During the scuffle that followed her brother's entrance, she contrived to crawl out at the foot of the bed. hoping, in this way, to escape unobserved. In this she was disappointed ; the villains observed and again seized her. In the violent attempt made to extricate herself the second time, the

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money fell on the floor, or, as she herself described it, " was fairly shook out of her." The freebooters greedily seized it, and marched off, delighted with the success of their enterprize.

In this town is situated Berrian^s Neck, the ancient Nipnichsen of the Mohegans. The Dutch conferred upon it the name of Konstahelsche hoek, or Point, from its owner, William Constable. This neck forms the northern bank, at the mouth, of the noted iSpyi den Dt/vel Kil, or channel. At an early period it belonged to Samuel Edsall. From the Edsalls it passed to the Tippetts, who, during the revolutionary struggle, adhered to the side of the Crown. In consequence their property was confiscated to the State, (the Tippetts having fled to Nova Scotia,) and sold to Samuel Berrian, who married a daughter of Tippett, former proprietor. A second daughter became the wife of the celebrated Col. James de Lancey, one of the boldest foragers of the Neutral Ground. In 1796, Samuel Berrian » sold the whole estate of Tippett's Neck, consisting of 200 acres, to his nephew, Abrahaiii Berrian.

The neck remains yet undivided. The heirs are Abraham Berrian, John Hoogland, and Mr. Bleecker.