"I am."
A long string of expletives poured from the general's lips, and he swore that Allen should be shot.
He raised his cane to strike Allen across the face, but the Green Mountain Boy placed himself in fighting attitude.
"I am unarmed, you coward, but strike me and I will show you that my fists can smash your dastardly head."
An officer pulled the English general away, and Allen had no opportunity to avenge himself at that time.
"By Jove! I'll hang every one of you," shouted Gen. Prescott. "Colonel, see that thirteen of these d—d rebels are hanged within an hour; take the first thirteen—quick—there shall be no delay."
"If you dare to do it, I swear that you shall die within an hour after," shouted Allen, defiantly.
It was a strange threat for an unarmed prisoner to make.