sioned Colonel Carr, the
Lieutenant Colonel of
the 14th regiment, and his officers, to go, on the
Sunday, into Mr. Gray's rope-walk, and search
for him in every part of it with the greatest
anxiety and diligence, to the surprize, and,
it
seems, not much to the satisfaction, or Mr.
Gray. Mr. Gray upon this went directly to
Colonel Dalrymple, (the Lieutenant Colonel of
the 29th regiment, and commanding officer of
the troops then at
Boston,) and related to him
what he understood had passed at the rope-walk
two days before; to which the Colonel replied
that it was much the same as he had heard from
his people, and then said that Mr. Gray's man
was the aggressor by affronting one of the sol-
diers by asking him if he wanted work, and then
telling him to clean his little-house. Mr. Gray
made answer that he would dismiss his journey-
man the next morning for that insolent expres-
sion, and would further do every thing in his
power to prevent his people from giving the sol-
diers any affront for the future. And Colonel
Dalrymple in like manner assured Mr. Gray that
he had done, and should do, every thing in his
power to keep the soldiers in order and prevent
their any more entering Mr. Gray's inclosure.
Presently after Colonel Carr came in and asked
Colonel Dalrymple what they should do; for
that they were daily losing their men; and that
three of his grenadiers passing quietly by the
rope-walks had been greatly abused, and one of
them so much beat that he was likely to die of