on. Born in Ireland the last day of 1744, was an ensign in the
British army, served two years with his regiment in America, then
resigned and settled in Pennsylvania. At the beginning of the
Revolution he entered the continental service as Lieutenant-Colonel,
was made Colonel of a rifle corps in 1776, was in the battles of Long
Island and Trenton, and in the summer of 1777 was in command at
Pittsburg. Washington placed great confidence in his judgment and
consulted him freely as to the feasibility of this campaign. In 1780
he succeeded Scammel as Adjutant General of the army and held the
position until the close of the war. He was a lover of fine horses and
an excellent horseman. He died in Lancaster, Pa., Sept. 3, 1802.

[34] TUNKHANNA, from _Tankhanne_, i.e., _the small stream_, is a
tributary of the Tobyhanna, which it enters at the west corner of
Tunkhanna township. The smallest of two confluents or sources of a
river is always called _Tankhanne_ by the Delawares.

[35] TOBYHANNA, corrupted from _Topi-hanne_, signifying _alder
stream_, i.e., a stream whose banks are fringed with alders; is a
tributary of the Lehigh, which it enters from the south-east at
Stoddartsville.

[36] The camp of the two regiments on White Oak Run, or Rum Bridge
as called in some journals, was the same place where the main
army encamped June, 19th, and "called CHOWDER CAMP from the
commander-in-chief dining this day on chowder made of trout."

[37] "One quart of whiskey to be issued this evening to each officer,
and a half pint to each non-commissioned officer and soldier on the
detachment command by General Poor. * * * The officers are to see
respectively _that water be immediately mixed with the soldier's
whiskey_," General orders, Aug. 15, at Tioga.

[38] Major Adam Hoops, third A.D.C. to General Sullivan. He was in the
army throughout the Revolution, and at one period belonged to the
staff of Washington. He was connected with the earliest surveys of
Western New York. In 1804, he in company with Ebenezer F. Norton,
purchased most of the township of Olean and laid out the village of
Hamilton, the original name of present village of Olean. He was a
bachelor and died in Westchester, Pa.

[39] Dr. Jabez Campfield of Col. Spencer's Regiment, joined his
regiment while they were in camp at Tunkhanna on the 26th of May,
where he says they continued until the 30th, "when we marched to
Locust Hill. All this way the land very indifferent and