cautiously, took sentinels, and made his men pull off their coats and lay them on the planks for fear of giving an alarm, as it was his intention to make prisoners of Colonel DeLancey & other Refugee Officers who were then at a neighboring house enjoying a cock fight.

-- Notwithstanding all his precautions however, they escaped. Colonel White settled at the West, but finally returned, and died, I think, at New Brunswick, New Jersey.

[marg: wrong] I lived some years at Tarrytown [inter: and] know exactly where Major André was taken. His captors were lying in ambush on the east side of the road.

-- Notwithstanding all his precautions however, they escaped. Colonel White settled at the West, but finally returned, and died, I think, at New Brunswick, New Jersey. [marg: wrong] I lived some years at Tarrytown [inter: and] know exactly where Major André was taken. His captors were lying in ambush on the east side of the road.