. New England; a human interest geographical reader. -minister. Once, whenthe town was attackedby Indians while thepeople were at church,General Goffe saw from his window their skulkingapproach, and hurried to the meeting-house to givethe alarm. By the time he got there the war-whoopsounded and the savages were at hand. The peoplewere thrown into great confusion, but the grave gray-bearded stranger assumed command with an air ofauthority, and under his direction they routed theinvaders. Then he vanished, and for a long time. William Cullen Bryant 126 New England afterward the people believed t
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. -minister. Once, whenthe town was attackedby Indians while thepeople were at church,General Goffe saw from his window their skulkingapproach, and hurried to the meeting-house to givethe alarm. By the time he got there the war-whoopsounded and the savages were at hand. The peoplewere thrown into great confusion, but the grave gray-bearded stranger assumed command with an air ofauthority, and under his direction they routed theinvaders. Then he vanished, and for a long time. William Cullen Bryant 126 New England afterward the people believed that he was an angelsent by God for their deliverance. Fighting Joe Hooker, the most notable New Eng-land general in the Civil War, was a Hadley boy. Another valley town which commonly has Oldbefore its name is Deerlield. Twice it was practicallywiped out by the Indians, and the second time manyof its inhabitants were carried away captive to Canadain midwinter. One of these captives was the littledaughter of the minister. She grew up among theIndians and married one of them and steadily refused
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