Elizabeth F. Ellet

“ Sparks says, is yet cherished with sympathy by the people in the village of Fort Edward, who not many years since removed the remains of the hapless girl from their obscure resting place to the public burial-ground. "The little fountain still pours out its clear waters near the brow of the hill; and the venerable pine is yet standing in its ancient majesty-broken at the top, and shorn of its branches by the winds and storms of half a century, but revered as marking the spot where youth and innocence were sacrificed." ”

“ Here he was left alone, bound, and expecting death every moment, to witness, at a short distance, the appalling scene that ensued. Another party of Indians came in a few minutes up the hill, bringing with them Miss M'Crea and her companion. ”

“ The anxiety may be conceived with which the timid but confiding girl expected, from hour to hour, intelligence from' her betrothed, and awaited the long desired moment when they should meet to part no more, She was young-some authorities say nineteen, some twenty three-but all agree that she was beautiful, with auburn hair, blue eyes, and a fresh complexion ”