He was cautioned anxiously not to make the attempt. [ There was a pass above back of Honeywell's (or Watson's?) where there was a bridge which was guarded by in 1776 by the Americans. ]

A party of the guides and others under Odell (Queré, John?) had been to Morrisania and were returning by the Sprain road. -- They were hungry and weary, and had five or six prisoners, and some of DeLancey's horses, cattle and arms. [ The main body with the prisoners went on, but one of the Odells, Post, McChain, and^an other stopped, and were taken by a party of DeLancey's that pursued.]

* The tide was [rose] so high that the cause= =way was impossible. After it was at a certain height they never ventured to cross it. Fowler relied upon his knowledge of the way. Fowler had been out once, before he was killed, and some sneered at his prudence and even doubted his courage. He ventured, almost alone, among the Americans determined to establish a reputation for courage which should last.

Samuel Oakley cont'd.

Some one proposed to stop and get supper at Uncle Isaac Vermille's (father of Isaac Vermille of Dobbs Ferry). They stopped and were surprised, and taken by a party that followed them, (?) June 1781.(?)

-- Dyckman's or the Farmers' Bridge, was taken up by the British during the war. It was built because they paid toll at King's Bridge.

-- When an American party went down to Throgs Neck they were fired upon from the British fort at Whitestone (in 1781) and covered all over with sand but none killed. The party immediately retreated swigly up the Neck. [They were engineers. My uncle, James Oakley, was with them as a guide.]