New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-07

..Were there any Indian fights near here?
can't prove it, but / have every reason TO pc
lieve that there was battle fought here three
or four days after King Philip was killed Some
have asserted that it took place at Stockbridge,
and others say that the battle was fought In the
upper part of Sharon. Corn. L think it occurred
the bank of the river here in the village a
few rods above the bridge. where the Indian path
crossed the stream few years ago one could
see the indentation in the bank where the old
wagon road which followed the Indian path close
~. left the water.
Sometime about the middle of August. 1876
when the whites had broken the spirit of the
Indians in Massachusetts. and possibly on the day
that King Philip killed band of fugitive
Indians numbering about 200 filed along the trail
their way the Hudson. They crossed the
Housatonic at the old fordway and encamped on
the west bank. unaware that their proximity had
been discovered by the whites and that body OF
Connecticut soldiers and Indians in command OF
Major TalCot, in pursuit Major Talcot was
at Westfeld when he made the discovery that this
body of Indians passing through the neighbor-
aood He Immediately took the trail and pressed
to overtake them. So far as am able to fix IT,
the whites reached the east bank of the Housa-
tonic the night of August "A AT least. it was
the third day after learning of the proximity
of the fleeing Indians. Night had fallen. and IN
the darkness Major Talcot could see across the
ripping stream and through the leaves on the
further bank the pickering flames of the camp
fires OF the Indians. who appeared TO have taken
Major Talcot could judge. they were unaware of
his pursuit and his fival the opposite bank
The river narrow at that point that he
could hear the grunts of the Indians. 1t was
strange that the redskins did not hear Major Tai
cots men have any scouts ont. Apparently
they off their guard
Major Taicot decided to postpone the fight I'M
til morning. He drew his back and in the
stiffness of the night they lay down their arms
Major Talcot cautioned them make sound
order
after the bloody experiences OF the In the
deep silence the night, broken only by the muir
muir of the river It flowed southwark over the
stones, which seemed part of the silence, they
slept until early dawn Before the east had red
dened Major Talcot and his were awake and
preparing for the attack. 1t decided to d.
vide the force into two parts of which
to go down stream for distance, then wade
across the side which the Indians en-
camped and, marching up, attack their front. AT
the time the second body, under Major Tai
cot, approach the river along the Indian
path and the first body attacked was
TO fire across into the of the Indians.
1.-The Indians had slept soundly. unaware of the
approaching battle. There were no signs in the
camp that they in haste tc leave the river
with its supply Of food The night being warm,
they had taken pains to keep the fires blazing
and had thrown themselves down upon the grass
to sleep. Like logs they lay, without thought for
the morrow. With exception. they all
asleep when Major Talcot and his men from
their grassy beds. The exception a
boned Indian, who getting out his fishing
spear. Having secured 1t he picked his way be-
tween his sleeping companions and started down