East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-13
LovcweIrs Fight--Mny 10th, Is25.

with the early history of the country
lose none Of their interest as time recedes.
1t is worthy effort to transmit from
generation to generation the story Of the
heroic daring, patient suffering, and un
shaken fortitude, which characterized our
sires. The brave men who followed
Lovewell into the very lair of the sava-
gee, and there at the foot Of the White
Mountains, and by the shore of the for
est-girt lakelets, laid down their lives in
deadly grapple with the foe, deserve a
memorial beyond any they have hitherto
received.
With this view, the proposal was made
at the Concord encampment, last fall,
that the military of Massachusetts, should
erect suitable monument in 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 beign made to
carry il into effect. The anniversary Of
the battle occurs on the 10Th inst, and
to enlist more general interest in the
movement, we condense the following
sketch from of Lovewell's campaign from
on account furnished for literary jour.
nal in 1910, by Seba Smith, ESQ.,, lthe
original Jack Downiug:)
sold men shall shake their heads and say
Sad was the hour, and terrible,
When Lovewell brave galnst Paugus went
With hfty men from Dunstable
-O'd Nev Enseand Ballad.
Lovewelps fight of which we propose
kr,a If
o. S. (by our calender May l9th,) 1925.
The scene of action gas in the present
town Of Freyburgh, Maine, some thirty
miles from the Notch Of the White
Mountains. The part Of the country
was then one deep and wild wilderness.
There were . few scattered settlements
along the coast Of Maine, south of the
Kenebec, but at the time Of Lovewelps
fight it is said there was no white inhab-
liant within fifty miles Of the battle
ground For many years the savages Of
tho Penobscot, Norridgewock, and Pc
quawket tribes had made bloody incur
sions upon the defenceless towns on the
frontier, breaking up settlement after
settlemhnt, burning habitations, and
numbering or carrying into captivity
men, women, and children.
These outrages reused the government
Of Massachusetts, to more vigorous meas.
ures for the protection of the inhabitants
and, to give stronger stimulous to vol.
unteer companies, bounty Of one hun.
dred pounds was offered for any Indian
scalp that should be brought in. A
company Of brave and determined spirits
was organized in Dunstable, under COM
mand of Capt. John Lovewell, in the
spring of 1925. Two expeditions were
crowned with great success, encourage
ing Lovewell to attempt the bold project
Of marching one hundred miles into the
wilderness and attacking the Pequawkets
at their principal village on the Saco,
woere now stands the pleasant lillage Of
Fryeburg. The whole company num-
bered forty-six, including surgeon and
chaplain, and all things being in readi.
ness, they marched from Dunstable into
the deep wilderness April 10th, Tor 25th
by our reckoning) Repeated misfor'
tunes befel them, and within thirty or
forty miles of Pequawket one their num-
Der falling sick, they built small stock
ade fort, deposited in it the chief part of
their provisions, and leaving this disabled
comrads with the surgeon and q guard
Of eight men pushed rcsolutely forward,
little handful of thirty.four men, in
search of their blood.thirsty foe.
Near the Saco river, they came to a
pond and encamped for the night. Ear.
ly the next morning, while At their de-
votion, they heard the report of . gun,
and discovered an Indian about q mile
distant, on point Of land running into
the podd. They considered him decoy
Of the savages, and it was anxiously de.
liberated whether they should hazard a
battle. Their decision has come down to
US in words that show their dauntless
spirii-"We came out to meet the enc
my; We have oil along prayed God we
might find them. We had rather trust
Providence with our lives, yea, die for
our country, than try to return without
seeing them, If we might, and be called
coward, for our pains" Laying aside
their PACKS, they marched ct once tow.
ards the point where they supposed the