Well, not necessarily killed. But it was hazardous living on the frontier before the end of the American Revolution. In the 1750s, there was the French war with the British, in which many settlers were kidnapped and taken to Canada to be ransomed. Some did die en route, but many returned. And then during the Revolutionary War, native Americans sided with one side or the other, so the attacks continued by either or both Indians and British Canadians. It just wasn't worth the hazard to many families to settle permanently until hostilities had more or less ceased in northern New England. Sylvia Bugbee On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 ALums48454@aol.com wrote: > I am following both Ct Valley and Maine lines and find that they get into > those areas permanently about the same time. The earlier ones got killed off > by Indians, so I assume that the possibility of being scalped was a limiting > factor. I also find that the ones who escaped that fate popped back from > western MA to CT and from ME to NH and MA. Most of the later ones followed > the same routes. > Abby > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ...type in Ct-River Valley or other mailing list > http://www.acpl.lib.in.us [large genealogy library in Indiana] > > http://www.quadrangle.org (genealogical lib for Conn River area) > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >