Henderson, in his own way, by the presentation of a beautiful Circassian slave girl, about thirteen years of age. This present the Army Surgeon did not bring away with liir.i from India; 'but, after establishing his home at the Island,' said Mr. Koosevelt, ' he commissioned your father (Captain James Hague, of Pelham, commanding a ship in the India trade) to look after this princely gift, and bring with him the young Circassian as a passenger on his return voyage from Calcutta. With her, accordingly, Cajftain Hague sought an interview, but found her so well pleased with her position in tlie household of a British officer that she could not be induced to leave her new protector. Nevertheless, the Captain was accompanied with an Indian lad, the Surgeon's prot^gfe, who was welcomed, treateil as an adopted son, and bore the name of William Henderson. The lad survived the retired Surgeon eight years, and was buried by his Bi<le in the old French Burial Ground at New Kochelle. The two graves are suiTounded by a well-wrought iron fence, and the smaller marble headstone beai-s this brief inscription: 'In memory of William Henderson, who died January 19, 1812, in the 25th year of his ago.'

" In his last sickness the young man was most kindly attended by Dr. Rogers, through whose influence or advice he bequeathed the sum of twelve hundred tlollars, appropriated to the erection of a town house, 'for the use and convenience' of the people of New Rochelle. With the recognition of this gift the townspeople of om- time generally a.ssociate the name of the owner of the Island Home ; it is, however, the East India youth's memorial.