Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1838-09-18
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Dressscii Massachusetts.

Thets arr .aa.e f~iaisr. nee eenness 9Th the his
tay = ihis eve which se se'th Ffs~ts'"g sSe
shsA fTltfsd by 10 rfeseni iaihsfs Of the ssss
vih al the stfr y and snthss,sss ~iih which ibsu
fsttass hs nese the ifadna SosU " them About th'
yesf "a ne ~he'g N~w tbgla I'd irVntirr from CA'
G. hoe. o. New y orb 90 ibs weti. uss b. srt ~
tstass " ba,sfls ssr.rt. asd.f te inauencr e. Fsu
sfisoi Ia ffeneh Cgtetses n Carads Desrbeld, at
tssi tiq.r ,as ffost noftiie'y settlement, on Con
nee - T. - families "a No'thhsd sreePsd
A. tis place " Nsoauesl sent out parry Of a.
esai taas~ hsaafed Preach snd laeians, usdeT ti's
Bsnd 81 oBf iisfi~ dc Routls assstsd by four Of
h. trscfs.-s 81 whom had beru uEncd ~ the trade
81 humsA bs,et,fy D. their fatiIsr of the mosi
blood t4iftiF uf.tcirs Of thus~ b'audy umss Ihey
started FROM TIE foi ct Lake ChsmPaln, pssssd thro
s.ns g. Dtsfhsid. Mr~ilians, tic pastor and head
q tLs siisg~, I'D much 81 ds'
snd strongly 'nesafofed 3" toosr iht people 10 ho
st4fy firFs Ter dstcpce but -rent without sde
qst1 tsccea The government q The Massachusetts
ootsoJ hse ssbi gssid Of twenty inca to the assist
snce Of The Inhabitants, aud some sight iorhcAuons
aud three garrison boasrs we're erected Rpuvti!e ap
preached N. 2Ah Of Fetaary and sent b.. spies
ioT Intelligence The waish kept The street. Of the VII
lsge ani about tSo clock Ia the nrtD'ng and then
SBiofignA,sly sent 10 sleep The lndiars had taefe
fss no difficulty entering tho village, and separating
into s.aa psHirs that they mig cnfads every house
al The same time The fret suspicion that the nhsb-
1ianis Asd u the approach oi the lndisns they
tcrag tho house. and neng the work OF des,rue
tou ard death soE.r few ned half naked TO the gsr
T'spn hoa.es sJi tie others became easy ptey One
cny 81 The gafuson houses able 10 hold out INST
tnhse'ishis. captured one hundred and tseniy, plum
o'ieo tie hpnsr. 81 every thing worth carrying
aud ton set the lsge ire The old garrison house
whoa d cot against this attack - still standing and
ios if specimen of The rude schiiseiure Of those
DAYS The very door through which the Indians cut
aoie sh Their bsirheis aud ihroagh which they fired
snr kii.cd one p~rson, IL still k~pi vi that
sad night MANY who carried swsy spttve, after
sneurirr many tfias and hardship afterwards return
ed, anu logan ANEW the settlement OF The place a.
nieng ibrsc was the pastor Mr. Williams, who
c'ihe nosi learned men Of those days, and Of hs
mes ia descsndrnts still in Deeild while
oihefsare scattered New England. The Hon
Charles h Williams, enc e the Supreme Judges Of
vermont, 10 ono Of them and his igui.d progrulor
sAmnel Williams l. L. ID. the grandson OF the worthy
.ssttr wbpse ns,ae have already intfodnced has
contributed arsey 10 the carly literature coun.
ny 10 b.. history Of Vermont Is the writer OF thus
sAeeh 'nctbeieo iOr of the facts here related
DC VIE 81 the pss'or killed on the way to Cana
soa oae OF the daughters We believe. msrfied an In.
Aan hv sband wlhc IL captivity, and Of her In
S.sh descendants occasionally take a pilgrimage TO
De'fh-id with ss much sppcIstous -neration the
!yam~s pay their GeyO.rs 10 the tomb and mnsres Of
Mecca.