Oxford Democrat., 1904-06-14
The LoveweII's Fight Memorial.

As before mentioned, the Society OF
Colonial Wars of Massachusetts, will
have field day and excursion to Frye.
burg, June 1918, to dedicate memorial
stone and tablet June 18th, in honor OF
Capt. John Lovewell and his men who
were killed in Lovewell's fight on the
9Th of May 70. S., 1725.
The party will leave Boston at l:l5
p. NJ, Thursday, June 16, taking supper
in Portland and arriving in Fryeburg at
1858 p. NJ, stopping at The Oxford.
The dedication of the memorial stone
and tablet will take place in the fore
noon of Friday, OIL the battle ground on
the shore of Lovewell's Pond, II miles
from the village.
The afternoon of Friday and the fore
noon of Saturday will be devoted to car
riage drives, and the party will return
to Boston Saturday afternoon, going on
the Mountain Division of the Maine
Central to Inter ,ale, and thence over the
Boston and Maine, via North Conway,
Rochester and Portsmouth.
In this connection, lest we forget, it
may be of interest to those not familiar
with the story of LovewelPs Fight to
read the following brief account of it,
"Capt. John Lovewell was an able
partisan officer of the colonies. In
April, 1925, he led 46 men from the
Massachusetts, frontier-towns by long
and arduous march into the heart of the
Pequawket country. He had "a men
left when he reached SacO (nOw Love-
wel's) Pond, and here he encamped for
80 hours, near the chief village of the
enemy. On Saturday, May 8, while the
rangers were assembled around the chap
lain on the beach, and ere the morning
devotions had been finished, gun was
heard, and an Indian was seen watching
them. They left their packs near the
pond, and advanced towards the inter-
wales, but met an Indian in the forest,
who shot and mortally wounded Love.
we'll, though his own death followed
instantly. Meantime the Sachem Paugus
and so warriors had found and counted
the packs and laid an ambuscade near
them, which completely entrapped the
Americans on their return. The mag
unanimous Paugus ordered his men to fire
| over the heads of the invaders and then
to bind them with ropes. With horrid
yells the Indians leaped forth and asked
Lovewell if he would have quarter.
only at the muzzles of your gunsn
shouted the brave captain, and led his
men against the enemy. Thew drove the
Indians some rods, but were repulsed by
fierce counter charge, in which Love
well and of his men were killed. Then
the Americans retreated slowly, fighting
inch by inch, to position with the pond
on their rear, Battle Creek on the right,
and Rocky Point on the left. This
sheltered position they maintained for
eight hours, against continual assaults,
and at sundOwn the Indians withdrew
under the command of Wahwa, leaving
80 killed and wounded, including Pau.
gus, who fell late in the contest.
Throughout the long day the yells OF
the Indians, the cheers of the Americans,
and the pattering of musketry resounded
through the forest, while Chaplain Frye,
mortally wounded when fighting among
the foremost, was often heard praying
for victory. In the moonlit midnight
hour the rangers departed, leaving Is OF
their number dead and dying on the
field, while . of the 15 others were
wounded. After suffering terribly on
the march, most of the little band reach
ed the settlements. Several ballads
commemorate this fOrest-fight,"