The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars . ow the inhabitants disposed themselves in thedaytime, and how best to strike them unawares. The blow fell on one August afternoon in 1689. war-party gained the rocky shore soon laid hands upon a white man, who disclosedthe defenceless condition of the place. It was in har-vest time, when the unsuspecting settlers were busy,either in the fields or about the shores. The main vil-lage, in which only the women and children were left,lay about a quarter of a mile from the fort. The fa
The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars . ow the inhabitants disposed themselves in thedaytime, and how best to strike them unawares. The blow fell on one August afternoon in 1689. war-party gained the rocky shore soon laid hands upon a white man, who disclosedthe defenceless condition of the place. It was in har-vest time, when the unsuspecting settlers were busy,either in the fields or about the shores. The main vil-lage, in which only the women and children were left,lay about a quarter of a mile from the fort. The farms,where most of the men were at work, were three mileshigher up, at the Falls. The assailants c^uickly arranged their plan of band threw itself between the fort and the village;the other betAveen the village and farms. Then thework of slaughter began. As the men at the farms ran 1689] PEMAQUID TAKEN 20 for the foi-t, they fouud themselves cut off by the bandbelow. In like manner, those in the village, who startedfor the fort, were mostly intercepted before reaching FORT AND ArrltOACIIEs. rEMACilll), ME. The few who did so owed their safety to fleetuess offoot. The assailants next turned their attention to the certain numlier threw thomsclvos into some houses,standing along the street leading to it, from which they 80 THE BORDER WARS OF NEW ENGLAND [1089 fiiod ou every onv wlu) showed himself. The hi}j;h rock,as conspicuous au object to-day as it was then, alsoserved to shelter more of them, who w(>re thus advancedso near the walls as to be able to drive the gunners fromtheir ])osts. Weems, the commander of the fort, held out until thenext dav, when having but fourteen out of thirty menleft uuhiu-t, besides being wounded himself, he gave upthe place on condition that the garrison should be al-Thefortsur. lowcd to depart unmolested. Fort andrenders. village Were then given to the flames, after which the lutlians took to their canoes, with theircaptives
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