Having aligned the men in three ranks, he directed the first rank to kneel and fire, the next to stand and fire and then kneel down as the third rank to fire over the first two. By this time, the first rank would have loaded and been ready to fire again. On his command we fire the cannon and the musket men fire three salvos into thin air. There was nothing there. What Colonel York saw, I could not tell you, but the effects of the salvo seemed to have no effect on whatever it was. He ordered us to fire another salvo. Then as the men complied, I heard him scream, "The wolf is here. The wolf is here!" I then watched him whip his horse into the woods behind the estate like the devil himself was chasing him. As soon as he was gone, I had the troops stand down and had them search the grounds for
