…Hence arose those two great orders of bor-der chivalry, the Skinners and Cowboys, famous in the heroic annals of Westchester County. The former fought, or rather marauded, under the American, the latter under the British banner; but both, in…

…In war, when no great movements are taking place, the time is whiled away in harassing the out-posts of the enemy, and there is no better field for cowboys and skinners than neutral ground, such as extended from Croton…