. Olde Ulster : an historical and genealogical magazine. ight after we left Minisink I received advice thatGen. Clinton at the head of a great army, was coming up theNorth river, and had driven Gen. Washington and his armybefore him and obliged him to retreat suddenly up the news I received from the rebels, who also said the coun-try was greatly alarmed. I find the enemy certainly intendsan expedition into the Indian country and have built strongforts.* By the last accounts they were at Wyoming; perhapsby this time they may be at Shiemong, where I have sent myparty to remain till I
. Olde Ulster : an historical and genealogical magazine. ight after we left Minisink I received advice thatGen. Clinton at the head of a great army, was coming up theNorth river, and had driven Gen. Washington and his armybefore him and obliged him to retreat suddenly up the news I received from the rebels, who also said the coun-try was greatly alarmed. I find the enemy certainly intendsan expedition into the Indian country and have built strongforts.* By the last accounts they were at Wyoming; perhapsby this time they may be at Shiemong, where I have sent myparty to remain till I join them. I am now setting off witheight men to the Mohawk river, in order to discover theenemys motions. In the last skirmish we had three menkilled and ten wounded. Jos. Brant. 11 Kalkoen Hoek was the name applied to Tur-key Point by the Dutch, Both mean the same. In anold deed to Tobias VanBuren the road past the presentAlms House is called Het Calicoon Pot or TheTurkey Road/ * At Shandaken and Lackawack.—Ed. 338 The Captivity of Short and Miller. N the years during which the War of theRevolution was slowly proceeding withalternate successes and reverses PetrusShort was living in the town of Woodstockand his son-in-law, Peter Miller, was a nearneighbor. Their residence was in the southpart of the town, not far from the presentvillage of Woodstock. One Sunday morn-ing in the month of June, 1780, they alldrove to the old stone church in Katsbaan whereDomine Lambertus De Ronde baptized a son of PeterMiller and Annatje Short, his wife, and gave him thename of Petrus, the sponsors being Petrus Short, thegrandfather and Annatje Backer. They remainedthrough the usual Sunday services and then startedupon their long ride home of more than twelve Tory neighbor was in attendance at church aswell that morning, and slipped out before the close ofthe services. The wagon containing the families ofShort and Miller had reached a lonely spot in densewoods almost on the present line
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