It is said, also, that Colonel Putnam then disguised himself, and set out for the White Plains, a place which he had never visited ; nor did he know the road which led to it. Immediately afterwards, he came to a road which turned off, to the right, and which he followed, a short distance and until he came to a house, where a woman informed him that the road he was then on led to New Eochelle ; that the enemy was there ; and that the latter had posted a guard, at a house, then in sight. Eeturning to the roadway from which he had diverged, he continued his journey towards the White Plains, and had approached "within three or four miles of that place," " when he saw a house, with men about it, only a short distance from him. Before he advanced, he carefully examined the men, with his field-glass ; and having ascertained that the house was a Tavern and that the men were not British soldiers, he went forward ; called for some oats for his horse ; and, sitting

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