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October 24 Frederick Post, of Yonkers: The British army encamped three summers successively about the middle of the war at Mile Square, from Yonkers to Valentine's Hill and so to East Chester. St. [X] Indians cut off at Devoes. - Many of them were found dead afterwards in the woods.
[X] Stockbridge Indians
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Emmerick severe, cross, &c. - caned my father for claiming a cow his men had taken: "To you call my mens Cow Tieves?" Emmerick caned my brother also for claiming stolen property, and sent him out of camp. Emmerick's headquarters were at Vermille's under the hill. Three white men killed with the Stockbridge Indians then near Brown's (formerly Deveau's) house. Captain Rouw killed by the water guards under Pray from over the river. Rouw was killed about a quarter of a mile east of the Methodist Meetinghouse at Yonkers on Hog Hill. Rouw belonged to Colonel Wormb's Yagers. Cattle all fat - plenty of grass. Col. Wormb's men took our cows. Father reclaimed and got them again, but one was killed. Father was glad to get what remained Wormb's Major (Pruschenck?) was cross. He once boxed my ears and those of a boy with me because we came
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into the room where he was quartered with our hats on. (F. Van Courtland's house - The room looked rough. - They slept on the floor.) Jacobus Van Courtland lived in the big house before the war, and moved to New York, where he soon after died, and Fredk. Van Courtland then moved in and lived there, leaving his house on the hill (afterwards H. White's house) into which Colonel Wormb then moved his Headquarters. Augustus Van Courtland afterwards moved in and lived there, the place being entailed.