Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-05-19

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wound.
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proportion to their size.
Levewcu's FIght-hay 10Th, 1715.
The thrilling narratives connected with the earl
history of the country lose none of their interest
time recedes. 1t is worthy effort to transmit iron
generation to generation the story of the heroi
daring, patient suffering and mistaken fortitude
which characterized sires The brave men who fol
lowed Lovewel into the very lair of the savage, ant
there at the foot ofthe White Mountains, and by til,
shore of that foresight lakelet, laid down thei
lives in deadly grapple with the foe, deserve a me
mortal beyond any they have hitherto received.
With this view, the proposal made at the Con
cord encampment last fall that the military of Mas
sachusetts should erect suitable monument il
memory of those early citizen soldiers who fell in the
forest one hundred and thirty-fve years ago The
plan met with much favor, and subscriptions are
now being made to carry it into effect The anniver-
sary of the battle occurs on the 10Th inst, and to
list more general interest in the movement we
cOndense the following sketch of Lovell's campaign
from an account furnished for literary journal in
1870 by Seba Smith, Esq, (the original Jack Down
ing.):-
"Old men shall shake their heads and say
| Sad was the hour, and terrible,
When Loyewell brave gainst Paugus went
| With fifty men from Dunstable
| Old Net0 England Ballad
Lovewell's fight ofwhich propose to give a brief
account, occurred May Sth, .. 5. (by our calendar
May 49, 1775 The of action was in the present
town of Fryeburg, Maine, some thirty miles from
| the Notch Of the White Mountains That part of
| the country then one deep and wide wilderness
| There were few scattered settlements along the
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time of LoyeweS fight il is said there was no white
inhabitant within fifty miles of the battle ground.
For many years the SayageS OF the Penobscot Nor
| ridgewOck, and Iequawket tribes had made bloody
incursOns upon the defenceless towns on the from
tier breaking up settlement after settlement, burn
ing habitatiUns, and numbering carrying into cap
tyity men, wOmen and children.
These outrages reused the government of Massa-
chusetts TO more vigorous measures Tor the protec
ton OF the inhabitants, and, to give stronger slim
uluS TO volunteer companies, bounty OF one hun
dred pounds was offered for any Indian scalp that
should be brought in. A company of brave and de-
termined spirits was organized i'll Dunstabe, under
the command ofCapt. j Ohm Lovewe in the spring of
lI25 Two expeditions were crowned with great sue
cess encouraging Loyewell to attempt the bold pro-
ject of marching one hundred miles into the wilder.
ness and attacking the Pequawkes at their principal
village on the Saco, where now stands the pleas
ant village of Fryeburg. The whole company num-
bered forty-siN including surgeon and chaplain and
all things being in readiness, they marched from
DunStaDle INTO the deep wilderness April 10TH Tor
10Th by our reckoning) Repeated misfortunes beiel
them, and within thirty forty miles of Pequawk
ct one of their number falling sick they built small
stockade fort deposited in it the chief part of their
provisions, and leaving this disabled comrade with
the surgeon and guard of eight men, pushed reso-
iutely forward little handful Of thirty-four men,
| in search of their blood-thirsty foe
Near the Saco River, they came to pond and en-
camped for the night Early the next morning,
while at their devotions, they heard the report of
gun, ana discovered an Indian about mile distant,
on point of land running into the pond. They
| considered him decoy of the sayages and it was
anXiously deliberated whether they should hazard
| O
that show their dauntless spirit-"We came out to
| meet the enemy; we have all along prayed God we
might find them. We had rather trust Providence
with our lives yea, die for country, than try to
return without seeing them, il we might, and be
called towards for our pains" Laying aside their
packs, they marched at once towards the point where
they supposed the enemy lay. But they miSjudged
entirely IN regard to the position of the foe The
Indian but lone hunter while the main body
OF the tube-elghty i'll number-under their chief,
Paugus, coming upon this trail from opposite
quarter followed it to the packs and counting these
found the number of the whites so far below their
| own that they determined at to fight them
Removing the packs, they found ambush, and
waited Tor the intruders upon this wild domain. 1t
was III O'Clock when LoVewell and his men, having
siam the Indian first discovered, their
| furn looking tortheir packs. The Indians rose and
| rushed upon them with loud wells, and a buried
! fire A well directed Yolley from the whites check
ed them for time, but the sayages more than
two to one OF the heroic little band. Lovewell, and
with him eight men, had fallen at the first fire. and
| 10 the pond With this in their rear a brook and
! Hooded morass on their right, and Il rocky point
covering in part their left they kept the sayages at
| bay, and during the whole day maintained the I'M
equal light with unsurpassed GOODNESS and heroism
Again and again the Indians asked them to surren-
der, holding up ropes, intimating that they would
receive them captyes, but they preferred a death
| to captivity, and determined TO fight to the last
And So" in the language of an early historian,
1.-THE fight continued very furious and obstinate till
towards night the Indians roaring and yelling, and
h0wlmg like wolves, barking like dogs, and making
all sorts of mdeouS noises the English frequently
shouting and huZzalng as they did after the first
| round"
| more desperate conflict than this can hardly be
! imagined. Cooped up the white men were not
morsei OF food and relief for their wounds it is
surprising thatthey were not cut off to man. That
tins was not the case, owing to their indomita
PIE resolution, and in part TO the death of Paugus,
| the master spirit of the tribe.
| This stalwart savage, and Chamberlain, noted
hunter OF GrOtOn, met at the waters edge whittier
| both had repaired TO wash out their guns, grown
| foul with frequent firing They agreed to cleanse
their pieces quietly, and then by rapdity ofloading,
see who should secure the first fire. The bullets
were sent home at the same instant, but Chamber
lam printing his gun by a smart blow upon the
preach, shot his antagonist through the heart This
decided the conflict AS night set in, the Indians
drew off from the hard-fought field leaving the vic
tory to the whites. But what a victory
"Ah many wife shall rend her hair
And many a child cry Wv o is met
When messengers the news shall bear
OF Loyewel's dear-bought victory"
Only nine of the company were left unhurt, and
as they gathered in council in the chill air of the
| Spring evening, how gloomy the prospect be
| fore them. More than one hundred miles from
their homes, in the heart of the wilderness with the
| savage foe, beaten indeed, but familiar with the
ground, and able at any moment to cut them off. 1t
must be remembered that by the loss OF their packs
! they were left without morsel of food They had
| fought the whole day with only the morning meal
Their nearest supplies were at the fort forty miles
distant through the forest Eleven of their number
| were severely wounded but thought themselves
able to travel OF three others MORALLY wounded
| one expired during the consultation. Nine lay
| with their brave commander in death, and must be
| left unbuTied.
About midnight, the rays of the rising moon
stole over the dark forests and lighted up the peaceful
waters of the pond, the little band took last look
at the scene of their dreadful encounter, and bid
ding their dying comrades farewell set out on their
| hazardous journey homewards. Many interesting
incidents of their suferings the march are pre-.
served, but our space will not allow the recital here
Early in June, Col. Tying, with small company,
went to the place of action and buried the dead and
then with no other monument than the dark pines
beneath which they fell, have these brave men
slept for nearly century and half
In this time of monumental erections let not these
heroes of the forest be forgotten.
"With footsteps slow shall travellers go,
Where Loywell's Pond shines clear and bright
And mark The place where those are laid
Who fell in Loywell's bloody fight
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