[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] a religious turn of thought and entirely happy in her situation. Of this she has given repeated proofs, by refusing to quit this dreary abode. She keeps a bible with her, and says she takes much satisfaction and spends much time in reading it." Soon after her settlement, the hermitess purchased the cave and three acres of land adjoining. Here she resided until the winter of 1810, when she was accidentally killed by falling into a pit. a The southern view from the cave aff'ords a splendid prospect of forty-five miles in extent, terminated by Long Island. From Lake Wacabuck issues the Peppeneghek, or Cross River, (one of the numerous tributaries of the Croton,) upon which is situated the small settlement of Cross River. This place con-tains a post office, two churches, several manufactories, and twenty dwellings. The road from Ridgefield, by South Salem, to Bedford, passes through it. The Baptist church of Cross River was first incorporated on the 28th of March, 1842; Lewis * The poor-master found in the cave a small sum of money sufficient to defray her funeral exjjeusee. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. • 281 Holmes. Abijah Reynolds, Lewis Mead, Titus Reynolds, Jerah M. Elmore, trustees.^ The Methodist Episcopal church of this place (sometimes styled the Herman Chapel) was incorporated 12th of March, 1S25; first trustees, Joseph Wilson, Daniel Silk-man, John Silkman, Aaron Silkman, Walter S.