History of the town of Oxford, Massachusetts, with genealogies and notes on persons and estates . , two perforations, Wellingtons, ) ; 4, sinker, perforated. Plain ; 5, use unknown, perforated, Hum-phreys, M. 36 ; 6, awl or piercer, Lovetts, H. 17 ; 7, soapstone im-plement, use unknown, Lovetts; 8, chisel, Whiting farm, H. 14 ; 9,gouge-, N. Gore; 10, chisel, Buffums; 11, chisel. Plain; 12, arrow-heads, etc., different localities, largest, Woodburys, II. 75 ; 13, drillsor borers ; 14, scrapers, used on wood, or hides and skins ; 15, gouge,Rosebrooks, II. 4; 16, adze, Buffums; 17, small pes
History of the town of Oxford, Massachusetts, with genealogies and notes on persons and estates . , two perforations, Wellingtons, ) ; 4, sinker, perforated. Plain ; 5, use unknown, perforated, Hum-phreys, M. 36 ; 6, awl or piercer, Lovetts, H. 17 ; 7, soapstone im-plement, use unknown, Lovetts; 8, chisel, Whiting farm, H. 14 ; 9,gouge-, N. Gore; 10, chisel, Buffums; 11, chisel. Plain; 12, arrow-heads, etc., different localities, largest, Woodburys, II. 75 ; 13, drillsor borers ; 14, scrapers, used on wood, or hides and skins ; 15, gouge,Rosebrooks, II. 4; 16, adze, Buffums; 17, small pestle, Allards,H. 71 ; 18, axe, Wellingtons ; 19 and 21, rubbing stones for dressing 1 In lliis act Ilii iiorlli llnewas defined as begin- to alter tlie course of this line so that it may niii), at llie nortlitiist corner of said town and ajfrec with the present VlUajre line. The old thence running due treat across the river, etc. line, W. 15° was restored. [See diagram!.]In March, ;i!l. the Selectmen of Oxford were -Prov. Laws, II., by the town to petition the Legislature. Indian Relics foi;nd in Oxford. 1724-5 INDIANS. 43 leather, Lovetts ; 20, part of steatite cooking dish, Abel Daviss, ; 22, axe, Rosebrooks. People armed. lu these troublous times farmers were accustomedto go to their work with their implements in one hand and a gun inthe other. Col. Learned, at the extreme north, as tradition informsus, was considerably annoyed at times by the sly manoeuvres of thenatives, but knowing his strength and courage they made no seriousencroachments upon him. The occurrence related by Hutchinson iscorroborated by tradition, the place having been at the site of thehouse later occupied by John Barton, H. 21, near Barton Hill, inthe easterly part of the town. On Aug. 6, 1724, four Indians came upon a small house which was builtunder a hill. They made a breach in the roof and as one of them was attempt-ing to enter he received a shot in his hellj from a couras
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