ment 
also 
halted. 
He 
then 
looked 
around 
in 
quest of some object which might recall, dis- 
tinctly, his recollection of the ground, and sud- 
denly darted into the wood. The soldiers rested 
their arms without speaking. A shrill cry was 
soon after heard; and the other guides made signs 
for the troops to follow them 
from which it came. In the 
towards the spot 
course of a short 
time they reached the Indian warrior, who, by 
his cry, had announced to his companions that 
he had found the place where he was posted on 
the day of battle. As the troops approached, he 
pointed to the tree under which the officers had 
fallen. Captain West halted his men round the 
spot, and with Sir Peter Halket and the other 
officers, formed a circle, while the Indians re- 
moved 
the 
leaves 
which 
thickly 
covered 
the 
ground. The skeletons were found, as the In- 
dian expected, lying across each other. The 
officers having looked at them some time, the 
Major 
said: 
that 
HS 
his 
father 
had 
an 
artiiicial 
tooth, he thought he might be able to ascertain if 
they were 
indeed 
those of 
his bones and 
bro- 
his 
ther. 
The 
Indians 
were, 
therefore,- 
ordered 
to 
remove the 
skeleton 
the 
of 
y0Uth: 
and 
to 
bring