The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-10-31
AFTER $50 YEARS.
The Remains of the Gallant Lord Howe
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The Remains of the Gallant Lord Howe
Discovered.
There seems now little reason to doubt
that the remains found at Ticonderoga,
N. Y, few days ago are those of the
English Lord Viscount Howe, killed there
in the French and Indian War.
A Frenchman named Duchane, in dig
ging for a sewer on Academy street.
struck some bones five or six feet below
the surface. At the head of the coffin,
which fell to pieces on exposure to the
air, was an insignificant looking stone.
1t was piece of "flint," or black marble
such as may be found anywhere in this
section, less than foot in length, round
ed, but flattened on one side and weigh
ing about thirty pounds. 1t appears
that Duchane, an unlettered man, think.
them home. The editor of the local
paper noticed signs of lettering beneath
the incrustatlons, and the stone was i'm
mediately washed. These words, cut
apparently by sharp instrument like
bayonet, were then made out; 'In
mem. Lo. Howe killed Trout Brook. {"
The stone was put at once into the keep.
ing Of the town clerk, who now holdt
it.
The story of this young officer is ont
of the most interesting "reminiscences
connected with the place. lie was but
"a years of age, and though subordinate
to Gen Abercrombie, he was virtually
commander, the idol of his men and the
hope of the whole army. On the 9th #
July, 1858, the great force of 1000 regu-
lars and 5000 provincials swept down
Lake George, and on the 9th, about 8
a. M, landed near the mouth of creek
flowing through TIconderoga which
forms the outlet of Lake George. Since
the bridges across this creek had been
burned by the French who were in
trenched in the old fort, which they
called Fort Carlton, the army started to
follow the creek around to the fort,
which Is situated at its mouth. Ad-
vancing in four columns, Lord Howe
led the right central division in advance
of the rest. Near Trout Brook he en-
countered the fugitive advance guard of
the French who had burnt their quarters,
started for Fort Carlton and were lost in
the woods. In the skirmish that ensued
lord Howe was killed, and the English
were panic stricken by the loss of their
leader, but the provincial troops soon
put the French to rout.
There is a tradition that Howe was
buried on rising ground quarter of a
mile from an old French saw mill, the
supposed site of which is about this dis
lance from the place where the remains
were found, which, Furthermore, is on
an elevation. This spot must be near
the position evacuated by the French
which the English took after the Skin
mish, and it is thought that Lord Howe
was hastily buried the night before the
great battle of July 9Th.
The historian Molly is authority for
the statement that Howe's remains were
carried to Albany, where they were sup
posed to have been placed in st. Peters
Church. 1t is improbable, however,
that in the teat of midsummer they
should have been carried so far, and
Furthermore, when st. Peters Church
was remodeled in 1902 and again in 1857
no trace of them was found, 80 that the
English government offered large re-
ward for their recovery. In so high es
TEEN was Lord Howe held in America
that the Massachusetts, General Courl
voted $50 pounds sterling toward mon
ument to his memory in Westminster
Abbey.
The verdict of experts in regard to the
headstone will be awaited with interest
both by those who lay claim to the find
and by all who are interested in the his
tory of our country.-COrrespOndence OF
the Boston Journal.