It was then full of bushes and impassable for horses. A party of Refugees came up (Kipps?) at the latter end of the war, and towards the break of day they overtook Lieutenant Bouton's company of militia [X] [on Lewis's ground?] - Poundridge. Bouton's men were scattered along the road weary with the march - and the main part with Bouton by the Widow Dayton's and the rest near Smith's Tavern where Benjamin Hopkins house had stood. Bouton and the men with and near
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him ran into the swamp and escaped - the others were pursued and overtaken on the plain south of Smith's house and were all (eight or ten) captured. The horsemen ^some of them? then dismounted and entered the swamp - ^summoned them to surrender and threatened &c. killed a man named Marshall with their pistols, or as some say with his own gun. The Refugee commander then summoned Bouton to surrender which he did with all the men about him. Bouton and his men were from Poundridge. He was never after in the service I believe A man named Fancher was dreadfull cut about the head with a broad sword south of the swamp (where he had run) and left for dead. - The swamp then full of vines. Fancher got up and wandered about deranged with his head cut so that his brains could be seen to work. He was taken to Gilbert
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