Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-06-25

outset. bot which wall remain to bless gen
cra,iops yet to come.
( Tie frst church that was bull, stood a,
the opposite cnI Of ,be stree, to the o'goOd
residence, :, tha, it could be seen the whole
lcnsth lit, thus giving an AR OF beauty to
this otherwise delightful thoroughhre,
This. however, Vas been removed, and the
church cd,Gce placed nearer to where men
1.-Two and mos, do congrcgate, ON the princl.
pie, suppose. taat it 1, easier to carry the
gospel where men are. than TO carry them
where tha, j..
At the western end OF the village, near
the O,sood residence, Is an isolated peak,
elevated, as judge, some two hundred feet
above thc plain around. From its ,opis
Que Of the mos, beautiful views imaginable.
To the east lies the quiet village. It's long
s,rcct may he seen Tor its whole length, and
every building, garden and Geld, j. in plain
view. rcposiug as !, were at your feet 10
the wc,, arc almost limiilcs. intcryales
stretching away to the base Of the noun.
tain. ia Conway, y. H.; 6, the north arc
the iutcrulc, and farms in Frycburg already
described. Through the interyales may be
s,sn the S,co, sweeping round in magniG.
cent bows ror miles and miles, aul gliding
around the base of the hin on which YOU
stand. like thread OF silver stretched over
a sca ol ycrdurc. Away In the distance at
the north west. arr the white Hills sull
covered with snow. Nearcr is the lofty Key
range, with a house on i,s summit. II the
east Is Pleasant Mouniain. IN Denmark. also
having a house Of entertainment IN it, high
81 peak. All around ar barren prak',
shooting up either sinslv or IN groups. To
the south.eas, Is I.ovewcl's pond, just seen
amidst forcs; Of pine, which stretches
avayas fir as the eve can reach oycra level
plain 20 the south and southeast. \ half
hour upon this height, when an nature Is
clothed iu her rayc.t r1hc- u worth q
iourncy OF many miles TO every admlrer Of
natures slorio. aud beauties.
Fryeburs il. rich in historic int,rc,,. l,'
rr,t settler. were Nathaniel smith. samuel
Ossooi. Moses Amcs. John Evans AMI Isde-
dah Spring. who came here from Concord.
Y. H.. iu 1913. At that time ther, w,. no
settlement nearer than Sico Saysth Rev.
Bsui g. Wiley. In his lncisn,s IN White
Mountain History 4" Fryehurc was. in
carly times the principal, and, IN fact, tho
only village Of tie Whit, Mountains. l,
wa.. for long years. the ccn,r, whence came
an the fashions, and % which tended al
the trade. It, fvorablcsi,ua,iou in respect
t1 :hc ssab1arl towns. and the rapiiity with
which the yillas, grew, gave IL great
prpnincuc, in IL early days. Every neigh
b,rhooi and settlement sent iis rrpr"nsrun-
t.,c.. weekly, TO the village to trade, AMI
b.. one long street was then busy scene of
hustle aud activity. Unlike most of our
Villages, it sprung pima comparatively
few years to it. full as'."
Frychurc village ,t1nis uron tho spot
where once was the home OF the Pequawket
tribe Of Indians. These children of nature
always chose the mos, beautiful spots on
which to dwell. Unble.s~l hy written rev.
claiiou of God. will. they looked through
,hc beautiful in nature mp to natures God,
and vprshipped the Gr,at Spirit Cor lis
goodness, a. manifested in lis works. Tho
elevated plain here upon which they lived,
aud over which they roamcd, the placid
waters Of the Saco that flowed past. aul
mcanlcrei through the meadows to the
north. and upon whose bosom they padded
their swift canoes over circuit Of thirty
six mile. within sight Of their homes. and
thc lofty peaks around, bat,lsments as 1t
we're ol heaven, these cllud.capped hills be.
hind which was their &" humber heaven"
were all, to their untu,ofci mind, evidence,
ol ,hc goodness and love OF the Great Spirit.
~ wu,ler, then. that this home ol the Tcd
man, - beautiful now. was douhIy dear and
beautiful 20 them. NJ wonder that the
homcs and graves Of their fathers and
mothers. the place which they had 50 long
owned and loved. heplacc which was theirs
by the gin Of God, was yielded only after
most dc.rera,, struggle, and parted with
only when fate - decrccl. pausus, the las,
Of the chiefs OF tie Pequawke,s, and all OF
his tribe, manifested the most invctcrate
hostility 70 the whites. Ia 1924 the General
Court Of Massachusetts offered rlOO for
every Indians scalp. Stipulated by the
hope or reward, as welt as by auimosity to
the Indians, and perhaps he thought, too,
by patriotism. one Capt. John Loyewell, of
Dun-tablr, Mass, raised company OF forty
men, and started upon an expedition hunt.
ins Indians. lie penetrated through tie
wilderness to near LoyewelI's Pond, in Frye
burg. and killed and sealpcd ten Indians
for which bloody deed he. after marching
through the ,srcets Of Boston in triumph,
with the ten sealls extended upon hoops,
received El,OOO. On his next and 'a'i cx.
petition, with f,rty.siz men, he mrrehcd
through the woods as far as the shore Of
Ossipee Pond. in New Hampshire, where be
built a small fort, and left portion Of his
men in charge Of some sick aui his prov
sions. Having rested Tor a short time, the
company reduced to thrty.four men, push.
ed on. and on the 9th Of May l72j, they
reached the north end OF Loyewel's Pond
aud eneampcd for the night within short
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