Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-10-26

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victory. that the gunboa, vas named
for the Carroll C0un,y moun,ain. This
claim was supported by most remark
able article. from the pen Of q. v. Fox,
in Johnson's Cyelopr Tia. then being pub
h.h.d. Thi. article state. that K-ar.
sarge Mountain s in Carroll County and
that the glnb1a, was nam,d for Il, bat
,ha, this honor has been eroneou.ly
claimed for peak 10 Merrimiek Count,
"formerly called Kya-Sdrga." The evil
den, in,en, IN rakins up this o'd form
aad spelling Of the word was 70 give the
impression that the Msuimlsk Coun,y
mountain va. no, the origin Ks,fsarss.
the fact being Ignored thai. ho"evsf
spelled. ,he Carroll Cianiy m)na,ain
b,rro~ed IL. name from the o'hst
7ks Nee Hampshire siiis'man. In iis
i,.ue Of jane 3. 1861. before the launch
OF the gunbo,,. state. ihAi one OF ths
edition. (Hsnry MefarlAai) vfo'e 10 the
Navy Dspu,msni .asse'iias ih- name
kensarse aud describing the mountain
r an isolated Anl imposng peak IN
Meuimack CJuaiy. A letter ffon H,n
Gideon w.lls,. Secretary OF the Navy. TO
Mr.. McFail.nd. Prove. that he named
the gunbon for the Msrrimsck Coaniy
mountain. Extracts from prominent
newspapers Published "a 1851, aud after
,h- victory Ia 1904. shos that 1, ~s'
generally unisr.iO)i that the MsfrimAek
Colniy peak va. ,h- goi father OF the
sunboa,. The Carroll C0aaiy mountain.
bali surrounded by higher peaks. "a.
known In those days only 10 favored
fc~. bat. ja', a, the controversy b'san'
ten % twelve years ago. the circulation
Of the error va. promoted by the oP'ains
OF the railroad through the Cnsio'd
Notch. thousand, thereafter ps.'lns
through the PsqlAaksi regoa IN place
of hundred, that ven, before. Afief
long discussion. however. ihs un'h va
a, la., brought oli. Aai IN, b,llisf ffon
the Msuinack Cilniy ksafsa'ss 40"
stand. =, Admiral win.los. grave IN
fore., Hill. Cemetery. Blsion.
~ the Treaty Of Utrecht On i7lJ)
M,iae va, 70 BE- open TO E1gli'A settle
m.n,: BAT. when M."Aehasetis under
took q exercise her rsh" ,hste. tbs
French ia C.nai, stirred up ihs lndi,n'
% opposition. Aad IN 1919 war broke out
With these eastern tribss Ths feeble
settlement, in M.inc and New HsmP
shire were specially exposed. ba, central
Mas,achu.e,i. iosn. wrfc Also a'iAck-d
IL vas. indesd. New England wAr. and
Clnnsciica, s.rri.onsi our western towns
and allowed Muachas-ii. ,r0ip' q ~
10 The ffoa,. In April. l72j. Captain
John L,vessll. with 1riy.slN men un.
der hi. commaal. LEI, DinsiAblc. Mass.
oa a expedition ssain'i the Psqaaukei
Indians. A. O"ipee he blili small
Tort q. base Of supplies and a. refuge
IN cass OF disaster Here hs lefi ten
men. Including the safgeon anl oas man
-ho had iallcn .ick With hi. 1fes fc.
dassl by ihi, Aad previous deple'i,a' %
ihiry-ihfrc besides himself. he advanced
.omc tseniy i've miles f,rihfr 10 What !.
nov l.ovesslr. Poai. Ia Fpeburs. Ne.
Oas mofnins. wnile a, prayers. they heard
gun And saw an Indian. whom they
took 20 be q dseoy. L1vssell Aksd his
men whether they would fight. OF retreat.
TO which they replied that they had come
TO fSh,. The lii,le company wA' soon
ensagsd With an overwhelming force, and
fsll back 20 the pond. which thus pro-
,sc,ed their rear The battle lasted al
day. l.oyevell va, killed, and his two
lieuieaan,s were disabled. Rlsiyn Wy.
man took command. and It va. he who
Killed the f.mou, Indian ehisitaii Pau
ga, A, night the lntl.n' retired from
the field. There were only nine u the
white. Who had received no consider
able wound. S1ne. With tneif gallan,
commander. we're dead Others had
been 90 severely wounded a. % Be
ua,bls 70 move. A. miinishi those
Who could travel started iJi their base
a. the little Tort. Here a terrible d.'ap.
p1ia,meai va. IN store for them. Ia
stead Of rec lforcsmeai. provisions, aud
surgical assistance. they found the fort
deserted. Oas man had run away a, the
commencement, Of tae hSh, and had re.
ported a, the fJf, that IlvewelI' party
"a, destroyed. ani the gAfn'on had
iLersuPoa marched fOF home.
The eIci,smen, in the eolonis, oa the
fn, news Of the battle a, Fyebag may
be compared In ,hi, generation 70 that
which followed the capture Of Fort Sum.
ter or the tir., battle ~ Ball Run. Colo.
mel Tyng. With between eighty aad nine.
" msn. hl.,ened TO Psqaaukei. AMI the
dead were buried. the bodies Of the two
brave commanders. l.ovewell Aad Pau.
gus. being recognized Tn, most IA
moa. battle OF New Eagland's e1ionial
history was the close Of almost ein,ary
of savage warfare. Dover. Ha,erhil.
and N..hua had, a. fron,ier settlements.
been continually exposed to atises. bat
pro.perou. town. nov spang up along
the Msuimaek River. French ihh renee
had been checked. And Maine secured TO
Anslo.Saxon civilization. L., me quote
from an article by c. w. Lswi. in the
Boston TSaRscripi Of Nov. -. 1888. en-
titled MAINE. Greatest Battle The
battle, say. Mr. Lewis. "whieh /. prop
erly en,i,led TO thi. rank !, that which
va, tough, At Fyebars IN l725. and
which Is known as L)veselIs Fight.
from the hero and martyr. John Love-
we'll. the name OF the leader Of the fear
les. bsnd who encountered the savages
in tha, terrible death struggle in the viii
derne.s. That ds,psrais ciaiic,. which
Ia. been - immorializei In song and
story. was more impo,ant Ia iis conse.
qasnc $ than any other battle ever foigh,
IN the Pine Tree State. Before ths,
battle tbs lhdians KEEP, up coliini,l
series Of d-preds,ion, against the white
settlers on the froaiier. and the latter
were Ia q state Of constant apprehension
aud alarm Horrible musaeres were Of
frequent occurrence. aud the whites never
retired a, nigh, bu, with fear and trenbl.
log lest they should by tbs torch and
~ar~hoop be reused from their .lambsr