The Genesee country:
"One of my father's brothers became accidentally a hero at Black Rock. The Americans were keeping a sharp watch day and night against surprose. One evening my uncle was in a squad that was reconnoitering with lanterns near the edge of the cliff. The officer decided to send some of the men down to the water's edge. My uncle, in moving forward, lost his footing and tumbled down to the bottom. He almost fell upon three British soldiers. Taking in the situation at once, he shouted, 'Here they are, men, come on.' The poor Britishers begged permission to surrender; and he took the three of them back to camp. When they asked him how he captured them, he said, 'O, I surrounded them.'"
