Robert, however, provided himself with a large club and arranged chairs along the entry, upon which he suddenly commenced a violent attack, striking furiously with his club, at the same time stamping furiously on the floor and making all the noise possible, as though there were others aiding him on the inside, then he would strike the door and dare the robbers to come on saving, " we are ready for you this time 1 " adding occasionally the hoarse blast of a conckshell. The marauders somewhat bewildered, contented themselves with firing a volley into the house, which fortunately missed its brave defender, and retired. The defeated " Cowboys " afterwards reported that they thought "the Devil was in the house.""

Upon ''■ Dorinaiis Island" (so called prior to 1704), in the north-east corner of the town, the Eastchester creek bridge communicates v.ith the • Westchester shore and Pelham neck.

The adjoining estate, Annies Wood, is the property of John Hunter, Esq., son of the late Elias Desbrosses Hunter, by his wife Anne Maria, sixth daughter of Peter J. Mum-o, and grandson of the late John Hunter, Esq , former owner of Hunter's Island, who for many years represented this district in the State Senate ; and, in 1846, was chosen a member of the convention for revising the State Constitution.

The Hunter family is originally from the County of AjTshire, Scotland; two houses of that name having existed in that country, for many centuries. " The surname," says Robertson, " is obviously derived from the chase, before the use of ftxed family names, as at present. Thus Johne le Hunter, de la Forester de Paisley; the Hunter of Stragrife, appears in the Seoitish rolls." The great-grandfather of the present proprietor was Robert Hunter, of Armagh County, Ireland, whose ancestor emigrated thither from Scotland, circ, the beginning of the seventeenth century.