"I told him I knew better, I knew what they were after; that I had alarmed the country all the way up, that their Boats were catch'd aground, and I should have 500 men there soon; one of them said they had 1500 coming; he seemed surprised... one of them clap'd his Pistol to my head, and said he was going to ask me some questions, if I did not tell the truth, he would blow my brains out."
