...wift as a roe or a young hart over the mountains. From the east side, so many volunteered that he could pick his men; and with light step and dauntless spirit they marched to the siege of Boston. Cresap moved among them as their friend and father; but he was not destined to take a further part in the war. Driven by desperate illness from Washington's camp, he died on his way home at New York, wher...