Accord- -ingly when the attack was made upon Greene's quarters it was led by Totten who engaged at the door in single combat with the Colonel, was struck down by him and saved by a Refugee soldier. Totten the moment he saw his antagonist sprang forward with his sword and called upon him to submit instantly, but Greene answered the summons with a full and rapid stroke of his broad sword which, had it not been parried by another person, would have been
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fatal. Totten rose up, and he and several others then attacked poor Greene and wounded him in seven or eight places. After surrendering he asked for his parole, but Totten refused saying: 'You would not give me my parole when I was your prisoner - Remember what I then told you - You must go with us to Mor- -risania. Jotham Purdy's party at the time he was killed lost several horses. His wife came down frantic with grief the next day and threw herself upon the body. I never saw a woman in so much distress. An American foraging party came to my father's once and took all the grain he had raised that season, except barely sufficient for the family's use. The party gave certificates for what they took but continental rates became of no value, and compensation was never obtained.
Jotham Purdy's party at the time he was killed lost several horses. His wife came down frantic with grief the next day and threw herself upon the body. I never saw a woman in so much distress. An American foraging party came to my father's once and took all the grain he had raised that season, except barely sufficient for the family's use. The party gave certificates for what they took but continental rates became of no value, and compensation was never obtained.