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and 116 men at the home and on the premises 

 of CorneHus Haring, when some of Haring's 

 Tory neighbors gave notice to the British over 

 the river. Col. Grey accordingly, piloted by 

 them, after crossing the Hudson, came upon 

 the detachment unawares by night, and to the 

 great delight of the Tories, massacred every 

 one who could not make his escape. 



Riding a few miles further down, after pass- 

 ing through Schraalenberg, we came near to 

 the scene of the affray above Bull's Ferry, 

 which, although serious and resulting in con- 

 siderable loss of life on both sides, is remem- 

 bered more for the comic description given of 

 it by Major Andre in his poem entitled the 

 ''Cow Chace," in which he unmercifully ridi- 

 culed Gen. Wayne. Wayne's main object 

 was to dislodge a force of Tories who had 

 entrenched themselves in a block-house, and 

 he also desired to get possession of a lot of 

 cattle for the commissariat. Andre in his 

 long string of verses puts this in the mouth of 

 Wayne as issuing his orders to his subordi- 

 nates: 



" I, under cover of th' attack, 

 Whilst you are all at blows, 

 From " English neighborhood " and Tamack 

 Will drive away the cows." 



