chatter-ton Hill at battle of White Plains, 46, 51, 53 Webbers, Isaac, guide, 68, 74, 75, 76 Westchester County, royalist in-habitants of, 3; farmers, plunder-ing of, 62-3 Westchester guides, the, 66 ff.