Raymond and Silleck let Talcott take the tiller and steer. Talcott knocked Raymond down with the tiller, and killed Silleck with the same as he was coming out of the cabin. Silleck refused to surrender. Talcott took his vessel then into Norwalk. The aforesaid Refugees were in the habit of making feints of landing at different places, for instance at Norwalk or Compo, and then coming down upon other places as Stamford or Greenwich, while our troops had marched
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<left margin> Hon. Charles Howley - John B. Ferris, Esq. Wm T. Miner, Esqre. of Stamford, Lawyers. <left margin>
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to assist the inhabitants of the former places, &c. We followed Holmes's party past Sawpitts before we recovered our cattle. Our company was the principal means of retaking the cattle. They held on to them till we got near Rye Church. We pressed them from behind and got upon their flanks.
<left margin> Hon. Charles Howley - John B. Ferris, Esq. Wm T. Miner, Esqre. of Stamford, Lawyers. <left margin> - Hufeland Index Page 624 - to assist the inhabitants of the former places, &c. We followed Holmes's party past Sawpitts before we recovered our cattle. Our company was the principal means of retaking the cattle. They held on to them till we got near Rye Church. We pressed them from behind and got upon their flanks.