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suit with him, and stayed quite late in the evening, after which he re- 

 turned to his head-quarters near White Plains. The army had also 

 been withdrawn, and the Colonel was left alone for the night. Just be- 

 fore day-break the Colonel's wife was awakened by a heavy, rumbling 

 noise, and she awoke her husband ; but he thought it was only distant 

 thunder. Soon it became louder and louder, and then it stopped di- 

 rectly opposite their door. This was followed by loud rapping at the 

 door, and demands to open. The Colonel dressed as quickly as possible ; 

 and, as he opened the door, several English soldiers demanded his sur- 

 render and all within. The Colonel replied, " I do surrender, and all 

 with me." They then demanded : " Where is General Washington?" 

 The Colonel replied, " He left yesterday evening." Upon looking out of 

 the door, he saw two small field pieces planted directly opposite. They 

 were very much disappointed, but took him prisoner to Brooklyn, and 

 there he remained for a whole year. The truth was, a loyalist woman 

 living in the neighborhood had seen General Washington go there, and 

 immediately started on foot for the English line, and came back with 

 the company. I asked who she was. With a tbss of the head and 

 considerable contempt, Mrs. See replied, "One Anna Brity — good-for- 

 nothing old thing ! " Whilst the Colonel was prisoner in Brooklyn, 

 there was also a Dutchman confined with him. One day he came to the 

 Colonel and asked him to write a letter to the officer in command. The 

 Colonel asked, " What do you want me to say ? " "Tell him I a'int no 

 hog. I a'int no hog ! " " What do you mean by that ? " " Why, they 

 give us nothing but corn to eat — I a'int no hog, I tell you ! " 



The surrounding neighborhood is rendered peculiarly attractive, from 

 the contiguity of high hills rising to bold heights, crowned with rich 

 hanging woods. One of these is that noble hill called " Kaakeout." 

 The meaning of the word being " Look out." This hill is, therefore, a 

 sort of Lookout mountain of the North. It was occupied by the coast 

 surveyors, and considered the second highest hill in Westchester County. 

 The landscape which it overlooks is magnificent ; from it a long and 

 large sweep of the Hudson River is seen, extending from the Highlands 

 at the North to the sea itself — where the river is lost in the beautiful bay 

 of New York. From it can be seen the city of New York with its spires, 

 and glancing across the river you behold the fields and towns of New 

 Jersey; and turning to the westward and northward, you see the spurs by 

 which the Kaatskills descend to the plains ; and turning to the east you 

 behold hill and dale, wood and meadow simply charming. Washington 

 Irving must have often climbed its summit. Sleepy Hollow winds along 

 beneath its feet ; to the west of it gleams a shaft in Sleepy Hollow Cem- 



