The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-02-17


or. Capt Frost Of kiuery, will jOin with
your companies and by llns strnlagem lhe
strange Indians may bs tnksn aud lriedi aud
tbs friendly sel nc liberty,
Captains SSll nnd llalh0ne dogelherl--|
every well, we ngTue To lhiri nnd now lor
rest until 10 morrow
cnAFrER NJ
IL was'a bright September morning aud all
nature, having hniahud her work otpfoduc'
ing,seemed quietly displnylpg hor gills TO the
rational lengs lhul moved upon the eArIli,iti-
wiling lnan 10 pluck and cnt, without con,en-
lion aud without nnXielyi when Tie hun OF
msny voices dcUoted lho busy str OF pfei'a'
ruii0u,wllch was going ~ ~ Cocheco'l There
rat tie Indian arranging his implemenls oi
war, preparing paints aud getting all things
la readiness Tor the approaching display
There were groups Of women and children
~ juyiil anlIcipnioni md now aud ilieu
whiIo soldier Struggled m nWonE IhGW WIN
a word OF fun on hiHlpEand some lilIle pres
ent ia his baud. Wouulnnset aud other
sachens conyersed apart All were IN high
spirits aud none drenlnpI that lulherWnldrou,
ns-lltey liked TO enll him. would bo n'lWiior
AZ one o'clock iho drums hogan 10 beat,
aud boys aud non aud women from Oyster
river aud from Salmon Fnlls, WIh Captain
frosl's men from kitiery, crowded around.
Soon Captains syn aud iluhorno Appeared
on parade aud after u few preparatory orders
n tic manual exercise were gwen eVoluliuus
commenced, q irw slight skiruishcs we're
made, and lllen accOrdinFlo agreement, the
lndnus fired the first vory, No sooner was
this done lhun the whole body at natives were
surrounded. The mdiHns,nt FIRST, supposing
this 10 loo n part Of NO plnyIook ltnll 10 good
pnrt But when they found themselves seq
ed and dsnrmcd, their feelings were hardly
B lr.y trnu 4 Hgf
deep Iin-lLrir inlnnAt- hnaria II lay, aud al
though WOuoluusct with lhe PenncuOk lndi-
ans aud othrfs, who had Joinod IN making
peace the winter before, were dismissed wilh-
Guf hnrmyei Major Wndron'H agency Ia this
affair was not forgotten. llo was dreaded
and shunnod;lndnns set iheirimafk upon hlni
aud patiently waited their time. Those who
were sold into slavery abroad could MI rect
| til they had rcvenge. The Gloss confinement
n, sea, tile honi aud sutirringS nt langier,Ihc
treachery of which they were the suhlerls,all
ruklcd IN their brcnsis ihgy harmed with IN
vclrrntr hurried against Wndron, md when
! they found ihnir way home, snught al early
opportunity for revenge.
One there WIS among them, whom other
! thoughts possessed. lie had been one OF the
four hundred that werc Bnrroundej, hui
while his com rndes were taken he escaped
[ and hid himselfin house at Dover, A KIND
maiden, who knew his hiding place, supplied
! him with food. Ownmosin aNproSsed his
gratitude md promised TO he. her friend IN on
( emergency.
"Ah, but suppose the Indians shouli at
tack us by night, said Elizabeth could ys1
protect our house,"
81 WILL" replied Ownmosim. "wilh my
blood Indian no forget ludmu 9hye hourl,
! They shall not hurt Elizabeth llenr,Ln
II believe YOU" said Elizabeth, "nnd IN
coma. Nt,ttr NNprfl
"Owuuosim will remember too 1Id now
that Cnnt' Banlhroue aud Capt Syll dave
gone, mud btother Wuldron with than, can
20, goodbye. SO saying tho young Indian
departed, witha God speed you," from Eliza
beth.
cnArrERiv.
Years rolled on aud The new settlements
were more discarded by Mason, Cranheld,
aud Walter BaretuOir, aud Andros, than 10y
any ncursiouS Of The Indians. They would
come with their bushets into tho five CARR
soncd houses on the Cochoco, mad talk aud
ent with Coffin aud Otis aud Wnidron. THIS
last supposed that old scores were wiped of
and tIaI none living wished him harm. lie
saw the Indians every day, aud often Mesnu-
dowi and Wupegunnnt lodged at his hose.
The suunws were continually coming with
tfTpTr tIIrrir BOWS urrrf crur,rrrrs and kitF
Tor all they had 10 sell spool full of Flour
or "of pork,
One evening, thirteen years after the cap.
turc of the four HUNDRED, when Major Wal
dron, now eighty years old, was sitting with.
OFT the garrison, TWO squaws catfe eP and
applied Tor lodging; and shortly after Mes
andowit approached Wnidron, md sad,
"Droihor WaIdruTI, stuv here 10 night but
yyiTut You do IT tho strnftEr 'trtiurS s'rouir'
come" ...
Il haze onlylo in my hrgcr aud hundred
men would assemble"
" A young man now came ia md said thai
the town was full of Indians.
"Pughm said Waldron, al know the Ind-
ans, 60 plant your pumpkins-fl tell You
when the Indians are coming"
Ono of,lo sqaws rcfied out, "BTorter Wal
dron too old inr punPkins|.
The other said abraham Lee he make no
more money"
This WINS addressed TO Watdrou's son-iH-
tuw.ihe first chemist in New Hampshire,
who had been indicted for coming, bat was
discharged. But no hints nvnileb Nor did
the friendly COMMUNICATIONS of two Poem
cooks,who came toChemslord TO Maj. Hlnch-
man to inform him OF the Indians desgH.
For although he communicated thu inictll-
! geuce to The Governor withuut deIay,nnd The
Governor despatched "a letter from Boston,
/ yet 10y some umuccountoblc delay NJ Newhury
Terry, II did not nrrixe IN senson.- So ihr gar
risous retired to res, IN fatul security! az
But Mt midnight cry was heard in Major
WRldron's apartment. The aged man Jump
ed from his bed, seized hs sword, uud made
no vigorous n resistance, lint he drove his AS.
sailanis from roour TO room, and illcu ran
back for,hs gun. But this retreat was fatal.
! A blow IN The back with tiounitnwk over
powered him, and h@ was dragged into the
hall and seated in An elbowthair. on n long
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