Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-01-04
OLD SERIES VOL. %, NO. 6.

plain, where the trees wcro thin and tho
brakes small, they diycstcd themselves OF
their packs, and commenced moro cautious
march. They had gone but a short distance,
when " Ensign Wyman discovered an ln-
dian. who was out hunting, having in ono
hand s5mc fowls he had Just killed, and in
the other two guns" Immediately a sig
nal was given, and they all "squattcd.'
lie camo unsuspcctiugly towards them, aud,
when near enough, " several guns wcr' fred
d, him, but missed him. Seeing that sure
Death was his lat. this yaliaot Indian re.
solved 10 defend himself TO his last breath
aud the action was A. speedy as the thought,
His gun was lcycll,d at the English, and
Ioycwon was morially wounded Ensign
Wymau, taking deliberate aim, killed the
poor Indian" Mr.. Samuel whitney was
uls, wounded by q shot Of the Indian. Tho
operation Of scalpins the Indian was pr.
formed by ;hc chaplain, Mr.. Frye, AMI an
other man. From this point they COM
mrnccl their rsturn 10 whore they bad lcit
thpir packs raucus, as We have said, hni
arrived with his warriors at their landing
rlar, ON theshorss Of the pond and scarce
liz bad Ioycvcll crossed the carrying
raco." in search Of his Zoe, when Iho willy
arhcm, pursuing tho wcll-heatcn path 20
MI, yillg,. came ur.n si.us of thr wlI.o
man. morras1us. Instantly, lifelong llp
wa, hu,hcl, and,
With % s'o,, 11I aal.r'rss fHrt.p,"
tn.v followed the track. Coming ur0n tha
ra.kr, they were counted, anil t'n number
OF DO, whites was known. Adopting their
usual molcogwarare, they instantly spraus
into che m1as as an ambush. Thus cone
,.l.l, they could brin, ,l.ir whole force 10
boar in an instant upon tho whiio', and, by
thc celurity or tc movement, could fo sur
rri., gr.m as O. ,luar them % surrender 40
once. This undoubtedly was ,ho thought
o. pan.u. Scarcely hal tho ast hrako
c.a.gl % move above thc cr1uchins forms
OF .lg Indians, when Ioycw.,l and his mon
came up, anI commenced searching Tor
their packs. Now 8, thr time and, srriHS.
iu, r.um the thlckrt. with a hurril yell, tho
a,ae. fr.l their guns directly over tie
head, og whites, anl ran towards them
u,th s,rs, demanding ifthry would have
quarter.
"ou'y AZ d.. maulc' Of their guns" rc-
piled a., intrepid L,yewall and his men,
and ,l, Gsh, commenced
"W,lI arI rrrr piII tar mra't -rcv
Au.|fu. raI.l. i.n.s.Ir crews
kr.gr, dashed, 1ri ml1 i1 mln unpaf,i.'
I.wwsll and DIS party, rnius the al-
vantage, " rushed toward thr Indians, cred
as they pressed on, anil, ki.linem,ny, Jr.y,
th.u .t.rLr.l.." but th-y 11n rallied,
a1l, mall.nrl hy ,hr unsyrrctrlrei.anrr,
rrsh-l mri1usly ON, killing nine, and
ulunl'n. thr.o with their Crit fr,. CAP
uin luww.N, VI, Tu'hm nu'y son Of
N..s Talhm, of W..D, Ensign lIar-
wood. john Jy.,F, Jonathan Kittrclru,
pmil Wor,s. anil Josiah DAVIS, were Kin.
cl. and Lieutenant, F,rvgu anil Robbins,
and EoIsr, J-h.r, wounded ny tho oaHault.
rnr English. thus iu number r-lurel, aul
.,rin. thr Indians about o. surround thrn.
clmmnr.ltpr r.fr1t Itwa. lanaiu g1ll
orlr, fighting hn,.ly all the way, and
maam.y c,nt,.t,us each inch of ground
Directly hack or thgm was a point of rocks
which ran into die pond, oud % fsw large
min. tr,.. standing ona sauIy bnel. lI.r'
,hry clmspa stand. ON th' 'r.sh. wa,
On, mouth Of "a lars, bronx, ut thiF ,imo uu-
nrlahl.; on their igll, thi, sharp rilgs ot
rocks, while the pond guarded them iu tho
roar. ll.r, tho fight continued, very lu-
r.,rs and obstinate, iill towards night, thl
Indian, roaring, and yelling, and bowling
like wo.yl, barking llk3 dogs, AMI making
an slrt4 of hil,Yus noises; th, English lrs-
oucn,ly shouting and hualius, "a, th.y lIl
after IN, fret rpnnl." Thus they fought
from ten in the morning " tli the going
down of the sun, auI t,l but nine Of th..r
company remained uniujurl. Wahwa
could laal but twenty Indians uu,njurol
from the field anI, though thay bad th1
almnus.. at sunset .auy d.l, leaving ,ho
dead unSurirl. pausas, .ae bravo chief,
had been slain, anil thirty.niu, Of ms bold
follower, had btrn killed and wounded.
Pausus had been killed in Jingle combat, by
one Chamberlain, OF Gr,tun. Narii by
tla rrltactcl contest, each had come 10
opposite sides oc tlc brook &, qu'nch thair
th.s. anil wash ticir guns, which hal be-
como foul hy solraqucntGr.ns Their rgans
could almost touch, - narrow was thcsplcJ
between them. As thcy WASHED tieir guns,
converting hmilarly with each other,
Chamberlain assured paugls taat Doe should
kin him. Pausu, returned the threat, aud
biz him defiance. Carefully dyins their
guns, they commenced loading at The s'm'
time. Their movement, exactly corr slpnd'
ell. and the balls OF each woro heard as they
were sent homo by the rola at the same IN
slant. But the gun Of Chamberlain primcd
itself, and raugus' dil MT. Striking tho
Jr,cch upon the ground iiprinod, aud,
ni.in. il with dclib,rat, aim, be fired, and
Paugus icll upon the bank, and, as he fell,
the wcll-aimcl ball from his rils ras'c4
through the thick locks on the top pof Cham'
berlain's head, but left him unwoundcd.
About midnight, 1t b2iu.; certain tho In
,.,, a., ,,rtr.t thcshat.