Totten was a remarkably well built active and soldierly looking man, honorable and high principled. He took Colonel Green of Somers prisoner after pursuing and wounding him in the head with his sword. He went to Nova Scotia and staid some time, but returned and settled at New Castle where he died. Colonel Green and Mayor Flagg had their Head quarters at the house of Richardson Davenport about a mile (?) from Blenis's ford on the road which is north of the Croton towards the Hudson. When they came to the Ferry, a party went to Pines- -bridge, probably to secure that pass. The main body then surprised Green at his
[X] Whale boat men?
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quarters. &c. and then advanced (in whole or in part) to the widow Griffen's where a party was posted and summoned them to surrender, offering quarter if no resistance &c was made, but threat- -ened extermination &c if otherwise &c. The officer commanding agreed to surrender and most of the men surrendered but two black men refused and fired into the troops. They were pursued through the fields and killed. Mrs Green lived on the same road near where it joins the Somers road a little east of Pinesbridge. The planks at Pinesbridge were taken up every night and replaced in the morning The troops under Green were probably from Rhode Island.