1642-1892Legends of Woburn, now first written and preserved in collected form ..to which is added a chrono-indexical history of Woburn . the sur-prise of both. The battle soon waxed hot, when C , thirsting for revenge, sprang out of the water, grabbed the musket of a fallen soldier and rushed intothe fight. Soon the redskins began to yield and flee,when he saw a stalwart savage engaged in a desperatestruggle with two white men; and while rushing totheir support, he recognized his friend and deliverer, 94 Sasquana, wounded and likely to be killed. With arapid movement he knocked aside the muske
1642-1892Legends of Woburn, now first written and preserved in collected form ..to which is added a chrono-indexical history of Woburn . the sur-prise of both. The battle soon waxed hot, when C , thirsting for revenge, sprang out of the water, grabbed the musket of a fallen soldier and rushed intothe fight. Soon the redskins began to yield and flee,when he saw a stalwart savage engaged in a desperatestruggle with two white men; and while rushing totheir support, he recognized his friend and deliverer, 94 Sasquana, wounded and likely to be killed. With arapid movement he knocked aside the muskets, andstepped between them, crjing, Stop, stay yourhands ; he has just saved my life, I will now savehis, and told the story of his escape from a horriddeath through the interference of the savage, at therisk of his own life. Sasquana returned with the troops to Woburn ;often visited the settlements and his old friend, be-coming quite a favorite with all the Colonists, whoallowed him full liberty to go and come at his will tillhis death, which occurred, it is said, near SquawPond, which once existed at the present >AM Harts Race. A LEGEND OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 1809. We worship the God of our Fathers, under the Old Willow. Joseph Thayer. DESCRIPTION OF THE CHURCH,1794—1828. •?^iS^ ^-5&;*, •^^ 13 HIS Church, which may now beseen, very much altered, on theeast side of Main street, at Ham-mond square, was opened for wor-ship in the year 1794, and thenstood in the open ground, on what is now the south-east corner of Main and Church streets, about wherethe Mary A. Young homestead now stands ; it wasused until the year 1828, when the society moved intoits present church. As will be seen by the plate, it was a plain, unpre-tending structure, without steeple or bell, while nearlyin front stood a large willow, referred to in the above-quoted saying of Joseph Thayer, one of its the porch were stairs on either side, leading to thegall
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