was fought about a quarter or half a mile west of Clark's corner on the road to Bedford. This place was not called Clark's corner in the Revolutionary war. It is or was in fact three corners formed by the Bedford and Tarrytown road and a road which branches off from this to the White Plains. I think the Refugees took no prisoners except Captain Moseman and the one that was wounded. Captain Knapp was up on this occasion by ap= -pointment to cover a drove of cattle going to New York. I joined this drove with some cattle belonging to the man I lived with. The drove was concealed in the hills and woods of Chappequa. We started in the night and went forward as fast as we could expecting every moment to be joined by Knapp, but Knapp didn't appear. We went on for Tarrytown and now began to be alarmed for our= -selves and cattle for it was daylight. All at once we heard the joyful cry: "There is

bottom out of a chair, placed it over a fire of coals and seated my father in the chair, in-tending he should sit naked, but he contrived to keep his breeches on. The pain was so great that he sprang up with five or six on his shoulders. &c. The Skinners were fright-ened thinking him dead &c.

Captain Kipp was a man of wonderful resolution and his enemies lived in great dread of him.

After I had been a few days at Morris-ania I found what a dissolute set they were and what wicked carryings on. I de-termined to return to N. C. [North Castle] al-though I might be whipped or tortured to death, and accordingly I returned.