. The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars. how the inhabitants disposed themselves in theda3^time, and how best to strike them unawares. The blow fell on one August afternoon in 1689. war-party gained the rocky shore soon laid hands upon a white man, who disclosedthe defenceless condition of the place. It was in har-vest time, when the unsuspecting settlers were busy,either in the fields or about the shores. The main vil-lage, in which only the women and children were left,lay about a quarter of a mile from the fort. The
. The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars. how the inhabitants disposed themselves in theda3^time, and how best to strike them unawares. The blow fell on one August afternoon in 1689. war-party gained the rocky shore soon laid hands upon a white man, who disclosedthe defenceless condition of the place. It was in har-vest time, when the unsuspecting settlers were busy,either in the fields or about the shores. The main vil-lage, in which only the women and children were left,lay about a quarter of a mile from the fort. The farms,where most of the men were at Avork, were three mileshigher up, at the Falls. The assailants quickly arranged their plan of band threw itself between the fort and the village;the other between the village and farms. Then thework of slaughter began. As the men at the farms ran 1689] PEMAQUID TAKEN 29 for the fort, they found themselves cut off by the bandbelow. In like manner, those in the village, who startedfor the fort, were mostly intercepted before reaching FORT AND APPROACHES, PEMAQUID, MB. The few who did so owed their safety to fleetness offoot. The assailants next turned their attention to the certain number threw themselves into some houses,standing along the street leading to it, from w^hich they 30 THE BORDER WARS OF NEW ENGLAND [1689 fired on every one who showed himself. The high rock,as conspicuous an object to-day as it was then, alsoserved to shelter more of them, who were thus advancedso near the walls as to be able to drive the gunners fromtheir posts. Weems, the commander of the fort, held out until thenext day, wlien having but fourteen out of thirty menleft unhurt, besides being wounded himseK, he gave upthe place on condition that the garrison should be al-Thefortsur- lowed to depart unmolested. Fort andrenders. village Were then given to the fiames, after Avhich the Indians took to their canoes, with theircaptives and booty,
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