Evening star., 1925-04-19
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most, he came up; and we tried to
get past them: but they being armed
with pistols and swords they forced
us into the pasture;-the Doctor
jumped his Horse over a low stone
wall, & got to Concord.
81 observed a wood at a small dis
tance, & made for that. When 1 got
there, out started six officers, on
Horseback, and ordered me to dis
mount: one of them who appeared to
have the command. examined me,
where I came from, and what my
name was? l told him. He asked me
If 1 was an express? l answered in
the affirmative. He demanded what
time I left Boston? l told him; and
AIDED that their troops had catched
aground in passing the River, and
that there would be five hundred
Americans here in a short time, for L
had alarmed the country all the way
up. He inediately rode toward those
who stopped US, when all five came
down upon full gallop: one of them,
whom / afterwards found to be
Major Mitchell, of the 5th Regiment,
clapd his pistol to my head, called me
by name, and told me he was going
to ask me some questions, and If L
did not give him true answers, he
would blow my brains out. He then
asked me similar questions to those
above He then ordered me to mount
nv Horse, after searching me for
arms. He then ordered them to ad-
vance, and to lead me in front.
OXXTHEN we got to the road, they
w turned down toward Lexington.
When we had got about one mile, the
Major Rode up to. the officer who was
leading me, and told him to give me
to the sargent: AS soon as he took
me, the Major ordered him, If 1 at
tempted to run, or anybody lnsulted
them. to blow my brains out. We rode
till we got near Lexington meeting
house. when our militia fired a .volley
of guns. which appeared to alarm
them very much. The Major inquired
of me how far it was to Cambridge,
and If there were any other Road!
After some consultation, the Major
rode up to the sargent, and asked II
his Horse was tired? He told him he
was-{he was a sargent of Grenadiers.
and had a small Horsel-then, said
He, take that mans Horse. / dis
mounted, and the sargent mounted
nv horse, when they all rode toward
Lexington Meeting House.
81 went across the burying ground,
& some pastureS, & came to the Rev.
Mr.. Clark's house, where I found
Messrs. Hancock and. Adams. / told
them of my treatment, and they con-
cluded to go from that house toward
Woodburn. I went with them, and a
Mr.. Lowell, who was a clerk to Mr..
Hancock. When we got to the house.
where they intended to stop, Mr.. Low
ell and myself returned to Mr.. Clark's,
to find what was going on. When we
got there an elderly man came In; he
said he had just come from the Tav-
ern, that a man had come from Bos-
ton, who said there were no British
troops coming. Mr.. Lowell and my
self went toward the Tavern, when
we met a man on full gallop. who told
us the troops were coming up the
rocks. We afterward met another,
who said they were close by.
"Mr. Lowell asked me to go to the
Tavern with him to get a Trunk of
papers belonging to Mr.. Hancock. We
went up Chamber: & while we were
Citing the Trunk. we saw the Brit
ish very near, upon full March. We
hurried toward Mr.. Clark's house, on
the way we passed through our mill
tia; there were about SO. When we
had got about 100 yards from the
Meeting House, the British troops ap-
peared on both sides Of the Meeting
House. In their Front was an officer
on Horse back. They made a short
halt, when I saw. & heard a Gun
fired, which appeared to be pistol.
Then could distinguish two Guns, &
then a continual roar of Musquetry,
when we made Off with the Trunk"
CThis refers to the Battle of Lexing-
ton, which Revere saw