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Title: A history of Hatfield, Massachusetts, in three parts : I. An account of the development of the social and industrial life of the town from its first settlement. II. The houses and homes of Hatfield, with personal reminiscences of the men and women who have lived there during the last one hundred years; brief historical accounts of the religious societies and of Smith Academy; statistical tables, etc. III. Genealogies of the families of the first settlers
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Wells, Daniel White, b. 1842 Wells, Reuben Field, b. 1880, joint author
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Publisher: Springfield, Mass. : Pub. under the direction of F.C.H. Gibbons
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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of the firingreached the ears of the men in the meadows to the southand the mounting flames and smoke warned them of whatto expect. They flew to the relief of the unguarded settle-ment, but before they arrived the foe had departed and allthat could be done was to care for the wounded, remove thebodies of the victims of the savage tomahawk and gun,and make up the roll of the missing. Stunned by thesuddenness and completeness of the blow and fearful ofan ambuscade in the swamps above no pursuit of the Indianswas attempted, but messengers were dispatched to the othertowns with the news and to ask for assistance. It was thought at first that the attack was made byMohawks, six of whom had been seized and thrown intoprison when hunting near the Charles river. A party ofMohawks with a scalp, and two Natick squaws on theirreturn to Xew York, passed the night of Sept. 18 in Hatfield.The Naticks had been allies of the English during the warjust closed. Major Pynchon was notified and he, alarmed
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92 HISTORY OF HATFIELD. lesl the attack foreshadowed another period of Indian war-fare, sent to Connecticut for aid. The Indians with their captives and booty marched toI >eerfield, which they attacked the evening of the 19th,killing John Root and taking prisoners Sergt. John Plymp-ton, Benoni Stebbins, Qnintin Stockwell, and Samuel Rus-sellj a boy of eight or nine, a son of Philip Russell of Hatfield.Sheldon thinks that these were all that were at that time inthe settlement, which was being rebuilt. After a halt for the night in the woods near-by the longjourney to Canada was begun. The captives were fastenedsecurely each night by staking down the limbs and bythe use of cords. After traveling far enough north to beout of danger of pursuit by the English troops, probablynear Putney, Vt., a long wigwam was built and a greatdance was held. But for the efforts of Ashpelon, the leader,some of the captives would have been burned. Wordwas sent to a party of Nipmucks, who had left Canada

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