When the attack was about to commence Carpenter told Aaron: "Now when we begin to run do you mount my horse and secure him." Accordingly very soon the militia began to retreat, and Aaron ran for the horse which had escaped from his fastening but he secured, mounted him, and escaped by riding down a precipice among rocks where his pursuers (some British dragoons) were not able to follow him. James Miller was the only American [grave] killed, one militia man was taken and a number of the inhabitants. This happened before Pound-ridge was taken by [Tolbert?]. They must have come up for cattle and prisoners. When they [margin: [See Orig. lower part of page 38] There is an error in the original with an "m" to "numbers."]

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retreated they paraded on the flat west of Samuel Smith's. They appeared to have expected more opposition than they encountered from their numbers. The swamp south of Smith's Tavern by the Widow Dayton's was made as safe as a fort where persons might have returned in times of danger. It was then full of bushes and impassable for horses. A party of Refugees came up (Kipp's) at the latter end of the war, and towards the break of day they overtook Lieutenant Bouton's company of militia [on Lewis's ground?] Poundridge. Bouton's men were scattered along the road weary with the march - and the main part with Bouton by the Widow B. Dayton's, and the rest near Smith's Tavern where Benjamin Hopkins house had stood. Bouton and the men with and near [margin: (See the sentence in the original page 38. (lower end.)]