A touching incident deserves to be recorded, in connection with this melancholy affair. A dog belonging to one of the Americans that fell upon this occasion, took up his quarters at Mr. Caleb Smith's v.'ho lived a mile below. The ladies of Mr. Smith's family were frequently in the habit of visiting their neighbor Mr. Odell, when the dog would go with them half way and return. It appears nothing could ever tempt him to pass the fatal spot.

On the farm of the late Isaac Lent west of the hill, the American officer (Major Leavenworth of the Massachusetts line) ambuscaded a large detachment in 1778, for the purpose of cutting ott Capt. Joshua Barnes of DeLancey's corjjs ; who, he ascertained, had gone up in the neighborhood of Hart's Comers for the object of plundering. The better to draw Barnes into his ambuscade, Shotwell posted a party of his command upon the hill a little below the church. Upon the return of Barnes he immediately descried the detachment on the hill, to avoid ■which he lead his men ot'f by the opposite side, thus walking directly into the trap Liid by his wary foe. They received one heavy fire and surrendered, consisting of one full company -- sixty-four men.

In the house of Isaac Lent, then occupied by Jacob Vermil)ea, a small party of American vo'iuitecrs un.'er the command of Captain Honevwcll had stoppt'd to take some rctreslmicnis, having just rctt'.rr.ed from

658 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.