. 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. ied to set it on fire but theywould go and put it out. One of our men took one of the car-casses and brought it up to the General before it went they set two or three houses afire. But they were as fierceas a bloodhound to put them out. Then the Rhode Islanderswent down on the Neck with two or three field pieces andfired at them and made their sentries run to the breast-workAnd then they fired upon our sentries and killed two ofthem. We a
. 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. ied to set it on fire but theywould go and put it out. One of our men took one of the car-casses and brought it up to the General before it went they set two or three houses afire. But they were as fierceas a bloodhound to put them out. Then the Rhode Islanderswent down on the Neck with two or three field pieces andfired at them and made their sentries run to the breast-workAnd then they fired upon our sentries and killed two ofthem. We are building a fort in Roxbury and digging atrench across the Neck. No more at present, so I remain yourobedient son, JuDUTHAN Sanderson. It is plain that this young fellow was heart and soul withthe cause of the Revolution. So were the citizens of Spring-field generally, prominent among them being William Pyn-chon, grandson of the worshipful Major. There were those,however, who stood by the King. Adamses, where are you THE REVOLUTION 97 going? said Colonel Worthington to the great patriots,Samuel and John Adams, when they appeared in this town. Discussing The Revolution. in 1776, on their way to the Continental Congress. ToPhiladelphia, to declare these colonies free, was the quickresponse. Look out for your heads, replied Worthington. 98 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD The sound of battle was far away; but occasional travelersand soldiers returning from Ticonderoga and other posts keptthe people fully interested and informed. It was this remote-ness of Springfield from the seat of war that, with otherreasons, induced General Washington to designate the townas the place for the government manufacture of arms. Hechose the plateau on which the Armory is now located, on the western edge of what hecalls in his diary, describing thecountry between the Hill andIndian Orchard, an almost un-inhabited pine plain much mixedwith sand. The location cho-sen was then the towns trainingfield, but it w
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