Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-01-05

- r.onn6e5 Ana disabled At the onset, and so his
disability and Moptgcmery's fall brought q to'ai
failure 10 this most memorable Expedition.
Burr attempted 10 lit the dead body OF Els Ten
,,al from the now, and carry it away in bis arms ;
hut being pu,suea by the enemy was obliged 70
Al andea is. Some years ago, several gentlemen
from New York where Montgomery belonged,
caused monument to be erected over the spot
sud saw the monument, l thought It a very mean
and unworthy structure. Since that his bones
have been removed 10 the cemetery Of Trinity
church in the Empire city,
Arnold with his Little army remained near Que
her all winter. hoping by the seige to starve the
citadel out, but in vain. In the spring he re-
turned to wsshington's headquarters, and was sub
ssQuently put in command OF the fort at " est
Point, where he betrayed the ReyolutionaryJarmy
and cause, and thus acquired for himself an ever
lasting and "danning shame. .
But though we are done with Arnold, ought
no. perhaps, to close our present Lecture without
some further account Of Aaron Barr and ms CON
nection with the Indian maiden who accompanied
the E spedition to Quebec. The story combines
tadition with history, and its romantic charac-
ter is not therefore the less reliable or interesting
on this account. =,
While the army was before Quebec an incident
took place. which, though small in ITSELF LED 70 re-
suits of q very singular, and even provldentiai
moment. Burr, accompanied by this Indian
huntress, during one of their wanderings IN the
out grounds, came to brook OF pure water
which, it seems, the British soldiers were IN the
habit Of visiting for the purpose OF using the same
Having no cup Burr, {says his biographer, iaf
ton was proceeding to make use Of the top OF MS
cap Is q vessel in which TO offer water to his COM
panion, when British officer who had come 10
the other side of she brook for the purpose OF
draupht, saluted him politely and offered nun sne
use Of his hunting cup. Burr accepted the oner
and the Two entered into conversation, Oh wnlch
the lady Indian present constituted the most inter-
esting subject. Burr's stock of provisions was
then reduced to one biscuit and an onion The
officer pleased with the frank and gallant bearing
Of Burr and the brunette beauty of his companion,
concluded the interview by bestowing upon the m
tcresting party the munifcent gift Of part OF q
hone's tongue which was accepted gratefully. II !,
was timely repast. "Whenever we next meet,
said tine Brlton, sit may be as enemies; but II we
should ever come together after the war Is over,
let US preserve this acquaintance" Each advanced
towards the other person, and meeting in the mid
die Of the shallow stream, shook hands togeiner
and pledged thenceforward perpetual friendship;
BY private assignments they met again several
times both before and after the battle, and was
probably during these interviews that arrange
ments were made for the care and support OF the
huntress and whatever might come Of her.
This aboriginal female was Catholic. The
mission At Norridpwock, under the Jesuit Rascs.
had secured most Of the Indians on the kennebec
tribes to the Roman faith. When Burr, as bearer
of dispatches to Montgomery was on his way to
Montreal, he committed the care of his female
Charge 70 the fr1LlSQ OulCcT WuOM nc Autt a. thS
brook and experimenting what might be the neces-
sty of her care, few months hence, when he ar
rived at the first Priests station he arranged with
thst clerical functionary Should occasion require)
to provide lyingin quarters for her in one OF the
nunneries in Quebec.
On the arrival in Quebec Of Burgoynes army
from England in the Spring, Arnold was obliged
20 retreat to Montreal, and Burr, disguised with
his General, abandoned him altogether. But
meanwhile he had made arrangements with his
hos ttoA tn ba
nunnery for her confinement, which took place
the following June, in the birth Of a daughter.
Burr, it is said, had as many wives and concu-
binss IS Solomon or Brigham Young. But with
all his faults he never forfeited his promise to
woman. Though he had many natural children,
he never failed TO provide the means of their sup
port and education, and to treat their mothers with
great liberslity and kindness. When our Maine
Gen. Knox afterwards Washington's Secretary OF
Wsr) commanded the American forces on Long
Island, n. Y, Burr was connected with the army
there, - aid to Gen. Putnam, of the wolf memory.
10 August be directed his British friend in Que
bee to pay all her bills, and send her. under safe
convoy TO him, leaving the little one in care Of the
Sisters of Charity for future disposal. What
finally became of her has never been disclosed.
There is a tradition that she became the mother
of several children after her arrival in New York,
in whom the strain Of blood, from President Ed
wards through Burr his grandson, was as royal as
any blood conld be in republican VEINS some OF
the f. Fs. of the city; and even one Of the de-
scendants, we have heard il claimed, is an accom-
plished lady in Maine.
Before the war closed In 1883, the British officer
y, Quebec, Burr's friend, was seriously wounded,
which caused his discharge from the army as a
pensouer on half pay. At this time, the child in
the nunnery was seven years old, much beloved by
the Sisters who took every care of her person and
education The officer alluded to, who, by an ar
rangement with the father, had the general custo-
% nf m N SCOTLAND
tied Col. Burr to allow him to adopt her as his
child and heir, take her to his home in Aberdeen
and educate her for the first circles Of polite So
eiety in his native land. Consent was willingly
airen to this honorable proposition, and forthwith
ine foser-father and his newly acquired heir sailed
from Quebec for Scotland.
Everybody knows that when Burr was Vice
President Of the United States, he killed Wash
ington's Secretary Of the Treasury, Alexander
Hamilton in q duel fought at Hoboken. This
crime, together with his Blarnerhassett conspira-
cy, ruined him. In 1908 he was obliged to flee his
country and seek refuge in Europe. He first went
to France where he received the protection of Tai
leyrand. In England parliament passed vote Of
where, and finally entered Scotland, and there, as
q strange and kind Providence would have it, he
accidentally fell in with that same British officer
whose friendship he had formed near Quebec sc
years before! Remembering the pledge at the
brook, he received him with open arms, treated
him with the greatest attention and hospitality,
and furnished him with the means of further
travel, and finally Of returning to America. Here
for the first time he saw the child born of his In
dian maiden, now widow lady in middle life dc
pending upon her Scotch father for support. The
meeting Of two such persons, in such relation
and with sach history can better be imagined
than described. 1t is said that the result was her
removal to New York We shall not hear of her
again till we close our Lecture. -
In 1872 Burr returned TO the United States and
renewed the practice of law in New York with
gscat success He ultimately, however, lost his
business and became poor and destitute, neglected
and despiscd.
In 1884 he was struck with paralysis whilst
walking ON the streets, which quite prevented To-
comotion. His only home was in his office, into
which he was carried by the hands of strangers.
One day coach drove up to his Office door, and a
lady about so years Of age, hale and active aght-
ed and entered his room. The interview was pr-
sate but they recognized each other with an af
fectionate embrace. She had come she said to
take him to her house which was the old Governor
Jay mansion near the Bowling green. She was a
widow Of accomplished manners, and kept gen.
Ieel boarding honse, in which she offered to fur
nish the poor old man with suite Of rooms and
10 take the kindest care Of him as long as both
should live. II was strange and most generous
offer, and may be explained the reality of mys
FERROUS relationship. He was placed in the coach
and conveyed to the house of this woman whom
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