2.\s a speciiiien of the eriuipnient of General Morris' brigade, the following extract I'roiri the orders of the Provincial or New York C(»ngres3 is given : If any of the men were without arms, they were ordered to bring " a shovel, a spade, pick-axe or scythe, straightened and fixed on a jiole." The brigadier of this motley army was ordered to "apprehend and arrest . . . disaffected jiei-sons." All the militia was placed nnder " marching orders," and only snlticient guards were to he left behind to prevent insurrection of the slaves and the prisoners in the jails. " Disarmed and disafl'ected male inhabitants, between sixteen and fifty-five years of age," were to be " broujiht along" by this militia as "fatigue men,'' and the brigadier was given power to institute courts-martial against those who did not obey his orders. -- Force, vol. i., 1494.

3 Fort Independence is located by Mr. Bancroft, in his " History of the United States," just north of Spuyten Duyvil Creek, on the crown of the ridge which lies between Tippett's lirook and Hudson River. Mr. Edsall, the author of the "History of King's Bridge Township," the author of this sketch, old maps, local traditions and other authorities, including General Washington's field map, on file in the Historical Society Library, in New York City, show that eminent historian to be mistaken in location. Mr. Bancroft has used British, not .\merican data. There was an earthwork near Spuyten Duyvil erected by the .Americans, probably the one ordered to be built by Washington, under Putnam's and VVieberfs direction, alluded to in the te.xt ; but Fort Independence stood on the Montgomery farm, not far from the present route of Sedgwick Avenue, as just opened by the city authorities, and somewhat to the west of it.