" 'i he Btitish army had possession of New York; their northern i;nL-!-> being at King's Bridge, while the American lines were at Croton Ri\i.T. about 25 miles north of the British The distance between being occasionally occupied first by one party und then the other Thiefts and murders were of constant occurance, so that few of the fonner inhabitants of this portion of Westchester county chose to remain at home. There being no cattle left to eat the pasture, the grass grew to a great height, so that it fell down and rotted on the ground from )'ear to year. In 1777, we being just above the American lines, the Cow Boys, stoic from us 14 head of cattle and drove them off to Morrisania. Mother, on horseback, traced them to the British lines and determined to recover them by an appeal to the British General, then quartered on Harlem heights. Upon her arrival at King's Bridge, she discovered that tb.e sentinel stationed there, was the same light horseman that had once st0( ul guard before her own house at Yorkto\\ii, on occasion of the roof beii>g blown off. It was a mutual recognition, and the soldier kindly led her across the bridge, for which she bestowed upon him a pistareen. Arrived at headquarters she quickly proved to the guard's satisfaction that her .son was one of the harmless people called Quakers, who took no part in th.e war; whereupon he gave her an order directed to the Cow-Bo\s. either to return the stolen property or pay its full value. Thus officially armed she went to Morrisania and presented the order to the robbers who, in a great rage, threatened not only to kill her but her family; a few words, however, sufficed to quiet them down, and they paid her t!-.e full value for the cattle, in gold.