ded
by the settlers on account of the human bones within it. Recent
investigations have shown it to be composed of skeletons arranged in
tiers, with earth thrown over the whole, and the skulls have been
identified as those of Anglo-Saxons, with a few Indian skulls mixed
among them. Here, then, the survivors buried their dead comrades,
English soldiers left behind, cold and still, on the shores of the
Western lake. No doubt as the boats started from the point there were
some who looked back at the new mound with sad regret for such a
burial-place. But what difference will it make when the earth and sea
give up their dead? He who made us will keep us in safety, no matter
where we lie.

The route of the provincials and Indians left by Bradstreet to find
their way by land is marked by various objects dropped at the start or
soon after. A stack of bayonets covered with soil and rubbish was found
piled systematically at the foot of a tree, forgotten perhaps, or else
left behind as too heavy for the long journey. A musket barrel was also
found enclosed in a fork of a tree by the growth of the wood: it had
been placed in an inclined position, and had remained undisturbed until
the tree had completely enveloped it. A number of gun-flints, a peck or
more, were ploughed up on the high ground back of the lake, also a
sword and bayonets. Farther on, French and English coins bearing the
date of 1714 were found, and in another locality a silver teaspoon and
some pennies of 1749: these articles were probably thrown down in
discarded clothing or knapsacks.

Every year discoveries are made of articles thrown up by the waves,
washed out of the cliffs or ploughed up in the fields. Many of these
relics are in the possession of the silver-haired professor, who has
studied the localities and invested the point with a legendary interest
rare in this busy West. When we recall the early date of these
expeditions, the great loss of life, the tragic scenes on the shore, and
the terrible journey of the provincials through the forest, we must feel
that the story with its silent illustrations is as worthy of a place in
American history as many other events of less interest, whose minutest
details have been described over and over again in the current
literature of the day.

In the words of the venerable professor: "The correctness of my
conclusions will be confirmed by an examination of the peculiar and
dangerous character of these localities dur