What to see in America . e slain, and twenty-nine captured. Gen. John Stark, the hero of Bennington, was a NewHampshire man. He was born in 1728 at Londonderry,where his father was one of the early settlers on the NewEngland frontier of that period. The family depended inpart for their living on hunting and trapping, and once,when John and an older brother and two comrades went in acanoe on an excursion after furs to Bakers River in what isnow Rumney in the central part of the state, Indiansattacked them. Only the older Stark escaped. John andone other were captured, and the fourth member of t
What to see in America . e slain, and twenty-nine captured. Gen. John Stark, the hero of Bennington, was a NewHampshire man. He was born in 1728 at Londonderry,where his father was one of the early settlers on the NewEngland frontier of that period. The family depended inpart for their living on hunting and trapping, and once,when John and an older brother and two comrades went in acanoe on an excursion after furs to Bakers River in what isnow Rumney in the central part of the state, Indiansattacked them. Only the older Stark escaped. John andone other were captured, and the fourth member of the partywas killed. The Indians took their two captives up beyondLake Memphremagog to their tribal home in Canada. Therethe captives were presently compelled to run the young warriors, each armed with a rod, ranged them-selves in two lines a few feet apart ready to strike the captivesas they ran between the lines. Stark, who was athleticand adroit, had no sooner started than he snatched a rod New Hampshire 15. from the nearest Indian, and as he ran down the lines struck right and left, scattering the savages before him. This exploit gained favor for him among the older Indians, and he was later adopted into the tribe. After a captivity of several months he and his companion were redeemed. He often fought the savages in the service of his state as time went on, and he did his part valiantly in various battles of the Revolution. Stark died when ninety-four years old at his home in INIanchester, and lies buried there on rising ground that overlooks the Merrimac. New Hampshires leading educational institution is Dart-mouth College, in Hanover, on the Connecticut River. Itoriginated in a plan for educating Indian youths to be mis-sionaries. College work began in 1770 in a clearing amid a forest of lofty pineswhere two or threesmall log huts hadbeen built. In the northernpart of the state arethe White Moun-tains, which includeno less than twentybold peaks, andabound in wi
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