. New England; a human interest geographical reader. The rest of the party had travelled no more than amile or two when four of them stopped, unable to keeplonger on their feet. At their request the others wenton. They presently resumed the journey,and continued for several days, alternately restingand walking a little way. But they grew weaker andweaker, and first one and then a second sank to rise nomore. One of the remaining two reached the Ossipeefort, and the fourth man made his way along the sideof the Saco River down to Biddeford, where he arrivedemaciated by hunger almost t
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. The rest of the party had travelled no more than amile or two when four of them stopped, unable to keeplonger on their feet. At their request the others wenton. They presently resumed the journey,and continued for several days, alternately restingand walking a little way. But they grew weaker andweaker, and first one and then a second sank to rise nomore. One of the remaining two reached the Ossipeefort, and the fourth man made his way along the sideof the Saco River down to Biddeford, where he arrivedemaciated by hunger almost to a skeleton. It was Wednesday when the remnant of Lovewellsband got to Ossipee Pond, so slowly did they travel,and so indirect was their route. They found the fortdeserted. One of the company had run away at the be-ginning of the fight, and reported to the men at the fortthat Captain Lovewell had met with disaster. They 328 New England did not doubt that all his force had been killed or cap-tured, and that the savages would fall on the fort The headwaters of the Saco So they considered it prudent to start for the settle-ments. Luckily they left some bread and pork, and thesesaved the fugitives from starvation. The only foodof the little band during their retreat had been a fewroots and the bark of trees. After a short rest theywent on, and at last reached home, where they werereceived with great joy, as if they had been restoredfrom the dead.
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