Him did be adjure to take bis war denounciug trun^pet, and mouutiDg bis horse, to beat up the couutry, niglit aud daj-, sounding tbe alarm along tlie pastoral borders of tbe Bronx, starting the wild solitudes of Croton, arousing tlie rugged yeomanry of Wccliawk and Hoboken, the mighty men of battle of Tappan bay, and tbe brave boys of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, togetlier with all tbe other warriors of tlie countr}- romid about; ciiar^ing tbem one and all. to sling tbeir powder iiorus, shoulder their fowling pieces, and march mc rril}- down to tbe ^laubattans. Now there

a Monlton's Hist. N. T. part 1. 272, 2.

b IIu(ls:ia"s Jmirnul.

c Egbert BeiiS'ju's Mlu. N. Y. a-t.

6lO HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

was nothing in all the world, the'divine sox excepted, that Anthony van Corlcar loved better than errands of this kind. So just stopping to take a lusty dinner, and bracing to his side his junk bottle, vrell charged with heart iuspuing Hollands, he issued jollily from the city gate that looked out upon what is at prese-.t called Broadway; sounding as usual a farewell strain, that rung in spriglitly echoes through the winding streets of New Amsterdam. Alas ! never more were they to be gladdened by the melody of their favorite trumpeter I It was a dark and stormy night when the good Anthony at the famous creek (sagely denominated Harlem river) which separates the island of Slauna-hata frum t!ic main land. The wind was high, the elements were in an uproar, and no Charon could be found to ferry the adventurous sounder of brass across the water.