The afternoon that old Mag was given the ring was one never to be forgotten by Mrs.Godfrey.The old Iroquois squaw on that occasion danced the war dance on the kitchen floor, so great was her joy in receiving the precious gem.
Margaret asked Paul where he had found his mother on his return from the setting sun.

He then related to her in broken English the following story:-- He had returned from his hunting expedition on the evening of the day the house at Grimross had been consumed by the flames.

He had been detained with the officers one month longer than he expected to be when he left home.

On his arrival home he found that his mother was missing.
He made inquiries as to her whereabouts, and was told that she had gone off with three Indians named Nick Thoma, Pete Paul, and Christopher Cope, to trade furs for some pork, blankets and powder at Grimross.

That white woman had killed the three Indians; that white man's house was burnt, and white woman had put his mother into the flames and burnt her up.