. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. Trumbiill. He hadleft Springfield but a fewhours before. Arriving atBrookfield he had found thevillage in flames and the vil-igers penned up in a singlehouse, fighting#/«^^C-i^»fe4il«*:_<bi:^^^.^*^Mi^fcS --^^^^ for their lives ^^^ against a hordeof savages whowere besiegingit. Concealing himself, Trumbull crept up near enough to take in the situa-tion, then rushed to Springfield, as fast as his horse couldcarry him. Lieutenant Cooper immediate
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. Trumbiill. He hadleft Springfield but a fewhours before. Arriving atBrookfield he had found thevillage in flames and the vil-igers penned up in a singlehouse, fighting#/«^^C-i^»fe4il«*:_<bi:^^^.^*^Mi^fcS --^^^^ for their lives ^^^ against a hordeof savages whowere besiegingit. Concealing himself, Trumbull crept up near enough to take in the situa-tion, then rushed to Springfield, as fast as his horse couldcarry him. Lieutenant Cooper immediately raised a troop of horse-men and hurried to Brookfield. On arriving he found thathelp had just come from another source. The Brookfieldpeople were saved; but sad was their story. They had all,eighty-three in number, including women and children, gath-ered in a fortified house. To this the Indians tried to set firein the hope of killing the inmates as they rushed out. Tothis end hay and fagots were piled against the side of thehouse and fired; but the blaze was put out from arrows were then shot upon the roof; but holes were. Judah Tbumbdlls Ride. 66 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD cut in the roof and the fire put out. More water being wanted,a man who went to the well after it was shot. A woman,too, was killed by a bullet that entered through a loopholemade for firing a musket from within. In a last effort to firethe house the Indians got a cart, lengthened the tongue orpole by splicing on other poles and, loading it with combus-tibles, set it on fire. Then they tried to push it against thehouse, but one wheel getting caught in a rut, the cart turnedround and exposed those who pushed it to shots from the
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