Interview with Post, Frederick
Patent, about a quarter of a mile from here guided the British to Danbury. He was one of the Danbury guides beyond a doubt. Benjamin Clapp had money and goods in Nash's house which was the reason they burnt it. It was situated on the Post road [near] by the bridge over Byram river.
October 24. Frederick Post, of Yonkers: The British army encamped three summers successively about the middle of the war at Mile Square, from Yonkers to Valentine's Hill and so to East Chester.
St. [marg: + Stockbridge Indians.] Indians cut off at Devoes.-- Many of them were found dead afterwards in the woods.
Emmerick severe, cross, &c. -- Caned my father for claiming a cow his men had taken: "To you call my mens Cow Tieves?" Emmerick caned my brother also for claiming stolen property, and sent him out of camp. Emmerick's head quarters were at Vermille's under the hill.
[marg: ?] Three white men killed with the [Stockbridge] Indians then near Brown's (formerly Deveau's) house.
Captain Rouw killed by the water Guards under Gray from over the river. Rouw was killed about a quarter of a mile east of the Methodist Meeting house at Yonkers on Hog Hill. Rouw belonged to Colonel Wormb's Yagers. Cattle all fat -- plenty of grass. Col. Wormb's men took our cows. Father reclaimed and got them again, but one was killed. Father was glad to get what remained Wormb's Major (Truschenck?) was cross. He once boxed my ears and those of a boy with me because we came