----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth W. Knowlton" <KnowltonEW@compuserve.com> To: <KNOWLTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 11:27 PM Subject: [KNOWLTON] War against the Narragansett Indians >I was rereading today Clyde's post of last November. > The description of the English settlers burning alive the > Indian children, women, and disabled: "They were in > much doubt," it says of the settlers. I hope so. > > There is an almost identical account of the burning of > an Indian village in Westchester co., NY, where Ephraim > Knowlton (1676) immigrated. The account there > was that after brush was piled up and the fire set, > there was not a single sound as the entire village > perished inside their wigwams. > > How sure we always are that what we choose to > do to other people is the right way. > > Elizabeth > > Message text written by INTERNET:KNOWLTON-L@rootsweb.com >>Meanwhile, the English had set fire to the wigwams, some 600 in number, > and flames swept through the crowded fort. The "shrieks and cries of the > women and children, the yelling of the warriors, exhibited a most > horrible and appalling scene, so that it greatly moved some of the > soldiers. They were in much doubt and they afterwards seriously inquired > whether burning their enemies alive could be consistent with humanity > and the benevolent principle of the gospel," says one early account. > > The retreating Indians were driven from the woods about the fort, > leaving the English a complete, though costly, victory. They had lost > five captains and 20 men and had some 150 wounded that must be carried > back to a house some ten miles distant. To the terrors of the battle and > fire were added the bitter cold and blinding snow of a New England > blizzard through which the English toiled back to Cocumcussa. The > hardships of that march took a toll of 30 or 40 more lives. The Indians > reported a loss of 40 fighting men and one sachem killed and some 300 > old men, women and children burned alive in the wigwams. > < > > > > Elizabeth W. Knowlton Hello Elizabeth - I have read your account of the Narragansett Indians..... above Does anything change these days !!!!! I have been getting more information about my KNOWLDEN line in UK. A marriage of Gilbert James Knowlden who married Ann Elizabeth Callaghan 1812 in London and recently the baptism of the above Gilbert born 1786 - a son of James Knowlden/Martha.... again, born London....... I think that the Knowldens came from the London area, whereas the Knowltons came from further outside i.e., Hampshire... Are there any Gilberts in USA... Joan Borrowscale, Liverpool UK > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >