1845. Sept. 23. James Mandeville. On Friday morning January 24th 1783. we started from Peekskill hamlet or village (a village of five or eight houses at this time) being about or upwards of fifty in number, that is, thirty three from near Peekskill, (and the rest about twenty from the east part of Courtlandt's Manor. (Sprinks and Salem) It was an enterprise planned by Colonel Samuel Drake and Mr. …

We took the Colonel's house two prisoners fifteen horses and a variety of plunder, - and then retreated by the North River road with as much expedition as our jaded horses could bear. We feared a pursuit and before we reached Yonkers a party overtook us. It being night, however, and their number at first probably small we kept them at bay until we reached the new Livingston villa [page break] 1845…

Our horses were put in the barn, stable, and barn yard and fed, and we proceeded to see our spoils at auction - While these events were going on the enemy were probably reinforced at Dobbs Ferry and renewed the [page break] 1845. pursuit, but not overtaking us had pulled up between Tarrytown and Sing Sing and wheeled about to return, when they were overtaken by a man named Curry who had passed us …

House before stopping, and he was at the very time on the look out, but Kipp who commanded the Refugees took his measures so well that the enemy's approach was not discovered till they (fired upon the barn) this lower party of fifteen or twenty, dis- -charged their carbines and rifles. The horses alarmed and wounded kicked, plunged, and broke from their fastening in great confusion, and, running n…

Odell seized the first horse he could find, mounted and tried to escape but was overtaken by Kipp and Totten and pursued on the ice for half a mile or three quarters more. Kipp and Totten were ahead of their men, being probably having probably better mounted. They both struck at Odell, and Totten striking with a drill sword at last hit his cocked hat first and then the bridge of his nose, part of …

We, the prisoners were taken first to Morrisania, then, on Saturday night to the Island (Randall's) opposite Randall's, and put in the log Provost there where we were confined, in want [page break] [margin: 1845.] Jail, and then on Sunday morning to Newyork where, one or two of us who were badly wounded were sent to the hospital, and the rest, Paulding excepted, to the Provost, that is, to the Old…

The reason assigned for his barbarity was that he had burnt the dwellings and barns belonging to some of the Refugees, and had attempted to set fire to Colonel DeLancey's." September 23. Samuel Lyon of Yonkers: "When we pursued the Cowboys (September 4. 1781) we first discovered them from the hill near the Old Dutch Church. They were then passing (on the road by) near André's great white wood tre…