This officer was afterward killed and Paul was captured by the Americans and sent a prisoner to Boston, and at that place detained for some months.
At length he managed to make his escape.

He wandered for weeks in the woods and along the paths, and at last struck the Nova Scotia boundary and continued on until he reached the vicinity of Fort Frederick.

There he remained for a short time visiting the scenes and places of other days.

He then set out once more for Quebec, and arrived there in September, 1778, where he remained till the close of the war.

In September, 1780, he was united in marriage with a handsome young Chipewayan squaw.