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Squirrel Hunters British Lt. George Cleig reported capturing two militia men in black coats, armed with muskets and bayonets, which he questioned and found amusing: . . I could not help laughing aloud; nor was my mirth diminished by their attempts to persuade me that they were quiet country people, come out for no other purpose than to shoot squirrels. When I desired to know whether the carried bayonets to charge the squirrels, as well as muskets to shoot them, they were rather at a loss to a reply, but grumbled exceedingly when they found themselves prisoners, and conducted as such to the column.
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