Narrator
The narrator of the story.
Tim
What is Verplancks Point.
Where Father and Tim go to sell the cattle?
Sam
Who does Father say is talking treason?
That he does all the work and Sam gets the glory
How does Tim feel when Sam is gone?
16
What age is Sam is at the beginning of the war?
Father says Mr. Heron's letters are not business.
Why father doesn't want Tim to carry them.
Hit him.
What the first group of Cow-boys do to Father.
Brown Bess
What is the nickname of Father's gun?
Because he is Native American
Why doesn't Tom Warrups sit down in the tavern?
Cattle theft
What is Sam arrested for?
Footprints and hoofprints in the snow.
How does Tim know something happened to Father?
Butcher them and hide the meat.
What does Sam tell Tim to do with the cattle?
A musket
What type of gun is Father's?
It is needed for soldiers shoes and uniforms
Why is leather scarce?
Patriot uniform
What uniform is Sam wearing?
Ned is killed in a gruesome way.
What does Tim see at Captain Starr's house?
He's accused of cattle theft.
Why is Sam put into jail?
The French and Indian War
What is the war Father was in?
They die by the hands of the side they were on.
Why is it ironic how Father and Sam die?
That they die of Cholera and other diseases
What does Father say happens to those on the prison ships?
What is he decided he's on no side.
What side is Tim on?
The British in NYC.
Who will the cattle meat from Verplancks end up with?
On a British prison ship
How does Father die?
To find out where the Rebels were staying.
Why did the British soldiers go to Mr. Heron's house that morning?
The Patriot soldiers
Who does mother refuse to serve in the Tavern?