Chapter 15
BLOCK-HOUSE NO. 2On the 14th the army lay supine. There was no news from Otsego.
One man fell dead in camp of heart disease. The cattle-guard was
fired on. On the 15th a corporal and four privates, while herding
our cattle, were fired on, the Senecas killing and scalping one and
wounding another. On the 16th came a runner from Clinton with news
that the Otsego army was on the march and not very far distant from
the Ouleout; and a detachment of eight hundred men, under Brigadier
General Poor, was sent forward to meet our Right Wing and escort it
back to this camp.
By one of the escort, a drummer lad, I sent a letter directed to
Lois, hoping it might be relayed to Otsego and from thence by
batteau to Albany. The Oneida runner had brought no letters, much
to the disgus
