The Bard family : a history and genealogy of the Bards of "Carroll's Delight," together with a chronicle of the Bards and genealogies of the Bard kinship . pplied the wants of the people of the MarshCreek settlement. In tliis early mill young Richardlearned tlie trade of a miller, and to the dwellinghouse on the Mill Place he took his young wife tolive soon after their marriage. This primitive mill,which was built of logs, was burnt by the Indians in1758. It w^as afterward rebuilt, and was long knownas Marslialfs Mill, but it is now called VirginiaMills. The situation is a romantic one. There,
The Bard family : a history and genealogy of the Bards of "Carroll's Delight," together with a chronicle of the Bards and genealogies of the Bard kinship . pplied the wants of the people of the MarshCreek settlement. In tliis early mill young Richardlearned tlie trade of a miller, and to the dwellinghouse on the Mill Place he took his young wife tolive soon after their marriage. This primitive mill,which was built of logs, was burnt by the Indians in1758. It w^as afterward rebuilt, and was long knownas Marslialfs Mill, but it is now called VirginiaMills. The situation is a romantic one. There, in acleft of the mountain at the base of Sugar Loaf, achild was born to the young couple and they livedin comparative safety until April 18, 1758, whentheir house was attacked by a party of nineteenIndians. There were in the house at the time ofattack, Mr. Bard, his wife and child; Thomas Potter,a cousin, who had come on a \ isit the evening before;Hannah McBride, a little girl, and Frederick Fer-rick, a bound boy. The savages were discovered byHamiah McBride. who was at the door. The girlswarning came too late to enable Bard and Pottei to (!»). BARDS OF CARROLL S DELIGHT ^^ 161 prev^eiit a rush into the house. One Indian directeda blow at Potter with a cuthiss, but he wrested theweapon from his enemys hand and attempted tostrike down the savage with the cuthiss. The pointstruck the ceihng, which turned the sword so as tocut only the Indians hand. In the meantime Bardseized a horsemans pistol, that hung on a nail, andsnapped it at the breast of one of the Indians, butthere was tow in the pan and it did not go off. See-ing the pistol the Indians ran out of the house. Dur-ing this scrinnnage an Indian at the door shot atPotter, but only woimded him in one of his littlefinger. Althougii the door of the house was closed afterthe Indians ran out there was really no hope for thelittle garrison. The roof of the cottage was thatched,and could be easily fired. There was plenty of m
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