When these were about to leave their plunder in consequence of being so closely pressed, Andrew watched his opportunity extricated his cow from the multitude, and driving her before him made his way home with loud cries of, "Hurra for General Washington!" I [Benjamin] saw André pass here the day he was captured. Although not in military dress, he was supposed to be an officer, and everybody wondered to see him travelling alone so early in the morning. He enquired about the road to White Plains of several persons. One shewed the road to White Plains and that to Tarrytown. Another told him that the Americans had lately been on the White Plains road near Youngs's corner. The British regular army in great force, once during the Revolutionary war marched from towards Pine's Bridge upon
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White Plains, accompanied by large bands of volunteers and plunderers who drove before them all the cattle of the country they could collect. I was driving my fathers cows when I met one of these bands. The plunderers not- -withstanding my remonstrances, took my cattle along with their own drove and went on. I had sagacity enough to find the commanding officer and make my complaint. He enquired who took them and I pointed out the men. He said to them: "Restore this boy his cattle and see him safely home with them, or depend upon it you shall receive an exemplary punishment." I returned home with all our cows. Great numbers of cattle thieves always accompanied the British army on its march through West Chester County. I never heard of the regular British army encamping anywhere in North Castle