The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-02-18
lodge the enemy from their position on

lodge the enemy from their position on
the Penobscot.
Capt. Solomon Keyes, the great, great,
great grandfather of Miss Keyes, was
noted for his personal bravery. He vas
in Capt Lovewells company on its@ASD
nous excursion to Pequawket, Me, (n9w
Fryeburg) and was one of the few survlV-
ors of the fight. At the head of the thirty
four men he fought famous Indian chief,
the leader of eighty savages near the
shores of pond in the same town.
Lovewell's men were determined TO con,
ouer or die, they fought till Lovewell and
the Indian chief were killed, ana al
Lovewells men, with the exception OF
nine, were either killed or dangerously
wounded. The savageS having lost, as
was supposed, sixty of their number, and
being convinced of the fierce and deter
mined resolution of their foes, at length
retreated and left them master OF the
ground. Solomon Reyes received three
bullet wounds and was apparently dying;
To save his dead body from being mangled
by the savages. he rolled himself down
the beach to canoe which CHANGED TO pc
there. Almost senseless, he succeeded in
creeping into it. A gentle breeze, blew
the canoe across the pond diagonally ana
landed it but a short distance from the
stockade fort, into which he contrlved TO
creep. He was killed at Lake George in
the French and Indian war.
His son, Col. Danforth keyes. though
only sixteen years old at the time, was IN
the same battle at Lake George, but came
out unframed. He continued IN the
French war, service and was in the dis-
astrOus assault of Gen. Abercrombie
upon the French lines at TiconderOga and
Crown Point. The town of HardWick
was granted to Danforth Keyes and his
associates. At the outbreak of the Reyo-
luton, he was among the hrSt TO take the
field and was in the battle of Lexington
and Bunker Hill, and served Throughout
the war ~,
Col. William Burbeck, ancestor of Mrs.
Myra johnson, of Bradford, was the man
ufacturer of the fireworks used at the
celebration of the repeal of the Stamp
Act. He was appointed Lieut.-Colonel
of the Massachusetts Artillery. his son,
Edward Burbeck, served as an artillery
officer for over forty years. during the
war he took part in many OF the en- age
ments and after the war was still retaln-
ed in the service, having at one time,
command of all the Atlantic seabOard and
the eastern and middle states, with head
quarters at Washington.
Do not wonder at the strength OF the
common feeling which brings and binds
together these Daughters of the American
Revolution. A fitting respect for the
memory of the noble dead is not an honor
| to them alone. There is not one among
this band of women but feels thrill of
pride when the thought recurs to her,
that no matter how unnoted or monotO-
nous her life may be, in her veins there
| flows the blood of heroes, and she should
need naught else to admonish her to lead
a life. pure, self-sacrificing, steadtast.
In the name of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, say, ''all honor
to those sacred men from whose high
hearts and mighty hands posterity. re-
ceived that priceless boon a nation which
knows no earthly king but dual throne
where freedom reigns with justice"
CAROLINE LANG,