[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] While pre-paring to do so, news was brought that the Indians were at hand, and with Colonel Cantine and the Ulster militia, they set off and the Indians retired. During the skirmish, as Colonel Van Cortlandt was leaning against a tree, waiting for his men to close up, Brant ordered one of his Indians to pick him off, but the ball passed three inches above his head.4 l"Colonel PhilipVan Cortlandt and New York Continentals," bj Mrs. Helen Beck Parmelee. New York Genealogical and Biographical Rec-ord, July. 1874. 2 Memoirs of General James Wilkinson. 3" No men did more efficient service on this memorable occasion than the Sons of New York, led by Colonel Van Cortlandt and other gallant officers, \\h", in disputing tin-pathway to their own broad acres, were contending for a continent. They resented the removal of Schuyler from the chief command and declared that an able general might have utterly routed Burgoyne." — "History of New York," by Mrs. M.J. Lamb, •The conclusion of this story is characteristic of both men. Some years after the war was ended, General Van Cortlandt was seated in church. As the general' was near the window he saw a stranger passing through tin-adjoining grave-yard, and who, as he went by, glanced in at the window. The face was a striking and familiar one. Where had be seen it? A few minutes meditation solved the question.