Two things: First. Congratulations to Phil Lord, on your retirement. I cannot express the gratitude for all your help, and the pleasure it has been to have worked with you. Now go enjoy that kayak, but stay out of Labrador Pond where the muck lies only inches below the surface and is the consistancy of putrid chololate pudding (my experience in kayaking, when I turtled and nearly drowned in it). Second. I will say that David Starbuck is one who will do it right, and for the right reasons, with historical inquiry behind what he does. Too many people think that all that scientists do is dig up and study Indians, but most of us in the field know that this is simply not the case, but yes, this examination would show that we do have an interest in Human history, even of our own kind. Abe Lincoln, George Washington, and a slew of presidents have been dug up at least once and wondered at and poked by the curious for various reasons. Word is that observers were shocked when they found that Lincoln's skin had turned black. Some say it was due to the particular pickling process they used, others divine revelation. As for Jane McCrea, her body has been dug up more than once already. She was originally buried, with Lieutenant or Colonel Van Vechten (I was unable to find out anything more on him,) near where they were killed in 1777. Then about 1823 she was moved to the cemetery in Fort Edward, placed next to the grave of Mrs. McNeil with whom she lived at the time of her killing. In 1852 her bones were exhumed again and reburied in Union Cemetery, in Fort Edward, where she lies today. She was placed in a plot near the entrance to the cemetery, where all could see her grave and simple marker. Her neice, Sarah Hanna Payne, is the one who had her moved to this final place. Duncan Campbell's remains have a similar story, being first buried at Fort Ticonderoga, then at Fort Edward in 1823, moved again in 1871, and then in 1920 they were moved to the present spot right next to Jane's. I have a feeling Van Vechten was moved around alot also. There are many sources and facts about these events, and, as Ruthann Messick pointed out, there is a great deal known about Jane McCrea, but we all know there is even more that we do not know. Here is an opportunity not often presented to do a serious look at the remains, and not some anecdotal poking at the bones. Archaeology and forensic investigation provide us with a unique and explicit way to read those pages of history that were not heretofore available. For an recent interpretation of much of the story of Jane McCrea, take a look at: http://www.yacc-uk.freeserve.co.uk/macrae/JaneMcCrea.htm Dan W.