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Title: Indian history for young folks
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Drake, Francis S. (Francis Samuel), 1828-1885 Dowd, Francis Joseph, 1876-
Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America -- Wars
Publisher: New York London : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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t happened at the moment to be occupied Aug. 27,1T06. , i • -i • -I . -I only by women. k I hey put on hats, letting their hair hangdown, and fired so briskly that they struck a terror into the enemy, andthey withdrew. A formidable inroad upon the English settlements was planned by theFrench at Montreal in 1TOS, who fixed upon Lake Winnipiseogee as theplace of rendezvous for their Indian allies. A few only came at theappointed time. The expedition was led by Des Chaillons,who attacked llaverhill, Massachusetts, in the night, burnedthe fort and many dwellings, and killed or captured about one hundredpersons, including Rev. Benjamin Rolfe, the minister, his wife and child.A few brave men, led by Samuel Ayer, rallied a short distance from thetown, formed an ambush, and by a vigorous attack succeeded in rescuinga number of the prisoners and inilicted some loss on the enemy. Ayerlost his life in this daring attempt. Haverhill was at this time a cluster of thirty cottages and log cabins
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FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS. 199 near the Merrimac. In its centre stood the new meeting-house. On ttienorth the unbroken wilderness stretched far away to the White Moun-tains. The Indian leader on this occasion was Assacambuit. He had visitedFrance in 1706, and having been knighted by Lonis XIV., on his returnwore the insignia of his rank upon his breast. He was also presentedwith a sword for his services. A famous club which he always carriedhad on it at this time ninety-eight notches, denoting the number of Eng-lish he had slain. It was estimated that one-third of the English population of Mainehad fallen in this disastrous war. Some families had become extinct,others mourned the loss or captivity of parents, children, or husbands.The country was reduced to poverty, trade was ruined, houses burned,and fields devastated. A hundred miles of sea-coast, lately the scene ofprosperity, was now a complete desert. There was one year of this warwhen one-fifth part of all capable of bearing arms w

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