. Neal, the miller : a son of liberty . It is a brave spot, my lad, and you have done well tochoose it. Master Leavitt gives me great encouragementin regard to advancing the money, but stipulates that heshall be made a partner in the enterprise, you to pay himinterest on the entire amount until your debt of one-hallis discharged. I shall not need his money, for I already have apartner who neither demands interest nor a portion of theprofits, Walter replied, laughingly ; and then he told hisnow mystified friends of what Sewatis had done. McCleary insisted upon taking the Indian by the handas he
. Neal, the miller : a son of liberty . It is a brave spot, my lad, and you have done well tochoose it. Master Leavitt gives me great encouragementin regard to advancing the money, but stipulates that heshall be made a partner in the enterprise, you to pay himinterest on the entire amount until your debt of one-hallis discharged. I shall not need his money, for I already have apartner who neither demands interest nor a portion of theprofits, Walter replied, laughingly ; and then he told hisnow mystified friends of what Sewatis had done. McCleary insisted upon taking the Indian by the handas he praised him, but not a word, either good or bad,could he persuade Sewatis to speak. 88 NEAL, THE MILLED. The mill was built and opened for business four monthsafter the repeal of the Stamp Act, and Sewatis insisted onpouring into the hopper the first bushel of corn broughtto be ground. This much regarding Walter Neal and his friends isknown through the writings of others, and the nextmention which is made of either person immediately. connected with this story is found in Belknaps Historyof New Hampshire regarding the battle of Bunker Hill,where he writes concerning the three New Hampshireregiments which were mustered into the service of O Congress : The two former were present in the memorablebattle on the heights on Charlestown, being posted on theleft wing, behind a fence, from which they sorely galled CONCLUSION. 89 the British as they advanced to the attack, and cut themdown by whole ranks at once. In their retreat they lostseveral men, and among others the brave Major AndrewMcCleary, who was killed by a cannon shot after he hadpassed the Isthmus of Charlestown. A letter now before the writer of this story, signed byWalter Neal and addressed to his mother at Portsmouth,tells of his service during the battle, while he was amember of the regiment to which Andrew McCleary wasattached, and in it the miller says: Tell Sewatis that our noble friend is no more. Hehas given his l
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