They disentangled the two men and placed them over the back of a horse to take them back to Boston for burial. Major Payne was the son of a Baronet, while the Lieutenant's family, while not royal, were wealthy merchant princes. It wouldn't do to let them rot in the wilderness. In fact, for being dead maybe 10 days, they were remarkably intact, how strange, thought Sir James.
They didn't smell at all like men who had lain in the sun for a week. Sir James thought he could sort all of this later. By two o'clock they had finished with a good stew and a double ration of rum for finding Major Payne. Now, as quickly as he could, he must return to Boston.
There were two ways to go. Either back the way he came, which would get him back to Boston in 5 or 6 days as it went a long way around. Or acr
