650 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



In the summer of 17 So, the famous spy Huddlestone was discovered 

 concealed in the woods upon this hill, and was afterwards hung at 

 Poughkeepsie. For a long time it was frequented by the American 

 water guards, whose business it was to intercept all traders passing to 

 the British lines. 



On the south side of this hill fell the brave Captain Rowe of Pru- 

 schank's yagers. This individual appears to have been in the habit of 

 making a daily tour from Kings Bridge, round by Mile Square, for the 

 purpose of reconnoitering. On the morning of the melancholy accident 

 which terminated his career, he was on his last tour of military duty, 

 having already resigned his commission for the purpose of marrying the 

 accomplished Elizabeth Fowler of Haarlem ; when passing with a com- 

 pany of light dragoons he was suddenly fired upon by three Americans 

 of the water guard of Captain Pra/s company, who had ambuscaded 

 themselves in the cedars near the site of the present residence of Mr. 

 Bangalore. Their shot took deadly effect, for the Captain fell from his 

 horse mortally wounded. The yagers instantly made prisoners of the 

 undisciplined water guards, and a messenger was immediately dispatched 

 to Mrs. Babcock, then living below in the parsonage, for a vehicle to re- 

 move the wounded officer. The use of her gig and horse was soon ob- 

 tained, and a neighbor, Anthony Archer, pressed to drive. In this they 

 conveyed the dying man to Col. Van Cortlandt's. They appear to have 

 taken the route of Tippett's valley, as the party stopped at Mr. Frede- 

 rick Post's to obtain a drink of water. In the mean time an express 

 had been forwarded to Miss Fowler, his affianced bride, to hasten with- 

 out delay to the side of her dying lover. On her arrival, accompanied 

 by her mother, the expiring soldier had just strength enough left to ar- 

 ticulate a few words, when he sunk exhausted with the effort. 



As late as 1780 a thick forest extended from the village north to Mr. 

 William Bolmer's, bounded by the Hudson and Saw Mill rivers. The 

 site of these woods on the Hudson shore is now occupied by a number 

 of country residences, among which are those of Sampson Simpson, Esq. 

 This gentleman's father, in company with Col. James had charge of the 

 silver mines at Sing Sing previous to the Revolution. Also Pomona 

 Hall, the residence of Philip Rhinelander Roberts, Esq. In this house 

 the aspiring politician Colonel Burr found a safe asylum to shelter him- 

 self from the storm of indignation which followed the death of the illus- 

 trious Hamilton. 



The eastern edge of Boar hill is still covered with beautiful woods, 

 sloping gradually to the bank of the Saw Mill river This lovely stream 

 rises among the picturesque hills of Chappequa ; its source is formed 



