[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] The great enterprise shown by the Americans on the Westchester shore in bringing a cannon down from Verplanck's Point and firing on the " Vulture " from Teller's (Croton) Point probably had quite as much to do with the ultimate capture of Andre and salvation of America as any other circumstance, not excepting the formal arrest by Paulding, Williams, and Van Wart. Originally Arnold had no other intention than to return Andre by boat to the " Vulture." If, during his night conference with Andre, he had foreseen the neces-sity of sending him back overland, through numerous American posts and a wide strip of neutral territory patrolled by vigilant American bands, he certainly would have managed to bring the traitorous transactions to an end before daylight. The aggressive conduct of the Americans with their gun on Teller's Point demonstrated to him that the " Vulture " was very closely watched from the river banks. Moreover, the main body of the American army was encamped just