History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . , Silas Gaskill, Selectmen. ABOUT INDIANS, AND HOW THEY KILLED A TRAV-ELLER ON HIS WAY TO NORTHFIELD. But little can be said with certainty about theaborigines of this section. That it was within theterritorial limits of the Nipmucs there can be nodoubt. These were the inland tribes north of thePequots and Narragansetts. They roamed up anddown the valley of the upper Connecticut, and theirhunting grounds extended to undefined limits oneither side of the river. Their boundaries werenatural rath
History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . , Silas Gaskill, Selectmen. ABOUT INDIANS, AND HOW THEY KILLED A TRAV-ELLER ON HIS WAY TO NORTHFIELD. But little can be said with certainty about theaborigines of this section. That it was within theterritorial limits of the Nipmucs there can be nodoubt. These were the inland tribes north of thePequots and Narragansetts. They roamed up anddown the valley of the upper Connecticut, and theirhunting grounds extended to undefined limits oneither side of the river. Their boundaries werenatural rather than artificial; mountains, rivers,and lakes were landmarks suflRciently accurate forbounds, and also served as guides in their wander- 42 HISTORY OF THE ings. Their trails were from one mountain peakto another in lines quite direct from Wachusett toMount Grace, from Mount Grace to the Monadnock,and so on ad infnituvi^ or else by the Connecticut,Ashuelot, and other rivers. There is no positiveproof that this was the lodgment or headquarters ofany tribe. No large number of Indian relics The number of arrow-heads, battle-axes, agriculturalor other tools found are quite limited. No signs of In-dian planting fields were discovered by the first set-tlers ; but that this was a favorite hunting ground therecan be no doubt, for the woods and streams affordeda bountiful supply of game and fish. The Nipmucs,while less numerous than those tribes nearer the sea-shore, were equally savage and hostile. Their war-riors, when united for a given object, were formid-able. Such were the auxiliaries they furnished to TOWN OF RICHMOND. 43 King Philip in his bloody war with the whites in1676, which war in the end proved alike disastrous tothe Nipmucs and the shore Indians. Their tribalrelations were so disturbed and broken up by thiswar that the remnants of these inland Indians wereimpelled, through motives of self-preservation, toabandon forever the home of their ancestors and thegraves
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