They spared the tories when the Refugees came up, but plundered the whigs." [Does not the foregoing account of the plundering excursion to Middle Patent towards the close of the war relate to Colonel Hatfield's foray of July 1st 1780? J. M. M.] "Colonel Holmes insisted upon taking my father prisoner notwith- -standing all he could say, and sat down and wrote and gave him a parole requiring him to go down to Morrisania in ten days, but it being towards the end of the war he did go. My brother, Samuel, was so bold
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in advancing and firing upon them that they supposed there was a large force supporting him and following them, and they consequently retreated in haste. After the Refugees had left the room where he was concealed, Samuel said: "I'll follow them!" We tried to stop him but he insisted upon our helping him out of the second story window to the ground. We then fol- -lowed his directions. Took his hands and held on till he was ready to jum to the ground, then handed out his musket and cartridge box. When we endeavoured to dissuade him from the rash attempt, Samuel said: "I haven't the least fear of them and I'll have our cattle back."
After the Refugees had left the room where he was concealed, Samuel said: "I'll follow them!" We tried to stop him but he insisted upon our helping him out of the second story window to the ground. We then fol- -lowed his directions. Took his hands and held on till he was ready to jum to the ground, then handed out his musket and cartridge box. When we endeavoured to dissuade him from the rash attempt, Samuel said: "I haven't the least fear of them and I'll have our cattle back."