The Pine-tree coast . at the falls, while the old remained at a standstill, must be attributed. .It is well known that a single enterprising settler and trader namedWilliam Phillips had established himself at the falls of the Saco some yearsbefore the breaking out of King Philips War, and had built a saw and gristmill there.^ His dwelling was built with an eye to defence; for he was in alonely situation, and knew he could have no resource except in the thickness ofhis walls, should the Indians at any time declare war. His nearest neighbor,not a very desirable one at the best, lived half a mile
The Pine-tree coast . at the falls, while the old remained at a standstill, must be attributed. .It is well known that a single enterprising settler and trader namedWilliam Phillips had established himself at the falls of the Saco some yearsbefore the breaking out of King Philips War, and had built a saw and gristmill there.^ His dwelling was built with an eye to defence; for he was in alonely situation, and knew he could have no resource except in the thickness ofhis walls, should the Indians at any time declare war. His nearest neighbor,not a very desirable one at the best, lived half a mile lower down the river, onthe opposite or eastern side. This Avas one John Bonython,* a man of so stubborn and intractable a spirit, so much ofan Indian, in fact, that his neighbors haddubbed him the Sagamore of Saco. Bonythonhad a hint given him to look to himself, asthe river Indians were about to fall on thesettlers unawares. He took the alarm:!; and fled to Phillips garrison in time; to see his own house in
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