Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-05
Chr freeman
studio, iu Early Vermont History.
r. .I,.E. H. HOWARD, An


No.
t..... some four or i've IN number,
. chapters from q forthcoming work,
.. IHf., rs CO., Boston, and to be entitled ;
..r... |ustrated History of New England "
F. rubrare succ inctly all that is mate
sth the early political history OF this
f.. ...rals embodied IN these brief annals,
.H.ratIuu, there is reason to beley e
.-huHWu.
f.-IAEIN SETTLEMENT.
..t. rs. according to Professor Zad-
iH.rI-un, until after the final con-
ed. DaHyla by the English, in 17GO.
Auy considerable settlements were
.sl Cd ,ho territory now known as
mor. Hitherto. and especially dur
.hs colonial and Indian wars, this
"n.y hNl served only rs thorough
anil n'iiu-grouud for the two great
.u.u- parties. Situated nearly at an
! au.n from the French on the one
ll .ua English on the other, it was
r1. IS exposed to the deprcdations of
H. 1eomc the favorite lurking
u. t.rr respective and ever dreaded
d.. 1..a-. Indeed, it was principally
... ..y.Uut that the settlement Of this
.u ul ,hc country had SO long-for a
century after Massachusetts and
.,..u, had become prosperous and
.'1I, clloncs-becn regarded as dan
Hs and jmpracticable.
TLc first civilized establishment with
a present limits of Vermont says
--.g thompson, was made in 1921,
Boz erection of Fort Dummer, in the
I-.t-t.m corner OF the township of
t.l.r Hitherto, the whole OF this
1f ig had, from time immemo-
hreu u possession Of the native In
though it does not appear that sub
mt to the discovery of this country
rlamp.in in 1909, the natives had
resided here in very considerable
l,r- The western parts, including
- ,hlmpiain, were claimed by the In
. Juo northeastern parts, including
Mgmpmemagog, by the St. Francis
Other Canadian tribes; while the
t-sltnm parts on the Connecticut
v..a rrLtrded rs belonging to the
.es D.. ,Ao ncighborhood of Massachu-
I.g Certain establishments were,
gl- made upon the shores of these
er- .t ,rgeral tribes; but there is rea-
.. Icyc that this territory was rather
atdsl ny them IT'S Il hunting ground
ia % lr.mmont residence
uo tu,r for this scantincss Of popula-
la hose regions does not readily ap-
.. !. o,ud have h,rdly been the in
a...E o the country to maintain it.
lgu 100 some parts mountainous and
roIu,.yo, yet the forests of this region
.. Boo General, well stored with game,
thr A,cs, rivers and smrllet streams
luI.I Iu excellent fish, suitable to
.-d subsistence to Il very considerable
nlqton the savage state. 1t is high
rrllll,e that the cause for this sparse
of nriyc population on the soil of
uYp' j., to be found in its local situa-
. with respect to the various Indian
Iu,. Lying on the frontier of several
.r.u' tribes, necessarily mt wlr with
o..rg. 1t not unnaturaIly became the
4 theatre of their battles, and was
lg,'ycNpOsel to invasions from every
fer II this view be supported by the
tHu it will appear that the same
which operated during the Colonial
'Y prevent its being settled by the
acl unl English, had prevented this
tory, booming, in still earlier times,
pcrulnfnt residence also Of the In
SIS ,1lg "a, the yclr l7j2, an attempt
malo 70 lay out L township where the
tH nt N.vbury now stands; but before
pr,rg wa, completed, II party of St,
IDlun>, parceiying the design of
English, forbade their proceeding
90 ,hrt extent, "a, this early period,
Ue rc, ntment of the Indians dreaded,
Undertaking WAS Immediately aban-
,L
~luu lNr, the erection of Fort Dummer
.l.u .'urk houses were built for the
sct.o. Of settlers in what is now called
mon, gnl before the year l55l settle
rt, hal been commenced in Vermont
ur up the Connecticut as Westminster
Eo.AugIam. This advance, however,
checked bv the breaking out of what
IIcI the French war, terminating only
10 tAr lnll conquest Of Canada in 1863
lut.mu during this war, these feeble
tlem.u,, were continually harassed
q annoyed by the French and Indians
Die Inhabitants being hardly able to
lyat, their fields without being every
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