New-England legends . ise Waldron of hisdanger. BosTOX, 27th June, Sir—The Governor and Councilhaving this day received a letter from MajorIlinchman, of Chelmsford, that some Indiansare come into them, who report that there is agathering of Indians in or about Pennacook, with design of mischief to the English. Amongthe said Indians oue Hawiiins is said to be aprincipal designer, and that they have a par-ticular design against yourself and Mr. PeterCoffin, which the Council thought it necessarypresently to dispatch a<lvlce thereof, to giveyou notice, that you take care of your
New-England legends . ise Waldron of hisdanger. BosTOX, 27th June, Sir—The Governor and Councilhaving this day received a letter from MajorIlinchman, of Chelmsford, that some Indiansare come into them, who report that there is agathering of Indians in or about Pennacook, with design of mischief to the English. Amongthe said Indians oue Hawiiins is said to be aprincipal designer, and that they have a par-ticular design against yourself and Mr. PeterCoffin, which the Council thought it necessarypresently to dispatch a<lvlce thereof, to giveyou notice, that you take care of your own safe-guard, they intending to endeavor to betrayyou on a pretension of trade. Please forthwith to signify the imnort hereofto Mr. Coffin and others, as you shall think ne-cessary, and advise of what information youmay at any time receive of the Indians inotions. By order in Council, IsA AnDiNCrTCN, Major Richard Waldron and Mr. Peter Coffin, or either of them, at Cocheco ; these with all possible THE INPIANS STOLE OFF IN THE MORNING AND lEFT THT! LITTLR GRANBDAFGFTER OP MAJOR WALDRONCOVtKED BT THE SNOW, AlONE IN TUE WOODS WITH THE WILD BEASTS AND HUNGER. 34 DOVER. The speed, however, came too late. WhenMr. Weare, the bearer of this agitated and ill-written letter, on the night of its date reachedNewbnry, a freshet had swollen the stream sothat it was impassable ; and while he was r d-Ing up .mJ down the bank the squaws had beenadmitted into the garrison-houses and hadstretched themselves before the fires. Thesesquaws had asked in an incidental way to betold how to go out if they should wish to leavethe place after the others were asleep, and hadwillingly been shown the way; and accordinglyin the dead of the night, noiselessly as he com-ing of darkness itself, the bolts were withdrawnby them, and a low whistle crept out into thethickets and the ambush of the river-banks,and sounding their dreadful war-whoop in re-ply, the Indians leaped within the gaues. T
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