The following troops set out against the Esopus Indians, having as a Guide a woman who had been prisoner among them, to wit--of Captain Lieutenant Cregier's Company, 91 men; of Lieutenant Stilwil's, 30 men ; Lieutenant Couwenhoven with 41 Indians ;' volunteers from the Manhatans, 6 ; volunteers from the Esopus, 35 men, of whom 11 were horsemen, and 7 of the Honb!e Company's negroes, with two pieces of cannon and two wagons, the whole party provided each with

one pound of powder and a pound of ball, 2!>s of hard bread

1 These Indians were of Long Island.

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and 4 a soft loaf, with 2's of pork and a Dutch cheese ; left in garrison-at Wildwyck 36 soldiers and 25 freemen. .Marched

out about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and came in the evening

about two great miles from Wildwyck, where we remained until the moon rose. We: then startedanew, but could not march more than a long half hour on account of the cannon and -wagons, which we could not get through the woods at night. We then bivouacked until day break. '

97th ditto. We got on the right road when day dawned» and

continued our march. On the way we passed over much stoney land and hills, and had to tarry at the swampy, long, broken

and even frequent kills where we halted and must-cut trees 'to make bridges to pass over, and divers mountains were so steep

that we were obliged to haul the wagons-and cannon up rand