Some Sodus Point Stories-- Part 3: 'Hide and Seek' in the Woods

The British did not get as much of the American supplies as they had hoped for.

Of course, a big part of the reason was that the Americans had moved the supplies of flour, pork and whiskey farther inland.  This was a result of a sugestion by Daniel Arms.  The town of Sodus was organized  in his home and he had seen to it that the supplies were removed.

The other reason is that the British were careless with what they did find.  They rolled barrels out of second floor windows which caused them to crash and break open.

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Other Incidents

**  Charles Eldridge was heard to yell from the bushes early in the fighting:  "I am killed.  I am killed."  Examination showed that he had only a slight flesh wound in his neck.

**  George Palmer said that while making a good run for the rear, he passed Elder Norton, then not a young man but a gruff one.  Norton said, "Go on, don't wait for me, I won't run."

**  Major Farr and Lieutenant Nathaniel Merrill played some kind of "Hide and Seek" with each other in the woods, each thnking the other was an enemy.  Farr got so tangledd up in the woods that he did not find his way out until the morning.

--Brock-Perry