men were taken but a under afterwards was dis of who them, Stewart, body Major and fled. at the left Indians Point, Though Stony tinguished rebel light infantry and a

few of his

;

the ambuscade, its greater part, failed, it was of consequence. Near forty of the Indians were killed or desperately wounded ;

among others NIMHAM,* a chieftain who had been to England, and it was reported to have stopped a large number ; of them, who were excellent marksmen, from joining General

and his son

Washington's army. said that

The Indian doctor was taken

,

and he

when NIMHAM saw the grenadiers close in his rear,

he called out to his people to fly, * that he himself was old and would die there.' He wounded Lieut. Col. Simcoe, and was

when he was

on the point of dragging him from

his horse,

killed by Wright, his orderly Hussar.

The Indians fought most

more than one of the cavalry from their gallantly ; they pulled an active horses. French, youth, bugle-horn to the Hussars,

man dragged him knife to stab him, and for his was from horse, searching he out a pocket drew French's hand, when, loosening luckily in situation the the Indian which and shot head, through pistol, struck at an Indian, but missed him ; the his

One man of the Legion Cavalry was he was found. and two of the Hussars, wounded." them and one of

killed,

The battlements of the Hudson, " The mountain columns With which earth props heaven," the early home of the patriot chief, are the monuments to his memory ; the eternal flow of the Mahicanituk his requiem.