[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] himself at the spring. ^Yhile on his hands and knees in the act of drinking, a ball which struck on the eminence above him, glanced obliquely, and descend-ing the road with rapid bounds, finished its course by shattering the thigh of the exhausted soldier, and burying itself in the ground beyond. Unable to move, he lay bleeding and in agony, until a wagon filled with provisions hasti-ly collected by a bold and resolute man ere they left the scene of commotion passing by, he was perceived by those who followed after, who immediately picked him up and placed him thereon. They conveyed him as far as Fish-kill village, 19 miles distant; but loss of blood and the fatigue of his journey, prostrated the powers of nature; and though he received surgical aid, survived but a few hours. "^ Two miles north of Peekskill is located the property and re-sidence of General Pierre van Cortlandt, who derived his title to this portion of the ancient manor from his brother Gilbert, heir of his grand-aunt, Mrs. Gertrude Beeckman, The situation of the Van Cortlandt estate is very fine, cover-ing, as it does, some of the most graceful undulations of a hilly district, diversified with the richest scenery. The old brick mansion erected A. D. 1773, occupies a very se-questered and romantic spot on the north side of the post road, immediately above the vale of Annsville. At one period of the revolution it was occupied by the American] commander-in-chief ^ as head quarters.