History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . ic should be transferred to worthier custodians, towit, the Republicans of Conway, and the latter accordinglycarrying ofl the gun one day to their native hills, aiwakenedthe echoes by its deep-toned thunder; which Deerfield hearing,and directly learning of the spoliation, set out to recapture theweapon. The invaders, in large force, headed by Gen. Hoyt andSherilf Saxton, appeared in Conway and demanded the re-turn of the gun, threatening in default thereo
History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . ic should be transferred to worthier custodians, towit, the Republicans of Conway, and the latter accordinglycarrying ofl the gun one day to their native hills, aiwakenedthe echoes by its deep-toned thunder; which Deerfield hearing,and directly learning of the spoliation, set out to recapture theweapon. The invaders, in large force, headed by Gen. Hoyt andSherilf Saxton, appeared in Conway and demanded the re-turn of the gun, threatening in default thereof to take itby force of arms. Conway carried the apple of discord intothe boarding-house of old Bill Redfield, who, determined tohave a fight rather than yield, wrought his partisans up tofighting-pitch, and would no doubt have shortly broughton a bloody conflict had not law-abiding citizens interferedwith counsels of submission. Happily, therefore, bloodshedwas avoided, and Deerfield got her gun back, but found after-ward that it required much vigilance and alertness to keep itfrom the hands of the raiders from Conway and Photo, by C. L. Muore, Springfield. (71 ^.
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