Journal entry 1777 Jan, 1 Its the first day: and my parents are still fighting because my brother is fighting for the Patriots I am Lam my mom is a patriot and my dad is a Tory and my brother you already know about him he's a Patriot my dad is threatening to leave. But my mom won't let him my brother took the gun with him. So if anything happens, I don't know what to do. I own a musket so I stare out my window ready to shoot. Still nothing to shoot but I still hear the screams of my parents so I climb out my window with my musket. I thought I would go hunting but i ran into a bear so i shoot once and the bear charges and I hear a shot and the bear had fallen! I reload and look around. no one around I raise the gun and someone grabs my shoulder I raise the gun and turn around i find my brother standing there he said”close ‘’One ay, Lam”. I look at him and run over to hug him and he just stood there smiling and I said “would have stabbed it” I hear a gunshot and my brothers hand is bleeding I grab my gun to find. Father there with his gun I yell at him and he said heres a yells at me to go home s im walking I hear another gun shoot and father yells. I look over to see a torey holding a gun at me and he fires it hits me in the leg. I shot and hurted him too,and I start running back home where I find five Patriots shooting out the window. I see one fall. I walk over and drag him and put bandages on him. I see mom I run over to see my other brother Samuel there I didn’t tell you about him and he is tending a gunshot wound on her then dad walks in I run up to my room and go to sleep but it was hard because of all the gun shots I could here.