The women shrieked, and a scene ensued when their partners were captured, but they brought off most, if not all, the prisoners. The garrison of No.8 was alarmed, and pursued; but Oakley's party retreated successfully, having taken among other prisoners the very man who predicted his (Oakley's) capture. Nimham was intimate with some of the Ferris [X] family, and either
[X] Farmer James Ferris owned lands on Lake Champlain which accounts for his acquaintance with Nimham. (C Y. Ferris)
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visited them or promised to just before his death. The Indians were enticed in the open fields by the British and attacked by the horse, when they made for the woods, some of them throwing away their arms (French muskets) on the retreat. The pass at Throg's Neck (besides the Bridge) was on or near the farm of Honeywell Watson. Captain Simmons left the British service in consequence of a quarrel with some officer or some difficulty, and did not return. There was a Captain of Delancey's named Fredrick Williams with whom Simmons quarreled and commanded on Throg's Neck. Adjutant Thomas, I think, must have been John, the General's brother. Edward was too young. (It was Edward.) The foraging parties on both sides, I think took mostly from their enemies whom they never paid, and when they took from their friends gave certificates, but
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seldom paid. This, I think is what I have generally heard on the subject. The first name of Purdy [X], who was killed at Maroneck, I don't know."
Adjutant Thomas, I think, must have been John, the General's brother. Edward was too young. (It was Edward.) The foraging parties on both sides, I think took mostly from their enemies whom they never paid, and when they took from their friends gave certificates, but - Hufeland Index Page 021 - Saml. Oakley contd. seldom paid. This, I think is what I have generally heard on the subject. The first name of Purdy [X], who was killed at Maroneck, I don't know." [X] Jotham.