The Refugees rallied very soon after the destruction of their settlement, and followed Hull from West Chester to East Chester village. -- One of DeLancey's men was up with a flag and talking of some prisoners they had recently made, said to Cornelius Odell Oakley: "We'll have you next." -- Oakley replied, "That may well be, for who none of us can tell what may happen." He soon after received informa tion from a spy (a cripple who was suf- -fered to go about among the Refugee posts and settlements unmolested and unsus -pected) that there was to be a great ball at a house near Fort No. 8. Oakley, [illegible] and a party went down on the

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visited them or promised to just before his death. The Indians were enticed in the open fields by the British and attackd by the horse, when they made for the woods, some of them throwing away their arms (French muskets) on the retreat.

The pass at Throgs Neck (besides the Bridge) was on or near the farm of Honeywell Watson.

Captain Simmons left the British service in consequence of a quarrel with some officer or some other difficulty, and did not return. There was a Captain of DeLancey's named Frederick Williams with whom Simmons quarreled and fought. Simmons was quartered and commanded on Throgs Neck.

Adjutant Thomas, I think, must have been John, the General's brother. Edward was too young. (It was Edward)

The foraging parties on both sides, I think, took mostly from their enemies whom they never paid, and when they took from their friends gave certificates, but

Captain Simmons left the British service in consequence of a quarrel with some officer or some other difficulty, and did not return. There was a Captain of DeLancey's named Frederick Williams with whom Simmons quarreled and fought. Simmons was quartered and commanded on Throgs Neck. Adjutant Thomas, I think, must have been John, the General's brother. Edward was too young. (It was Edward) The foraging parties on both sides, I think, took mostly from their enemies whom they never paid, and when they took from their friends gave certificates, but