[marg: x See origl. p. 47. (Pocantico?)] driving cattle below and had not gone as far as the bridge at Rye Neck over Stoney Brook (Tocotsenockx) (by the mill on that brook) when they were fired upon by a party under one Maynard, and she was killed. She was taken into Mr. Bloomer's house, now standing on the north of the road near the entrance of the lane leading to Deall's Mills where she breathed her last in a few moments. It was said she was going down to be married to Jacob Tier, a very respectable butcher. Her death was always considered an accident by all except her relatives. Maynard's party said they did not know there was a woman with the party).

Huggeford took Colonel Wells by making a circuit and coming upon him from an unexpected quarter. One of Huggeford's [men] had the adroitness to creep up so close to a sentinel that, when the sentinel was relieved, he heard the countersign. With that knowledge

Nehemiah Brown cont'd

they passed and took the new sentinel and surprised Wells. On retreating to Morrisania Wells said: "We have a scout out, and the great probability is we shall meet them." [marg: * Wells requested to be sent to the rear, fearing that he may be killed, accidentally, by his own men. -- see other accounts of this affair. / J.E.] Huggeford supposing he meant that he didn't wish to fall by his own men answered: "You will have the same chance of life or death that we'll have."