The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-05-23
CALEDONIA COUNTY,.

rp Of Indians rttuIHcu " '''' Noo'' ""~AN
lived and died. and their families became
,.,c. One of these was Captain John,who
= br,n q noted chief Of the st Francis
.. H., was in the battle OF Braddock's
..,, and used to relate how he shot Brit
.+.,er. after the officer knocked him
.,,. and how he tried to shoot young
,y. .i.rgton, but could not succeed. He was
..r,e and cruel Indian, and had repeat
used the tomahawk and scalping-knife
,1p defen>eless inhabitants Of Massa-
,-.,, and New Hampshire. When excit-
.y ardent spirits, he took tendish salts
IN in relating his cruel and savage deeds,
.a.l,ayly his bloody barbarities in tortur-
,aea killing captive females, whose cries
a,r.,, ne inflated to make sport. He
,5w,yer. a firm friend of the American
,,',s. Daring the revolutionary war he
lived captains commission, raised part
company of Indians and marched with
New England companies against Bur-
.,rg. One of his sons, in III fought near
F. ri Independence, under the command of
., thomas Johnston Of Newbury.
l,r Joe was another of these Indians
-. .,;.oo>i,ion was mild. He hated the
a..,5. and reloiced in the success of the
.,c,r colonies Accomnaniel with his
49,. Nory, he used to hunt in this county.
a. ,,mo was oiyen to Joe's Pond. on the
...,.,r hord4r Of this county and once he
...l,oit. and 70 the stream which issues
.,.;, and emn,ies into the Passumnsic in
.... wt.r. :, ;s sor,a,;mes calIad Nerr;t,s
..r Her name WAS given 70 NolIv's Pond
rl.,. ,.b;,h until lot.lr hol,,r,od - ,b;s
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The towns first chartered in this mart O
... ..rrtv wera New Uamnsb;ra Grants
..-.:,,, Wa,,wor,b covernor of ,b,, ,rov
Chartered Rveca,e Sentemher s 1-63
...,.. San,omher 1c 1-f3 AND paocbar,
r...mLer 81, 1853.
p.rn., was HI. first town IN ,ho co,nt,
WAS settled Is first settlers were from
III New EooIand settlements Jacob. Elijah
|8 narie, Hall and Jonathan Fowler settled
|& Barnet. March I, l.1O. The first hous,
-.c. in the county was built by the Halls
4 TIE foot of the falls on the north side O
,e,, river in Barnet. Sarah, daughter o
I'll Hall, was the first child born in tn,
I,y all. Barnet Fowler, son of Jonathan
Ter, was probably the first male born il
aa,y. In October, 1913, there we:
..a families in town, and in l.15 it bega'
4 rapidly settled by emigrants from Scot
.a., who soon composed the great majorit
.&r inhabitants. In 1913, emigrants from
>..1t began to settle in Ryegate, having
.-',ed the south half Of the town. Th
"'e, j" different parts Of the town. Th
inhabitants Of the town, however, wer
.','.a llo>mcr and his tamiIy,whO had camp
.'.@ .Hs Connecticut river two miles abov
"e.' RIVER In the spring of lllJ, Jons
.'. EXITS came to Peacham, to the lot h
..' jtctea IN ia. Danville was charte
'Vc,oorr -, l1Si, and few years atte
"..' Wa rapidly settled. DIR Arnold, Q
4 J.M."cy. procured the charters of tn;
-. AID Lyndon, Burke, and Billymea
H W. >lttou.l and named them for his fo,
IL .,.Joau. Lyndon, Burke, and William
re -owever. was dead. His father sain
as lame and called the town named fc
.N I5hr>Iurv p,eoots Rarnot ar
.....m. H.. towns first cb,r,ered in II
.y. were settled bsfore the revoIu,iona
r- The res, Of tho towns IN the coun
chartered bv tho State Of Vermont i
"..r 1880 and I-oo
Tie county, Was c,)rod "Ca,odor;a -,
-.., Roman name of Scotland -opt os
,.3:u. the emjgran,s from tbo, coun,rvw
purchased Iorga tracts Of land IN -,
NY. and lad LARGO and furnishing sett
LIS in B3rna, and pvoco.o ond who VIC
.rr,u.sb4a f,r ,b.;r ;,to,1;aon ;..oo.;,