In November 1856, Harriet Tubman led Josia (Joe) Bailey, William Bailey, Peter Pennington, and Eliza [Ma]nokey from Dorchester County, Maryland, toward freedom in Canada along the Underground Railroad. Pursued along the way, they hid in potato holes, were aided by friends in disguises, scattered and reunited by guides, and received help from Sam Green. At Wilmington, Delaware, where rewards had been posted for Joe, William, Peter, and for the woman who had enticed them away, Thomas Garrett secretly arranged for them to cross the guarded bridge by hiding them in wagons beneath bricklayers. In New York City, Joe learned that the advertisement for him had reached there and became silent and discouraged when he heard how far Canada still was. As the railroad cars crossed the Suspension Bridge at Niagara Falls, Harriet Tubman realized they had passed into British territory and told Joe that he had "shook de lion's paw," meaning that he was free. Joe then burst into praise, and after the train stopped, his feet were the first to touch British soil after the conductor's. Overcome with joy, he continued shouting thanksgiving while fellow travelers gathered around him, and he was later remembered as a happy and industrious freeman in Canada.