Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-05-20

and i j. plainly 10 be seen that 10 trying
10 diver, the issue by thu. vilifJiss love
well and hi. soldier. and hy Discussing
other battles thsn those of 1859 and
! s25 be i enleAsosiag 20 AVOID the point
a, issue. What ma.s be thought Of a
historical wri,er-his honesty OF bis 'aisl-
ligcsc,-who thus attempts. IN the in.
,ercsi Of local pride" 70 overthrow WE'LL
established facts by AsPeDing the mo-
,i,es OF and throwing mud at one Of the
braves, Indian fighters oar country has
produced. when bis Own much-yauntsd
hero. MAJ. Church, ' open 10 ne saH''
ckarg, which H. % pers,sieHily briag'
agaius Captain Lor,w,H' Mf. Hull
oanno, be ignorant Of the fact bat among
the instructions to Maj. Church when he
came TO ,hi. State ia 1852 was the fol-
loving "You are 20 encourage your
soldiers 10 BE- industrious. vigorous and
ven,uroas 10 their service. 10 search out
aud destroy the enemy, Aequaia'ing them
II is sgrc,d by the several colonies that
they shall have the benefit Of the cap
,ises aud all lasfal plander and the re-.
~ard of ,igh poasd. psf head Coz every
fsh,ing Indian man slain by them. over
and above their stated wages. !, mus,
be that Mr.. Hull MAS aware Of these in-
.,ruc,ions when he wrote bis articles. for
they are spoken of IN several volumes
from which he has again and sgAin quo
ted. In essaying ",o search on, and De-
s,roy the" Pequauks,. here 10 their
stronghold Cap, Iosesell was bat car.
ping oct the very orders that MAJ,
Church had received from the colonies
ihir,y..ix years before.
nigh, adop; Mr. HaIr' mode Of res.
,oning and aiiemp, 10 pfyadice the
reader again, the brave hero. Maj.
Church. by relating boa one writer speaks
Of him 81. "ihe person sho i celebrated
for b.. grcA, success "a the wars With
the .avag,s, himself greater avlgr
than any that be slaughtered how be
stood by hi. victim. King Philip. aud
bad him bchcadcd and drawn and quar-
tered. how one Of bis servant. made,
over Philip. mu,ilA,ed remains, a'Peeeh
90 fall Of barbaross iadeesney ,ha, the
DrNocR,r would not print !, II ] shoald
make e par; q this article. | give
the above exirAc, from modern writer
10 show how ,h. self.righleou, genera.
,ion !. won, to ,ilify the valan, Church
and other heroc. Of the early iimss. a.
Mr. Hull !. nov doing ia regard 10 Capt.
Iovewsll and his immortal band. In
the case Of Maj. Church he ealamnis.
tors are doub,less prompted TO this sils
work 10 20 small degree by the fac, ,ha,
he and bis troops were guilty o. the
heinous offence on accoun, " which Mr..
Hull brand. Iovewell and bis eOmpa,ri-
OF. A. de.pieAble mercenlries. viz. OF
having received boun,ies for the Indians
they killed. A. Mr. Hull says. howev.
er, ",he world moves" and We are no'
TO Judge the heroes Of 200 years ago BY
the standard. Of to-day ! don, men.
ton these things As having the least
bearing on the 'abjec, under discussion.
ba, simply to point on, the Inconsistency
Of my OppOnsn, and to show 10 what
straits he has been driven in his efforts
10 reverse the facts Of history and ,C
wha, devices he has resoried TO avoid
discussing the question between Us in
fair manner and on Il. real merits.
Mr.. Hull thinks his articles have
"rOa.ed up the Oxford Bears Of the
Pequauke, hunting grounds" Let m'
assure him. however, that the Pequsnke'
,sr Of the present day are no, a warliks
race and ,hs, they are no, after his scalp
and | wish to say in conclusion that
wha, | have written has no, been in the
inieres, Of "locAl pride" OF to compel
"Hurs Sgrreader." but in behalf Of
truth and historic justice.
A. 7. LEWIS.
Fryeburg. F,b. ,. 1854