History of Hudson County and of the old village of Bergen : being a brief account of the foundation and growth of what is now Jersey City and of the many advantages now offered the inhabitants thereof in the newly constructed building of the Trust Company of New Jersey . ded, that a dragoon had evaded theguard and escaped. The matter was reported toMajor Lee, through whose instrumentality the afTairwas to be carried out. He was compelled to orderout a pursuing party, under Cornet Middleton, buthe contrived so many hindrances, that it was overan hour before the party could get off. The re-maind
History of Hudson County and of the old village of Bergen : being a brief account of the foundation and growth of what is now Jersey City and of the many advantages now offered the inhabitants thereof in the newly constructed building of the Trust Company of New Jersey . ded, that a dragoon had evaded theguard and escaped. The matter was reported toMajor Lee, through whose instrumentality the afTairwas to be carried out. He was compelled to orderout a pursuing party, under Cornet Middleton, buthe contrived so many hindrances, that it was overan hour before the party could get off. The re-mainder of the incident is described by Major Lee asfollows: Ascending an eminence before he reached theThree Pigeons, some miles on the north of the vil-lage of Bergen, as the pursuing party reached its sum-mit, Champe was descried not more than a mile infront. His intention was to gain the British Post atPaulus Hook, but noticing his pursuers at about thesame time they discovered him, and realizing thatthey would divine his purpose, he changed his route,and determined to seek protection from two Britishgalleys lying a few miles to the west of Bergen. En-tering the village, Champe turned to his right, anddisguising his change of course, as much as he could ptT. ,tfS^. \. I20 OLD BERGEN. by taking the beaten streets, turning as they turned,took the Road toward EHzabethtown Point. His pursuers coming up shortly after, inquiredof the villagers of Bergen, whether a dragoon had beenseen that morning, ahead of his party. They wereanswered in the affirmative, but could learn nothingsatisfactory as to the route he took. At last his trailwas discovered, and followed so rapidly that they soondrew near. He lashed his valise containing hisclothes and orderly, book, on his shoulders, and draw-ing his sword, threw away the scabbard. The delayoccasioned by these preparations, brought his pur-suers within two or three hundred yards. He thendismounted, and running through the marsh to theriver, plu
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