That the Deponent heard one of the Rioters whose name he thinks was Warner acknowledge that he and a number of his Companions had on that occasion come a great Way from home, that they had been four Days on the Road ; and had travelled one hundred and twenty Miles. That the Deponent did remain about three weeks at Otter Creek after the Rioters dispersed, in hopes of hearing from Colonel Reid, and that the Government of New York would fall on some Method of Protecting him and his fellow Settlers from any further violence from the Rioters, but that having no House and being VoL. Iv. b4

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exposed to the night Air he was unfortunately seized with Fever and Ague, and therefore obliged to retire, That some of his companions had gone before and the rest were to follow, they having received notice from the Rioters that some of their Number were determined immediately to take Possession of the Land which had been so cleared by Colonel Reid's former Tenants notwithstanding of the written Agreement which Colonel Reid had entered into with the three Persons who had moved off from his Land, and their obligation not to return before his Majesty's Pleasure should be known. That the Deponent on his Return from Otter Creek being much reduced with the Fever and Ague, was obliged to stop at the House: of an Elderly Man named Irwin, who lives about five Miles North from Crown Point on the Eastern Banks of Lake Champlain, and is one of the Persons claiming under New Hampshire, and that at the desire of the said Irwin the Deponent staid a night at his House. That in the Course of Conversation the said Irwin informed the Deponent that Colonel Reid had a narrow Escape, and he assured the Deponent that the said Baker with eight Men had lain in Wait for Colonel Reid a whole Day near the Mouth of Otter Creek with a determination to fire upon and 'murder him on his Way back to Crown Point, together with the Men in the Boat with him, that none might remain to tell Tales, but that fortunately for Colonel Reid, he had left Otter Creek the Day before contrary to the said Baker's Expectation.