text: On the morning of September 22 , James Livingston , the colonel in charge of the outpost at Verplanck 's Point , fired on HMS Vulture , the ship that was intended to carry AndrÃ back to New York .
simplified: On the morning of 22 September James Livingston , the colonel in charge of the outpost at Verplanck 's Point , fired on HMS Vulture , the ship that was intended to carry AndrÃ back to New York .