Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1904-05-12

went To Virginia we could go OH 10 tell.
hut that would he another story. Suf-
fee II to say. they lived happily ever
after, or NJ least somewhat beyond
threescore and ten, and left behind
them n good name and numerous de-
scendants.
How Alice found out her family In
Virginia We are not Informed, but after
n lapse Of some years from the date OF
her marriage there appears in one OF
her letters a reference 10 an estate in
herlted from her Tarleton ancestors,
and her name appears I'm old records
signed I'm full, Alice Tarleton Beverley
A descendant of hers still treasures the
locket, with its broken miniature and
battered crest. which won Beverley's
hfe from Long Hair. the savage. Be-
SIDE II. as carefully guarded, Is the In
dian charm stone that stopped Hamil-
tons bullet over Alicc's heart. The ra-
piers have somehow disappeared, and
there Is tradition In the Tarleton
family that they were given by Alice
to Gaspard Boussillon, who after Nine.
Rousslllon's death in 1870 went to New
Orleans, whore be stayed n year or
two before embarking for France,
whittier he took with him the beautiful
pair Of colechemardes and Jean, the
hunchhack
Oncle Jazon lived in Vincennes many
years after the war was over. but he
died at Natchez, Miss, when ninety
three years old. He said with almost
his last breath that he couldn't shoot
very well even I'm his best days. hut
that he had upon varitis occasions
"jes' kind o. happened TO hit a Injun ia
the lef' eye" They used to tell n story
as late as General Harrison's stay in
Ninccnnes about how Oncle Jazon bur
led his collection OF scalps with great
funeral solemnity as his part OF the
celebration OF peace and independence
about the year 1874.
Good old Father Beret died suddenly
soon after Alice's marriage and depar-
ture for Virginia. He was found lying
face downward on the floor of his cab
I'm. Near him on smooth part OF
punchcon were the widowed frag-
ments Of a letter which he had been ar
ranging as II TO read its contents.
Doubtless IL was the same letter
brought TO him by Rene de Ronville, as
recorded in an early chapter Of our
story The fragments were gathered
up and buried with him. His dust lies
under the present Church of St Xavier.
the dust of as noble man and as true
a priest as ever sacrificed himself for
the good of humanity.
In after years Simon Kenton visited
Beverley and Alice I'm their Virginia
home. To his dying day he was fond
OF describing their happy and hospita-
bic welcome and the luxuries TO which
they introduced him. They lived I'm a
stately white mansion on hill over
looking vast tobacco plantation
where hundreds Of negro slaves worked
and sang by day and frolicked by
night. Their oldest child was named
Fitzhugh Gaspard Kenton died in
1896.
There remains but one little fact
worth recording before we close the
book In the year 1900, on the Fourth
Of July, certain leading French fami-
ly of Vincennes held n patriotic reun-
ion during which a little old flag was
produced and its story told. Some one
happily proposed that II be sent 10 Mrs
Alice Tarleton Beverley with "A letter
of explanation and in profound recog
milton Of the glorious circumstances
which made II the true flag of the
great northwest
And so 1t happened that Alice's little
banner went 10 Virginia and is still
preserved in an old mansion not very
far from Monticello. but IL seems likely
that the Wabash valley Will soon again
possess the precious relic. The mar
riage engagement of Miss Alice Bever-
ley to young Indiana officer. distin-
guished for his patriotism and militia
ry ardor, has been announced at the
old Beverley homestead on the hill, and
the high contracting parties have plan
ned that the wedding ceremony shall
take place under the famous little flag
on the anniversary of Clark's capture
of Post Vincennes. When the bride
shall be brought to her new home on
the banks of the Wabash the flag will
come with her, but Oncle Jazon will
not be on hand with his falsetto shout,
give la banniere dAlice Roussillonl
Vive Zhorzh Vasintonr"
Tuu ENn