My father being down with a flag in 1778, Colonel DeLancey took him aside and told him he had better withdraw from the lines for a while, as some of his men whose
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relatives had had their houses and barns destroyed were deter- -mined to retaliate upon the Odell and Dyckman families and he would not be able to prevent them from destroying the houses of his father and relatives. In conse- -quence of this friendly caution Colonel Odell withdrew for to the Mohawk Valley. Abraham Dyckman was a dark, complexioned, broad shouldered thick set short athletic man.
- Hufeland Index Page 186 - relatives had had their houses and barns destroyed were deter- -mined to retaliate upon the Odell and Dyckman families and he would not be able to prevent them from destroying the houses of his father and relatives. In conse- -quence of this friendly caution Colonel Odell withdrew for to the Mohawk Valley. Abraham Dyckman was a dark, complexioned, broad shouldered thick set short athletic man.