. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. Judah Tbumbdlls Ride. 66 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD cut in the roof and the fire put out. More water being wanted,a man who went to the well after it was shot. A woman,too, was killed by a bullet that entered through a loopholemade for firing a musket from within. In a last effort to firethe house the Indians got a cart, lengthened the tongue orpole by splicing on other poles and, loading it with combus-tibles, set it on fire. Then they tried to push
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. Judah Tbumbdlls Ride. 66 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD cut in the roof and the fire put out. More water being wanted,a man who went to the well after it was shot. A woman,too, was killed by a bullet that entered through a loopholemade for firing a musket from within. In a last effort to firethe house the Indians got a cart, lengthened the tongue orpole by splicing on other poles and, loading it with combus-tibles, set it on fire. Then they tried to push it against thehouse, but one wheel getting caught in a rut, the cart turnedround and exposed those who pushed it to shots from the. The Attack on Brookfield. house. A shower, just then coming up, extinguished the having been destroyed, it was naturally to beexpected that Philip would now give his attention to thesettlements up and down the valley. None knew whose turnwould come next. Springfield was no longer the northernsettlement. Above were Hadley and Northampton, Hatfield KING PHILIPS WAR 67 and Deerfield, and still further north, Northfield, the mostexposed of all. The only settlement to the west, in the valley,was Westfield. Of all the forces in the valley Major Pynchonhad command, and in each town of course there was a miUtarycompany. In his plans Major Pynchon showed more wisdomthan the commissioners of the united colonies, who had gen-eral charge of the war. He proposed to disarm the peacefulIndians, like the Agawams, before they had a chance to domischief. It was decided first to disarm the Nonotucks who livednear Northampton. For this purpose, two companies, underCaptain Lathrop and Capt
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