The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-03-16
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Diam SIR There WAS nue,ent, during
our revolutionary struggle with Great Brl-
tam, that excited more sympathy than the
trasical fate of Jane M'Crea The tune,
and every circumstance attending that
Transaction, was peculiarly fitted to harrow
up the minds ofncn 10 Resistance aud re
vengc. Wherever The story wfs tuld, and
il MAS toll throughout the continent with
the rapidly orhshtning, every bosom was
thrilled as by an electric shock, ard beat
III unison. Young, as | then Was, the
horrors Of the scene Impressed my mind 50
deeply, that toGty-siX years have IN no
part enace,i it. But the subsequent writers
of that period of oar history have related
the story very differently, and some have
spelled her name enormously.
In order tn correct, in season, every mis-.
take, | lately requested Col M'Crva, Of
Saratoga, IL state all the facts AS thcy were
kaown and believed in the famlly.-This
gentleman was nephew 10 Jane M'Crea.
aud IS distinguished for eandor and prohlty,
and is perhaps, better able To tell tire story
than atb other living Witness The lnhon-
ns is an extract Of his letter. hope you
" i'll think with me that it ought Ia he pre-
served, aud give ii place in the Herald.
am, sc. S. REY NOLDS.
BaiiSton, Juiy /, 1879.
Sin 1t is with no small degree of dill
deuce, | undertake IN commit 10 paper that
which i, known IN our family concerning
the late Jane M'Grea and IN doing this, |
do it solely with the view of complying
with your request, of transmitting 10 pos
tcrItY something more Of her history, Than
is at present rXtant.
Miss Jane M'Crea, who WAS killed by
the Indians at Fort Edward, in July, l777,
Wds the second daughter OF the Rev. James
M'Crra, formerly pastor oil congregation
IN LaniugtoH, NewJersey, but died PIE
,ious tn the rerointiun.--iiis eldest son,
Col. John M'Crca, had become Il resident
of Albany before his fathers death, and
his sister Jane directly afterwards repaired
to his ytonsc, and re.irled i him. In The
yfar sr,eaty- three, they removed To tins
part If the country, NOW known by The
name of Northumberland, on the vest side
Of the Hudson rlNy'r, about three miles
nth of Fort Mill,r falls, and was tlele
" hen his sister WAS Allied. This was on
sunday morning. and ii Was evening before
he rrcrivcd the fatal news. Early the next
morring. he sent his family to Albany,
nd repaired himself 10 the American
c,np, where he found his sisters corpse,
shorhng'y m;neled. Two at the II ieh-
i1uri uanttn, whom ne had brou lat Will
nn, waslacd and Il cs~ed hrrremans, aud
he had her inferred with one Lieut.. Van
Neicncr thee miles south OF Fort Id
ward.
She WIS tWcnty.threc years of age Of
an amlahlr aud ,lriuous character, and
nightly cstecmcd b. all ier acquaintance.
she Was al this time ON Il ,,slt 10 family
-. the uoghhorhood IT fori Edward.
J. $. M'Ncdl haze "a r~nencd hr To rrWalh
IN. the Nn,daA following. Here sh"
WIS conceag,j ia the ce,lat, " hen the In
altss arrh ii, ahe, ait. rahSachlnG The
tans,, G,scok her retreat, and drew
her sut IN, Iii, ADD placing her on il
horse, ~, .urd on lie road towards
Sandy HI Tncy had gone but shorl
distance, hen tiley met another party oi
iadians, letur'irg from Argyle, where
they had killed the family of Mr., Bans.
Iais party dioapYroved of taking Miss
81 Irta IN the Brush camp, aud one oil
I'm struck her With a tomahaWk, and tore
of fer -c,lp
II was said, and generally believed, that
she WAS engaged in marriage t" Capt David
jones, ol the British amy. Capt. Jones
survived her only few years, and Died,
Is MAS thought, with gilel.
am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
JAMES M'CREA.
DR.. S. Reunolds.