On the hilltop above present Exeter, overlooking the valley of the Mauvaisterre, near the spot where now stands a stone that marks his grave, the pioneer, Alexander Beall, while out hunting or exploring one day in December, 1818, is said to have paused and looked out over the valley, dotted then with the wigwams of the Indians. As he looked, he made a prophecy to his companion, a man by the name of Cowhick...said he: "We are looking at something that shall vanish those who follow us in a few years will not see what we see; something new is about to happen around us."