The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-03-19

found him to be quite a genial
hearty looking gentleman having
the appearance Of being about fifty
five years ofage, but were subsequ-
emily informed that he was fully ten
years older. After being introduc-
ed the following colloquy ensued:
candy, I've been telling my
friend here about those relics, and
he wants to see them"
"Jim," says Mr.. D. to a young
man who had just at that moment
made his appearance" go in the
house and see if you can find those
things what We dug out Of that OLD
we'll" 8
"Jim" departed and presently re-
turned bearing with him a shovel,
an axe and a six pound cannon ball,
"Where did you find these, Mr..
Dr." we asked.
Il got them out of the old well,
which at one time stood within the
fort, but the riyer has washed in
the bank, way Beyond the well, and
what is left of it is now some dis
tance from the bank"
"But why were they thrown in
the well?"
ITO keep the Injins from getting
'em, l reckon, when the fort was
evacuated. Theresa milestone thar
in my yard which l also got out Of
the well. | guess it cost me fifty
dollars odig that well out, but |
was curious to see what it had in it;
and had been told many years ago
by an old soldier who was in the
fghtthat a cannon had been thrown
in the we'll"
"Did you find the Cannon?"
"No, l went down three or four
feet past the bottom, but didn't find
no cannon"
Expressing q desire to see the
mill stone alluded to, we were con-
Quoted into the backyard and shown
q circular stone some eighteen in
ches in diameter, slightly convex on
one side, and having an average
thickness of about four and o half
Inches. TWAS made ofcourse sand
stone, particles of which must have
frequently worried the molars Of
those whose meal was groundby it.
After satisfying our curiosity in
sailq yp
asked 1fr. ID, ifhe fald eSef seen
any remains Of thcfofe ..
"No,.. he replied, s'nothing but
the magazine whicRwas down thar
under the bank, and which ! filled
up to keep the bank from washing.
Thar's whar that stood, down whar
you see them locust sticks. We
have q right smart idea though,
whar the bounds of the fort was,
for we found the place whar the
flagstaff stood, and we suppose that
it stood in the center of the fort"
Here he requested us to follow
him, and he led the way to the spot
where the flagstaff stood, butwhich
is now occupied by fence post.
Thinking he might be able to
show lis where Colonel Lewis was
buried, we asked him if he knew
the spot.
eyes" he replied, at was mark
ed a few years since bya young To-
Gust tree that grew at the head Of
the grave, but some one has cut
down the tree, and it's hard now to
find the stump, though Iknow just
where the grave is"
Once more standing on tip-toe,
we were looking over the fence in
the direction indicated by the old
gentleman, and there in the upper
corner of the lot, next to the Ohio
river, we saw a slight depression,
which the old gentleman informed
us was the grave of Lewis.
"How many" we inquired, care
buried in this enclosure?"
"Well, it's hard to tell; probably
fifty or sixty; may be more-may
be less"
"Were not all of the slain buried
in herc?"
"No, they were buried around in
different places. When | cut down
that street that runs from the Ka-
nawha past the Court House, |
found thirty or forty skeletons"
elbow did you distinguish them
from Indians?"
"Why, by the brass buttons that
was lyinp bv 'em."