Rand . n Gen. Clinton was leaving New Windsor withthe little force he could hastily gather, in an attempt to keep pacewith the British squadron on that side of the river, and resist theirlandings, while Putnam, who had abandoned Peekskill, endeav-ored to protect the people of the eastern shore—on this morning, twostrangers blundered headlong into the camp from the south, andfailed to discover that they were among the soldiers of the Amer-ican instead of the English Clinton—because these were clothedin captured British uniforms not yet dyed—until carried to thegovernors quarters. Then one of th
Rand . n Gen. Clinton was leaving New Windsor withthe little force he could hastily gather, in an attempt to keep pacewith the British squadron on that side of the river, and resist theirlandings, while Putnam, who had abandoned Peekskill, endeav-ored to protect the people of the eastern shore—on this morning, twostrangers blundered headlong into the camp from the south, andfailed to discover that they were among the soldiers of the Amer-ican instead of the English Clinton—because these were clothedin captured British uniforms not yet dyed—until carried to thegovernors quarters. Then one of them hastily swallowed some-thing, whereuix)n an emetic was administered and a silver bulletwas thrown up. He swallowed it again, but under a threat ofbeing immediately hanged and opened, was made to take a secondemetic with the same result. The bullet, yet preserved in Albany,was an elliptical shell, joined together in the middle, containingnothing more than an announcement of the victory, andnoth-. TARRYTOWN TO WEST POINT. 85 ing between us and Gates; but its failure to reach Burgoynedeprived him of hope, and led to his surrender only a few dayslater (October 13th). Nevertheless, Clintons capture of the High-lands was of indirect service to him, for when Gates heard of it,and of the depredations of the men and ships ascending the Hud-sou, he felt inclined to grant to Burgoyne easier terms than wereat first proposed, and hasten southward to drive back the invaders. Forts Montgomery and Clinton may still be traced, thoughreduced by a century of weathering, and overgrown with trees andbrush. The former is easily accessible by a path which leadsup from the railroad track at the little tool house a hun-dred yards below the station Fort Montgomery, which is thestation for a farming and summering village, of the same name,on the turnpike. As the steamer swings around Anthonys Nose, and entersCrescent Reach, masses of mountains loom up ahead—the trueHighlands. On the left, the
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