Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-09-12

within halt mile OF Sid Fort Edward,
We were shewn the spring at which the
Indians who had chargeof Miss M'Rca.
stopped teEdrink, when-they we're dis.
covered aud. fired on by the whites
and the tree on the root of which she
was found sitting. "She was found af>
ter action was oser,' says the historian,
.t'tomahawked and scalped and tied to
the tree;y there being house near, |
borrowed an axe and cut chip out Of
that identical root for you, which with
some othar.holy relics, shall send you
by the first opportunity. The tree is
tiourishing pine stamp, SO feet high :
full Of balls, s"the top twisted off bya
storm, indicating, thereby, the disap-
probation of heaven at such cruel bar
barlty inflicted on innocence itself; on
the bark of the pine tree is engraved
Janney Or Rea, l777; at the foot of the
tree fine spring breaks out; and the
water flowing from it sforever silent
and forever sad" At Fort Edward
there is little village--and while our
horses we're watering, procured re-
volutionary bullet or two, which had
been dug outof the wall of the fort. -
We got to the village of Saratoga to
dinner, the field on which Burgoyne
laid down his arms, being Immediately
in front of the tavern, and distant about
halfa mile. This field is now beaa-
tiful peace of meadow land, at the juno.
ton of Fish Greek with the North river,
which you can also see on the map
have some relics, also, from this
field for you. You remember that Bur-
goyns was on his retreat, endeavoring
to get back to Fort Edward and thence
into Canada, when, finding his farther
retreat cut off, he surrendered on this
plain SO in following his track DOM,
we came to the field OF surrender, be-
fore we came to the battle ground
where he had for the first time become
convinced of the erroneous estimate he
had made of the American character.
Having walked over the field of surren-
der, and pulled some boughs from
tree, near the spot at which Burgoyne's
marqus was pitched, we moved down
the river in the evening, and about an
hour by sun, came to the house in which
the celebrated British general Frazier
breathed his last. This house was the
quarters Of the German General, the
Baron Reidesel--and,, on the day on
which Fra Ter was killed, the Baraon-
ess Reidesel {who with two or three
small children had followed her hus.
band, into the wary was engaged in pre-
pairing dinner for ,Burgoyne, Philips,
Frazier, and Ackland, who we're to
dine, on that day by invitation of her
husband. The table had been already
set out for dinner, when the action be-.
gan, and after some time, poor Fra zier
was brought in woundep, not to dine,
but to die. The baroness letters have
been published, in which she gives
most interesting account ofall the par
ticulars, which you will findin Wilkin-
sons memoirs if you have or can pro-
cure them: if not, you will read all
that is affecting and touching in regard
to these incidents collected by Mr.. Silli-
man in his tour to Canada. which
will send you as soon as can procure
the book. The generous sensibility g.
vinced by Frazier after he knew his
wound was mortal, has given me much
tenderness for his memory. The gene
raj, says he, was continually apologi-
zing to her for the trouble he was CIV
ing her--and that while sitting in the
other room (there were but two, and
they were very small) she could hear
his groans and exclamations-"O fa-
tai ambition 70 s'Poor General Bur-
gonye ~ "My poor wife He was
killed it seems by one of Morgan's RE
femen. Sillman says he had the anec-
dote from our Richard Brent, formerly
of Congress, and Brent from Morgan
himself. In the action of the 9TH Oct.
l777, Frazier was the soul Of She Bril-
tish army, and was just charging the
disposition of a part Of the troops, to
repel strong impression which the a.
mericans had made, and were still ma
king on the British right, when Nor
gan calling together two or three of his
best marksmen and pointing to Fra
zier. said, lido you see that gallant off,
cer-that is Gen. Frazier--I respect
and honor him--but it is necessary he
should die" This was enough--Fra-
zier was Immediately carried from the
field, mortally wounded. But you will
read it all in Wilkinson or Silliman.
Well, sir, "as was saying" we arri.
we'd at this same house at about an hour
by sun-end, as good fortune would