Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-05-20
LOVEwEI.LS FIGHT rs. THE PAL
MOUTH FIGHT OF 1889
A.. LAWS HrrfIrs ~ loiN 4. nuILs
rssr COMMUNICATION n ruF NR0ts

IN. flr Eff.r .ffi. orf.fti a. a.r-sf
When Nr HILL. .fiiels u ,bs p ole.
appeared ny dr.i ,hought "a thai Il
called fa- no rply. as By his admissions
ard t'. laoia'iors 81 authorities. H be
did uoi establish sy rosf.aa. he most
sa,cis.l, f.i.olsied is oira Mr. hull
ts. proved ioo much. aud ! an surprised
that he iid uo' .ss that bis historic ciia-
t,oas uai onl, shos that BIZ much.
,auniei Falmouth aght vss tar from
wlsf bel h.s attempted 20 make i' ap-
per bat actually lcave ii in a wore pre-
d.cameui than before he eShumed ], from
obhvioa The question 81 issue bsiwcea
us 6. o.. io ihe relative magnitude oi
loye~,lrs Figtt and ihe 6ghi Al Fall
uoaib. AID hi. aiiemp 10 diver, ihs H.
sue fo o.htr battle. .toss the vesknsss
of bi. position
Z, seems 90 me itat NJ Hau has no'
discussed ,hs question teisoca us 90 gci
a. tss rrs' t,aih Of history he has
stated ihiags that ars roi true He has
quoted h.si mans sAsn they appeared 20
favor hi. .iie of 'be question. but la.
omitted important testimony from The
sane author. ~hen i' 'old against him
Such instance. Of ~hai legal geniienea
wold cal arIr,eIa cord arc anything
bui cirirab,e % my oPrOnsuf' candor.
NJ Hau 8. la error when be- ,ays that
" ,rfy few settlers sent into the beautl.
90 $500 ,aley usil after the American
R.y'll'ioa bad ended both frycburg
anl ,hr al.o.airg ,o~a ~ Consay y.
"a. each had hrys settlements previous
lyfo the close ID ihs R.volatoaaD War.
ard each ,osn hai .si'.ed q minister be-
frr that time. both u them bs.og grad
ua-e. IL Harvard Colirse No .oorer
bad il.. ,osn.h.p been granted % hat
brave soldier and lnlisn hghier, 6ea.
frye. than % was rapidly settled The
'osas Of eastern Massachusetts, nesf the
mouth OF the Mcrimtc shared ia real
f,r emigr.iion t.ihef~ard Thirty years
b,iorc. a. thc Close of Lo,cwcll' War
those tos-s h,i .en' oa' "a s'rons cclony
to oceupy tte sr,iie iri-rsaies a. fcnns'
cook Coroorj. y. n and nov from The
,sorous inland daughter and from ne
mother flwn. tr the "A s'-ons men aad
le.a'a,s aonea vsr. ready OBJ beaf The
danger. uf o. ssiiicmcnt thrcc times a.
rrmo,s. some ~ them were neighbors
of the rc.b'. ~ those Who fs.l la Love
veil. Fsti. and their childish ianc.,s
bad be,a shaped By che oh-iod tales
and pi.ia'i,e songs which KIP, alive the
memory of ihr ai day. O,bers bad
co~erel beside their mothers a. PennA'
cook When ~ord " ,he Bradley Massacre
.~sp, ilrssA he .aiani se,ilsmeni. and
bad booked upon she bleeding bodies of
ihs i've Young men bFough, from ihe
deadly ambgscaic GroWing % man.
hood ,isy ~ere ready 90 follow ,hs mer-
ciless savage, % the death. aud they en-
listed again ani again Ia the successive
VA. sga.as, itc frrnch aad lhtians.
Some of them bore the sear of wounds
received IN aumeroa. conaIeis With The
enemy vi.le G.losing ihe iniomiiable
Roger, along Champlaia aad iae n'sn
of ihs north a. hc Tracked the ~uy ioe
through sn1sy ih.cksts and over ice
bound hkc.
Ano,hsr cf NJ Halls mIsttkes is tne
ollowiag In hi. zeal ior Psqaauke'
NJ. Lewis has been lel into q Posiiioa
that is not touablc. lie assumes that
because I'll the poetry and eloquence
havebecn displayed respecting LoveWelts
Fight. s, .hoall therefore take precedence
q every other engagement between the
whites and IndiAns IN Maine. ! lad
assumed no such position. The poetry
and eloquence 70 which Mr.. Hull refers
Are ~, the cause bui the resui, of The
grand and heroic achievements which are
their theme 30 Gar a. ! Am aware. on,y
one poem ca i.oyewelIs Fright, Of the many
,ha, have appeared. was written iill a
husdred years after the hshi occurred.
nor was The voice Of eloqaence raised TO
blaroa i,s glory ,ill after the lapse Of =
Ike periOd.-,ill historian after historian
bad again and again depicted with glow
ing psn the daun,less valo' Of Capt.
Loyewsu and bis spartan band. Rev.
Thoma. Symms's history u the hgh'
from which al subsequent historians
have drawnl vas read 10 and a'ies'ed BY
participants in the terrible encounter, 30
that the solid facts upon which the rec
ord rests have neither been strained from
the sl.qaenoe Of orators nof evolved from
the dreams q poets. | am fond Of good
petty and Of genuine sloquenee. but IN
The search Coz historic truth ! endsAvo'
to rate poetic CLOSES and oraiOFieal en-
beli.hmen,s q, their true value.
Isgree ~ih Mr.. Hall when be sAy'
that "ths world moves" and ! yield to
no one in readiness to discard an error
however hoAry with age or however hrm-
ly grounded in popular belief ba, am
unable 10 see What new records and
facts" be has brOugh. cat 10 show that
he !. righ, and the rosi Of ",he world
wrong a. regards the comparative imPOf-
,.,ee Of the battle here in lT25 and the
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