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. "Westchester tea-party," the, 36-9 Westchester Town, 4 West Farms, attempt to capture Col. James DeLancey at, 82 White Plains, 14, 19; concentration of American forces at, 26 ff.; buildings burned in, by Major Austin, 60 White Plains, battle of: operations and skirmishes preceding, 1 ff.; positions of the American and British armies in northern part of Manhattan Island in Septem-ber, 1776, 1-2; plan of General Howe to get in rear of the Amer-icans by invading Westchester and getting control of the Hudson River, 2-3; British ships force their way up the Hudson as far as Dobbs Ferry, 6-9; British expedition to Throg's Point, 9-12; decision to withdraw the Amer-ican army from New York island, 12-13; action at Pelham Heights, 16-19; movements of the British, 19, 20, 25, 30-4; retirement of the American army northward, 19 ff.; its concentration at White Plains, 26 ff.; position of the American forces at White Plains in October, 1776, and nature of the ground occupied, 40-2; dis-positions of the British forces and their advance against the American position, 42-3; first contact of De Heister on British left with Gen.