mall cruisers afterward
captured by O'Brien. They were taken to Watertown,
where the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts was
in session.]

the 6. The enemy fired between 80 and 90 Canon at our men but killed
nine onely cut of one mans arm and killed too cows So much for this
day.

the 7. I went upon the creek guard and nothing remarkable hapned at
night their was a regular deserted and the regular guard fired upon
him but did not hurt him.

the 8. Being Sunday it rained and we had no preaching nothing
remarkable hapned at night their was a regular deserted and came to
our men and their was another set out but they were discovered and
they took one of them.

the 9. About eight o clock their was a Rifle man whipt 39 stripes for
Stealing and afterwards he was Drummed out of the camps if the
infernal regions had ben opened and cain and Judas and Sam Haws[166]
had been present their could not have ben a biger uproar.

[Footnote 166: The writer of this Journal.]

the 10. I went up on the creek guard and nothing remarkable hapened
their.

the 11. Their was a Rifle man[167] Drummed out of the camps for
threatning his offisers also I went to Cambridg with Boats.

[Footnote 167: These riflemen were from Maryland.
The company had been raised by order of Congress,
and placed in command of Captain Michael Cresap,
who, without a shadow of justice, was made to
figure unfavorably in the celebrated speech
attributed to Logan, the Mingo chief. Proof is
abundant that the stain put upon the character of
Cresap, by the speech of Logan from the pen of
Jefferson, was unmerited. Captain Cresap was taken
sick, and, at about the time here indicated, he
started for home, but died at New York, on the 18th
of October, 1775, at the age of thirty-three years.
His remains yet lie buried in Trinity churchyard, a
few feet from Broadway.]

the 12. This day nothing remarkable hapned only I went to work along
with the general at Mr. Parkers at night I went upon the piquet.

the 13. I went a chesnuting with a number of respectable gentlemen
that belonged to the army and we had a rifle frolick[168] and came