Footnote 103: Colonel John Greaton. He was a bold officer, and commanded a corps which performed a sort of ranger service. At this time he was only a major. In June following he carried off about eight hundred sheep and lambs, and some cattle, from Deer island. About that time he was promoted to the rank of colonel. In the middle of July, he led one hundred and thirty-six men, in whaleboats, to destroy forage and other property on Long island, in Boston harbor; and at one time he captured a barge belonging to a British man-of-war. In April, 1776, he accompanied General Thompson to Canada. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier in the continental army, in January, 1783.[(Back)]
Footnote 104: Jamaica Plain, six miles from Boston.[(Back)]
Footnote 105: The isthmus that connected the peninsula of Boston with the main, at Roxbury.[(Back)]
Footnote 106: The British soldiers were all called regulars. This word denotes soldiers belonging to the regular army, as distinguished from militia.[(Back)]
Footnote 107: Twelve miles southeast from Boston.[(Back)]
Footnote 108: One mile from Boston.[(Back)]
Footnote 109: Three miles northwest from Boston.[(Back)]
Footnote 110: Thirty-one miles southeast from Boston.[(Back)]
Footnote 111: Tories were those who adhered to the British. It is a name derived from the vocabulary of English politics in the time of Charles II. A tory, then, was an adherent of the crown; a whig was an opposer of the government. The word was first used in America about 1770.[(Back)]
Footnote 112: Twenty-one miles southwest from Boston.[(Back)]