The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars . areless watch, surprised and car-ried off. In going down the river the marauders werefired upon fiom the shore, and some of them hurt. One tradition of this descent deserves to be Humphrey Scammans garrison stood on thebank of the river, about two miles from the sea. Hewas at work that day, mowing in his meadow, the housebeing left in charge of his wife and children. The daywas sultiT, and the labor fatiguing, so goodwife Scam-man presently sent their little ten-year-old boy to hisfather
The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars . areless watch, surprised and car-ried off. In going down the river the marauders werefired upon fiom the shore, and some of them hurt. One tradition of this descent deserves to be Humphrey Scammans garrison stood on thebank of the river, about two miles from the sea. Hewas at work that day, mowing in his meadow, the housebeing left in charge of his wife and children. The daywas sultiT, and the labor fatiguing, so goodwife Scam-man presently sent their little ten-year-old boy to hisfather wdth a mug of ale, probably charging him to be 1 These were Lieutenant Fletcher and his two sons. 16J7J TO THH PEACl-: OF UVSWICK 13;] careful not to spill it by the way. Soon after starting on his en-and the lad caught sight of the Indians approacli- ing the house. He instantly tinned back, still CiUTying the nuig in his hands, but it was now too late, as the Indians cjuickly took possession of the house, and made prisoners of the whole family. Saco raided. including Scamnian, all. of whom were carried oHto Canada. At the endof the war they werereleased and retm-nedhome. Their house wasfound in the same condi-tion as when they hadleft it, even to the beer-mug^ which the fright-ened boy had hastily setdown on the dresser,when he ran back hometo warn his mother ofthe approach of the ter-rible redskins. In September, bloody notice was served on the in-habitants of Lancaster, Mass., that safety was only tobe purchased at the price of unremitting town, which had suffered so severelyin former wars, was again completely sm--prised, nearly twenty persons killed, one of whom wasthe Rev. John Whiting, the young pastor of the churchthere,^ and five more carried away into captivity. Two This interesting relic, a brown earthen jup, evidently of Dutch make, decorated withan equestrian figmeof William III., is now in the possession of Joseph Moody. Esq., ofBaco. a The meagre a
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