Identifier: borderwarsofnewe00drak (find matches)
Title: The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Drake, Samuel Adams, 1833-1905
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Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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sfully defended themselves duringall the time that the carnage raged fiercest around them.Mr. Williams, himself an eye-witness of the determinedBenoni efforts to Capture this house, saw the same stebbins. Indian whom he had failed to shoot short- ly before, shot dead from it. Although the gallantStebbins had fallen, and two of his brave companionswere badly wounded, in spite of coaxing, promises, orthreats, to all of which the heroic defenders turned adeaf ear, this one house continued to stand firm as arock in the midst of the storm of fire and blood surging 1 Colonel Whiting puts the loss at 49 killed, and nearly 100 taken. Letter to Gov-ernor Winthrop. Secretary Addington to Winthrop says 57 killed to 90 captives.^Winthrop Papers. 1704) THE SACKING OF DEERFIELD 181 round it long after the enemy were masters of the restof the village. It was somewhere about eight oclock ^ when theenemys main body moved off toward their last camp,guarding their long train of captives, and loaded down
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ENSIGN SHELDONS HOUSE, DEERFIELD, MASS. with booty. After passing the river a halt was made torecover their packs, as well as to prepare the prisonersfor the long march before them, by making them take offtheir own shoes and put on Indian mocassins broughtfor the purpose. Not all the marauders, however, had J Accounts vary ; some make it earlier, some later. 182 THE BORDER WARS OP NEW ENGLAND (1704 marclied off with their elated companions. A certainnumber of stragglers lagged behind, looking for plun-der among the smoking ruins. Rouville dared notdelay his retreat longer, well knowing that the countrybelow would soon be up in arms. In fact, the glare ofthe burning buildings had been seen far down thesnow-bound valley, spreading its tale of blood beforeit in the heavens, and calling every able-bodied man tothe rescue. Among others some sixty mounted menfrom Hatfield were early on the road, but the snow wasdeep and the pace slow. But the first to reach the ground were some scatteredset

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