Here he took a path which led through the fields about three quarters of a mile and which came out into the White Plains and Tarrytown road at Isaac Reads Tavern which was about one mile and a half from where Andre was taken, and about two miles to Tarry- -town [X]. I cannot be mistaken in this. Van Wart said Andre gave this account to satisfy their enquiries which were numerous before and after they arrived at Colonel Jamieson's quarters. Paulding, at the time of the capture, was not more than 17 or 18, being younger than Van Wart or Williams. Van Wart said he would have let him go because he knew he would be executed. My fathers name was Staats Ham- -mond. I was about 12 years old in 1780. In the Revolutionary war there was an attack made by about 30 American
[X] From Read's he went to the place of capture. The road he took at Rossell's corner would have brought Andre out on the Post road at See's store on the hill side, had he not taken the path across the fields.
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militia upon a large company of Refugee horse who were driving several hundred cattle and sheep which they had taken from the whigs about Pines bridge. Captain Samuel Kipp com- -manded the Refugees, and Captain Jacob Acker the Americans. The Americans attacked on both sides of the road in squads behind the fences, and regained all the cattle and sheep without loss. The Refu- -gees lost two or three killed and several wounded, besides seventeen horses killed and wounded. This skirmish hap- -pened on the Saw Mill river road, about one and a half miles south of the County House. (?) Van Wart used to come to a mill I had charge of, and in the course of our conversations communicated to me the foregoing facts in relation to the route pursued by André after crossing Pines bridge, and which Van Wart declared to me he received from André himself on the day of his capture.
This skirmish hap- -pened on the Saw Mill river road, about one and a half miles south of the County House. (?) Van Wart used to come to a mill I had charge of, and in the course of our conversations communicated to me the foregoing facts in relation to the route pursued by André after crossing Pines bridge, and which Van Wart declared to me he received from André himself on the day of his capture.