It was about ten or eleven A.M. when he was taken, and his captors very soon

[marg: 1845] afterwards joined us four at our station when we all immediately proceeded with the prisoner and his horse to Jacob Romer's where we partook of some refreshment, Andre refusing to eat or drink anything, and seeming unwilling to talk and desirous of being alone. We staid here but a short time and then hurried forwards to Milesquare where we delivered our prisoner his papers &c. to the commanding officer there, Lieut. Colonel Jameson. The pro-ceeds of André's horse and watch and the moneys found upon him we shared equally between the seven; but when the medals and pensions were given by Congress it caused many heart burnings and com-plaints, the four thinking they deserved as much reward as the three, and always believing that Paulding and the two others misrepresented the affair to congress and the public authority.

I and all the descendants of the four think to this day that they were ill-treated and feel bitterly about it. The four and their friends always thought that they were entitled equally with the three to farms, medals and pensions, which they believed also they would have obtained had the case been fairly put before the Congress. We (the four) never forgave this. All seven of us were serving as either as volunteers or as eight month's men, or in the militia.?

Colonel Luddington was reputed a good soldier. Colonel Hammond who served who served under him had not much character in that respect