She was visiting a Tory friend at Fort Edward at this time, and was betrothed to a young man of the neighbourhood, who was a subaltern in Burgoyne's army. On the approach of the invaders, her brother, who lived near, fled, with his family, down the river, and desired Jenny to accompany them. She preferred to stay under the protection of her Tory friend, who was a widow, and a cousin of General Eraser, of Burgoyne's army.

Burgoyne had found it difiicult to restrain the cruelty of liis Indians. To secure their co-operation he had ofl'ered them a bounty for prisoners and scalps, at the same time forbidding them to kill any person not in

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arms for the sake of scalps. The offer of bounties stimulated the savages to seek captives other than those in tlie field, and they went out in small parties for the purpose. One of these prowled around Fort Edward eaily on the morning after Burgoyne ari'ived at Sandy Hill, and, entering the house where Jenny was staving, carried awav th-^ voung ladv and her

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friend. A negro boy alarmed the garrison, and a detachment was sent after the Indians, who were fleeing with tlicir prisoners toward the camp. They had caught two horses, and on one of tliom Jenny was already placed by them, when the detachment assailed them with a volley of

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musketry. The savages were unharmed, but one of the bullets mortally wounded their fair captive. She fell and expired, as tradition relates, near a pine-tree, which remained as a memorial of the tragedy until a few years ago. Having lost their prisoner, they secured her scalp, and, with her black tresses wet with her warm blood, they hastened to the camp. The friend of Jenny had just arrived, and the locks of the maiden, which were of great length and beauty, were recognised by her.