He insulted Bearmore by asking whose men they were, and when answered "a detach- -ment of His Majesty's Light Horse," replied, "that's a lie! You are only a set of plundering cow thieves!" He then asked Bearmore the number of his followers and offered battle with an equal number, or that Bearmore should select [three] of his men to engage him and his companions, or finally that Bearmore should meet him in single combat accompanying his challenge with reflections upon Bearmore's courage which stung him to the quick. -
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[X] In the original (pa 38) there was not (till I put it there myself) any reference as to the continuation of this subject - and this accounts for the gap in this page. On page 46 of original (and 63 of this copy) the matter is continued. J.E.
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Nehemiah Brown, of King Street, Portchester: [Continued from page 49.] Bearmore, unable to endure his (Gill's) taunts suddenly spurred his horse and galloped out into the road to meet him. Gill leaped his horse over a fence to meet him half way and their swords actually crossed when several of Bearmore's men spur- -red on their commander, and Gill, finding himself likely to have several antagonists, withdrew. Bearmore was too much upon his guard to be drawn within the American lines. Dole, first a sergeant and then a lieutenant of Sheldon's, was Sheriff after the war of a county at or near Albany [Rensselaer Co]. Captain Ebenezer Theall, of Delan- -cy's, was returning from an excursion when a little west of Round hill, he was ambushed by a party who fired and