A short narrative of the horrid massacre in Boston, perpetrated in the evening of the fifth day of March 1770, by soldiers of the XXIXth regiment, which, with the XIVth regiment, were then quartered thereWith some observations on the state of things prior to that catastrophePrinted by order of the town of Boston . was the last white nuin to fall. When he was killed liy the Indian, JosephProctor slew the Indian. That put an end to the all the men who engaged in the fight, only three re-mained to tell the tale. These were .Joseph Proctor,unhurt; James Berry, thigh broken; William Irvine
A short narrative of the horrid massacre in Boston, perpetrated in the evening of the fifth day of March 1770, by soldiers of the XXIXth regiment, which, with the XIVth regiment, were then quartered thereWith some observations on the state of things prior to that catastrophePrinted by order of the town of Boston . was the last white nuin to fall. When he was killed liy the Indian, JosephProctor slew the Indian. That put an end to the all the men who engaged in the fight, only three re-mained to tell the tale. These were .Joseph Proctor,unhurt; James Berry, thigh broken; William Irvine,shot through the lungs. The fidelity of the slave Monkdeserves mention. He carried James Berry on his backto liooneborough, twenly-five miles. He was acrordedhis freedom and enjoyed a long life with his formermaster. Wallace Kstill. Accompanying herewith is a |(i(ture of a statueerected to the uieinnry of Cnpl. Kstill in (be Uichinondcem<-tery. Sad to admil. the valiant Joseph Pr«Ktor is burie<l inI be old grave yard at Irvine, but it is doubtful whetherbis grave could be discovered. The Kentucky Biver flows through Kstill Countyfrom the southeast to the northwest, a of aWitthirty-live miles. Besides being a stream of great valuetil the agriculturists, and a stream of renuirkable Iwauty,. )|{(iK of transpiirtation of it is Ixtremely useful as a me;saw logs, ties, staves, coal, etc. .Notwithstanding Kstill has thr advantage of the .\. railroad, there are thoiL-iands u|Hin thousands oflogs that are floated down the river at each tide. Theriver is one of the most beautiful in the United Stat\vnin,L; Creek. Clear Creek nml other
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