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.)]

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him ran into the swamp and escaped -- the others were pursued and overtaken on the plain south of Smith's house and were all (eight or ten) captured. The horsemen then dismounted, and summoned them to surrender and entered the swamp - killed a man threatened to named Marshall with their pistols, or as some say with his own gun. The Refugee commander then summoned Bouton to surrender which he did with all the men about him. Bouton and his men were from Pound ridge. He was never after in the service. I believe A man named Fancher was dreadfully cut about the head with a broad sword south of the swamp (where he had run) and left for dead. The swamp then full of vines. Fancher got up and wandered about deranged with his head cut so that his brains could be seen to work. He was taken to Gilbert

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Palmer's house. Doctors Belcher and Adams were sent for who dressed his wounds, and soon after he recovered. I saw him afterwards in the service. He was wounded in the right wrist. James Miller was at Colonel Tho- -mas's house at the time that officer was taken and escaped by concealing himself in a hogshead of feathers.