The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-03-11
Isaac Snow as Sentinel at the Siege of Boston.

1t had lost its force. found 1t too hot
to hold and dropped it very quickly
I'm few days the English admiral,
finding his ships could not lay in the
harbor in safety, and after ten days
bombarding our fort without doing us
any damage, sent word to General
Washington that If he would promise
not to fire upon his ships, the troops
would evacuate Boston and the ships
leave the harbor, but without that
promise he should burn the town to
ashes. Washington gave his word
that they should pass unmolested, and
on the 18th saw them set sail! We
most gladly marched into Boston, and
found the people rejoiced to be re-
leased, and no wonder, for they had
been shut in for 16 months-suffer-
ing, hunger and other privations.
Some had their stores rifed to feed
and clothe the British soldiers-but
all was for the time forgotten In re-
joicing at seeing their oppressors
gone from them.
After serving my time out, which
was three months, | returned home,
strongly in love of my country's cause,
so much so that | soon enlisted again
for nine months in company from
Eastman, under Capt Isaiah Higgins,
and again went to Boston, and was
employed some time building fortifi-
cations In Boston harbor then en-
listed in another company, under Cap
tain Hamilton of Chatham, and
marched to Rhode Island, where was
employed with others in building for
tifications, and drilling with the army
stationed there till the time expired
for which l enlisted (six months).
THE ship Defence, of IS guns, want
ing crew, myself and some others
from the cape and from Boston, en-
gagged to make up the complement of
men. Soon all was ready, and the
ship put to sea under command OF
Captain Samuel Smedley, to cruise
for prize, hoping soon to meet with
an English vessel On the third day
out quartermaster broke out with
smallpox, when 1t was decided by the
| officers that all the crew should be
vaccinated-this made sickness
enough, and we feared the result
should we meet an enemy. But in g
| few days a sail was seen, which
proved to be large English letter-of
marque, and our captain determined
to engage her, although 80 of our crew
were sick of smallpox, and number
not able to sit UP to take a seat or
the hencoop and use small arms.
could sit up and walk some, so tool
a gun and sat upon the hencoop til
the action commenced, when | forgo
my sickness, sprang to my feet ant
loaded and fired my piece as fast al
possible-and as the powder monke,
] brought up the cartridges to distribut,
them among US, took a handful ant
threw them into the bosom of m,
shirt, which hung bagging dow
enough to receive them, and so con
tinued to fire away, not thinking wa
In danger of lighting the contents o
my bosom with my own firelock. Tn,
battle went on; | now had only a pal
OF canvas trousers and a tow shirt
and fired till my gun was very hot
and then changed 1t for another
The engagement lasted three glasse
(three half hours), when she strucl
her colors to us. When we boarde,
her we found she was from Liverpoo
bound to Jamaica, and had on boar,
a governor for that island and othe
passengers of some note, with man
valuable articles, quantity of plat
belonging to passengers, besides car