This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4EB.2ACE/891.2 Message Board Post: Holland, Josiah Gilbert History of Western Massachusetts. The Counties of Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin & Berkshire Springfield, MA: Samuel Bowles & Company, 1855. Vol. I, 520 pp; Vol. II 619 pp, three parts. Call number 974.4, H71 Quoted from the Deerfield history, Vol II pp. 354 & 360, Outline History of Deerfield referred to by the author lists the following pages, transcribed here. See pages: Vol. 1, (transcription) Part 1 - pp. 84; 88 to 94; 135-6; 141-2; (transcription) Part 2 - pp. 148 to 157; 175-6 Surnames found in this transcription parts 1 & 2: Please refer to part 1 for surname list. Begin Part 2 - pp. 148 to 157; Chapter IX - Queen Anne's War. page 148 - Deerfield attacked ....The Indian difficulties, which, at the declaration of peace between England and France in 1697, it was hoped were past, were to be resumed upon the Connecticut, ac- companied, in some instances, with more severe hardships than had hitherto been experienced. King William died in 1702, and Queen Anne reigned in his stead, and follow- ing closely upon the latter event, came another war be- tween the two countries. This event, as in the reign of William and Mary, renewed the hostilities between the French and English colonies in America, and our history now opens upon some of the most remarkable scenes and adventures afforded by the whole series of trials that as- sailed Western Massachusetts at almost every step of its early progress. ....At an early date of the renewed hostilities, the unfortu- nate settlement at Deerfield was apprised that it was the intention of the French to destroy it. Measures were taken to strengthen the fortifications, and to prepare, so far as possible, for the dreaded event. Small parties of In- dians, who could not await the grand demonstration, haunt- ed the region of the doomed town, and lay in wait to cut off such stragglers as might present themselves. On the 8th of October, 1703, Zebediah WILLIAMS and John NIMS were captured in the meadow, at a small distance from the village, and taken to Canada, where the former died. NIMS subsequently escaped and returned. No serious demonstrations were made from this time until the night of the 29th of February, when Major Hertel de ROUVILLE, with upwards of 340 French and Indians, arrived at a pine bluff overlooking Deerfield meadow, about two miles North of the village - a locality now known as Petty's Plain*. Here he halted, to await the appropriate hour for an at- tack, and it was not until nearly morning that, leaving their packs upon the spot, his men started forward for their work of destruction. Rouville took great pains not to *RootsWeb: [MAFRANKL] STEBBINS, Lydia - Ancestors of... http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/MAFRANKL/2002-04/1020104323 History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by EA Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 261 The man for whom Petty's Plain was named; sol. ... - *RootsWeb: [MAFRANKL] Greenfield, MA Cemetery Info... http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/MAFRANKL/2001-07/0996290510 9. OLD CATHOLIC CEMETERY 1857 Petty Plain Rd. page 149 alarm the sentinels in his approach, but the precaution was unecessary, as the watch were unfaithful, and had retired to rest. Arriving at the fortifications, he found the snow drifted nearly to the top of the palisades, and his entire party entered the place undiscovered, while the whole pop- ulation were in a profound sleep. Quietly distributing themselves in parties, they borke in the doors of the houses, dragged out the astonished inhabitants, killed suc as resisted, and took, prisoners the majority of the remain- der, only a few escaping from their hands into the woods. The house of Rev. John WILLIAMS was assaulted at the commencement of the attack. Awakened from sleep, Mr. WILLIAMS leaped from his bed, and running to the door, found the enemy entering. Calling to two soldiers who lodged in the house, he sprang back to his bed-room, seized a pistol, cocked it, and presented it at the breast of an In- dian who had followed him. It missed fire, and it was well, for the room was thronged in an instatn, and he was seized, bound without being allowed the privilege of dress- ing, and keptstanding in the cold for an hour. In this dis- tressing condition, the savages amused themselves with taunting him, swinging their hatchets over him, and threat- ening him. Two of his chldren and a negro woman were then taken to the door and butchered. Mrs. WILLIAMS, who had been confined in child-birthbut a few week, be- fore, was allowed to dress, and herself and five children were taken as captives. John SHELDON's house, which the enemy found it hard to enter, was pierced by hatchets at the door; an da musket thrust throught the opening, and discharged, killed Mrs. SHELDON, who was dressing in an adjoining room. The house as carried, and preserved from destruction to accommodate the captives that were taken, and brought in from the other parts of the village. ....But the savage force did not gain their captives entirely without struggle and cost. The fort was carried, at the cost of eleven men. One house was defended by seven men, for whom the women within cast bullets while the fight was in progress. Singling out their victims, these brave fellows sent forth their impromptu bullets form every window and loop-hole, and neither threat not stratagem could bring them to a surrender; and, leaving the house, the enemy paid it no attention further than to keep out of page 150 - 108 captives taken the way of it. Another house was defended with equal bravery and equal success. One after another, the captive families and individuals were brought in the depot, until, when the sun was about an hour high, the work was com- pleted. The building had been plundered, and setting fire to such of them as could be approached, ROUVILLE set out on his return to Canada with his captives. But one more touching scene, and that the slaughtered company of young men at Bloody Brook, has ever been witnessed in the Connecticut Valley, than that exhibited by this com- pany of captives, as they turned out that morning, shiver- ing with fear and cold, on their terrible pilgrimage over the snows of mid-winter to Canada. There were the pas- tor and his tender family; the strong man, hisheart bleed- ing with sympathy, and his own trials forgotten in the dis- tress of his bosom companion and his little ones; the young man and the maiden, the old man and the infant. In all, one hundred and eight persons were taken, and marched forth, guarded by their captors, upon the shining crust of snow that then covered the groung. Passing the meadow, they arrived at the point on Petty's Plain where ROUVILLE had left his packs and snow-shows, and here the company halted. Here the prisoners were deprived of their shoes, and furnished with moccasins, to enable them to travel more, easily, and all the preparations made for the long march through the Northern wilderness. ....During the attack on Rev. Mr. WILLIAM's house one of the lodgers, Capt. STODDARD, leaped from the window of his room, and, seizing a cloak in his exit, made his excape. Tearing up his cloak, and binding the pieces upon his feet, her ran to Hatfield, and arrived there almoset exhausted. Capt. John SHELDON's son escaped in the same manner and reached Hatfield. A number of individuals in that town started immediately, probably upon horses, for Deerfield. On their arrival there, they found a number of those who had managed to excape from the clutches of the enemy, together with those left behind in the village, and joining them, bravely pushed on in pursuit of the retreating force. They overtook them while halting and making the prepara- tion to march, already described. A sharp skirmish en- sued, but becoming nearly surrounded by the enemy, they were obliged to retreat with the loss of nine of their noble page 151 - The Killed and Captive. little number. This statement is circumstantially given by HOYT, but Rev. Mr. WILLIAMS, in his "Redeemed Captive," (a work from which most of these facts are drawn,) states that a company of the enemy remained in the town, but were beaten out and pursued by the English, until the main force came to their rescue. The slaughter inflicted in the taking of the towm was a terrible one. No less than thirty-eight were killed, making the whole number, includ- ing those slain in the skirmish on the meadow, forty-seven* The loss of the enemy was upwards of forty. In a list of the captives+ drawn up by Stephen WILLIAMS, the pastor's - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [bottom of page 151 as it is in the book...] *The following are the names of those slain at the taking of the town: David Alexander, Thomas Carter, John Catlin, Jonathan Catlin, Sarah Field, Jonathan Hawks Jr. and his wife Thankful Hawks, John Hawks, Martha Hawks, Samuel Hinsdale, Joseph Ingersol, Jonathan Kellogg, Philip Mattoon's wife and child, Parthena, (a negro) Henry Nims, Mary Nims, Mehitable Nims, Sarah Price, Mary Root, Thomas Shelden, Mercy Shelden, Samuel Smead's wife and two children, Elizabeth Smead, Martin Smith, Serg. Benoni Stebbins, Andrew Stevens, Mary Wells, John Williams Jr., Jerusha Williams. - Those slain in the skirmish that took place in the meadow were Samuel Allis, Serg. Boltwood, Robert Boltwood, Joseph Catlin, Samuel Foot, David Hoit Jr., Jonathan Ingram, Serg. Benjamin Waite, Nathaniel Warner. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - +The following is the list, those marked with an asterisk indicat- ing those who were killed before getting far from the town: -Mary Alexander, Mary Alexander Jr., Joseph Alexander, (ran away the frist night,) Sarah Allen, Mary Allis, Thomas Baker, Simon Beaumont, Hepziabah Belding,* John Bridgman, (ran away in the meadow,) Nathaniel Brooks, Mary Brooks,* Mary Brooks Jr., William Brooks, Abigail Brown, Benjamin Burt, Hannah Carter,* Hannah Carter Jr.,* Mercy Carter, Samuel Carter, John Carter, Ebenezer Carter, Marah Carter,* John Catlin, Ruth Catlin, Elizabeth Corse,* Elizabeth Corse Jr., Daniel Crowfoot, Abigail Denio, Sarah Dickinson, Joseph Eastman, Mary Field, John Field, Mary Field Jr., Mary Frary,* Thomas French, Mary French,* Mary French Jr., Thomas French Jr., Freedom French, Martha French, Abigail French, Mary Harris, Samuel Hastings, Elizabeth Hawks, Methuman Hinsdale, Mary Hinsdale, Jacob Hicks, (died at Coos,) Deacon David Hoit, (died at Coos,) Abigail Hoit, Jonathan Hoit, Sarah Hoit, Ebenezer Hurst, Benoni Hurst,* Sarah Hurst, Sarah Hurst, Jr., Elizabeth Kellogg, Joanna Kellogg, Rebecca Kellogg, John Marsh, Sarah Mattoon, Philip Mattoon, Frank,* a negro, Mehitable Nims, Ebenezer Nims, Abigail Nims, Joseph Petty, Sarah Petty, Joshua Pomeroy, Esther Pomeroy,* Samuel Price, Jemima Richards, Josiah [+cont'd on next page as it is in text] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - page 152 son, and subsequently the minister at Longmeadow, it ap- pears the fourteen of them were slain in the meadows after they left town. These were not all slain near the village, but probably during the first day's march, which was not more than four iles. The victims consisted of infants, and wounded and infirm persons. Two of the cap- tives succeeded in escaping, and Mr. Williams was ordered to inform the others that if any more excapes should take place, death by fire would be visited upon those who re- mained. ....The first night's lodgings were provided for a comforta- bly as circumstances would permit, and all the able bodied among the prisoners were made to sleep in bonds. On the second day's march, Mr. Williams was permitted to speak with his poor wife, and to assist her on her journey. "On the way," says Mr. Williams, in his book, "we discoursed of the happiness of those who had a right to an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens; and God for a father and friend; as also it was our reasonable duty qui- etly to submit t the will of God, ans to say, 'The will of the Lord be done.' " Thus imparting to one another their beroic courage and Chrisitan strenght and consolation, they pursued their painful way. At last, the poor woman an- nounced the gradual failure of her strength, and during the short time it was allowed her to remain with her hus- band expressed good wishes and prayers for him and her children. The narrative proceeds: "She never spake any discontented word as to what had befallen us, but, with suitable expressions, justified God in what had happened. We soom made a halt, in which time my chief surviving mast came up, upon which I was put upon marching with the foremost, and so made my last farewell of my dear wife, the desire of my eyes, and companion in many mer- cies and afflictions. Upon our separation from each other, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + [+cont'd from previous page as it is in text] Rising, Hannah Shelden, Ebenezer Shelden, Remembrance Shelden, Mary Shelden, John Stebbins, Dorothy Stebbins, John Stebbins Jr., Samuel Stebbins, Ebenezer Stebbins, Joseph Stebbins, Thankful Stebbins, Elizabeth Stevens, Ebenezer Warner, Waitstill Warner Jr.,* Sarah Warner, Rev. John Williams, Mrs. Eunice Williams,* Samuel Williams, Eunice Williams Jr., Esther Williams, Warham Williams, John Weston, Judah Wright. Also three Frenchmen who had lived in Deerfield some time, and who came from Canada. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - page 153 - Death of Mrs. Williams - sufferings of Mrs. Williams we asked for each other grace sufficient for what God should call us to." Mrs. WILLIAMS remained a short time where he left her, and occupied the leisure in reading her Bible. Her husband went on, and soon had to ford a small and rapid stream, and climb a high mountain on its other side. Reaching the top, and very much exhausted, he was unburdened of his pack, and then his heart went down the steep after his wife. He entreated his master to let him go down and help her, but his desire was refused. As the prisoners, on after another, came up, he inquired for her, and the news of her death was told to him. In wad- ding the river, she was thrown down by the water, and en- tirely submerged, but succeeded in reaching the bank and the foot of the mountain, where her master became dis- couraged with the idea of her maintaining the march, and burying his tomahawk in her head, left her dead. Mrs. WILLIAMS was the daughter of Rev. Eleazer MATHER, the first minister of Northampton - an educated, refined and noble woman, and the story of her sufferings is a most touching one. It is pleasant to think that her body was found, and brought back to Deerfield, where, in long years after, her husband was laid by her side. There sleeps the dust of the pair, and stones still standing inform the stranger of the interesting spot. ....Others were killed upon the journey, as convenience re- quired. One poor woman, with child, and near the time of travail, was dispatched on the fourth day. Arriving about thirty miles North of Deerfield, probably in the Northern part of Brattleboro, Vt., those of the Indians who had no captives became discontented, for some others of the number had five or six. Accordingly a halt was made, and a more equal distribution effected, and then sledges were constructed for the better conveyance of chil- dren, and those who were wounded. Stephen WILLIAMS, the pastor's son, was at that time eleven years, old, but he kept a journal which has recently been published and which states in an artless way: "They traveled (we thought) as if they meant to kill us all, for they traveled thirty-five or forty miles a day. * * * Their manner was, if any loitered, to kill them. My feet were very sore, so that I thought they would kill me also." When the first Sabbath arrived, Mr. WILLIAMS was allowed to preach. page 154 -The party in Canada His text was taken from the Lamentations of Jeremiah - the verse in which occurs the passage - "my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity." And thus they progressed, the life of the captives dependent, in every case, upon their ability to keep up with the party. Here an innocent child would be knocked upon the head and left in the snow, and there some poor woman, prostrated by a miscarriage, dropped by the way, and died by the merciful tomahawk, unmercifully dealt. Arriving a White River, ROUVILLE divided his forces, and the parties took separate routes to Canada. The party to which Mr. WILLIAMS was attached went up White River, and proceeded, with vari- ous adventures, to Sorel in Canada, at which point some of the captives had preceeded him. The party with which the most of Mr. WILLIAMS' children proceeded, kept on, up the Connecticut, and barely escaped death from famine, a fate which visited two of the captives. ....Thus, those who survuved had all arrived in Canada, and all were treated by the French with great humanity, and Mr. WILLIAMS with marked courtesy. He proceeded to Chamblee, from thence to St. Francis, on the St. Law- rence, afterwards to Quebec, and at last to Montreal, where Governor VAUDREUIL treated him with much kindness, and redeemed him from savage hands. Mr. WILLIAMS' religious experiences in Canada were characteristic of the times. He was there thrown among Romanists, a sect against which he entertained the most profound dislike - profound to an inflammatory conscientiousness, not to say bigotry. His Indian master was determined he should go to church, but he would not, and was once dragged there, where he "saw a great confusion instead of any Gospel order." The Jesuits assailed him on every hand, and gave him but little peace. His master, at one time, tried to make him kiss a cruicifix, under the threat that he would dash out his brains with a hatchet if he should refuse, but he did refuse, and had the good fortune to save his head as well as his conscience. Some of Mr. WILLIAMS' children were re- deemed, and placed where he could see them, and allof them were promised him by the Jusuits, accompanied with a pension for his own and their support, if he would em- brace the Romish faith, but the offensive off met with a most ungracious reception. In short, the Deerfield cap- page 155 - Eunice Williams becomes a savage tives proved to be rather intractable fellows. One of the Jesuits told the Governor that "he never saw such persons as were taken from Deerfield," and added - " the Macquas will not suffer any of their prisoners to abide in their wig- wams whilst they themselves are a mass, but carry them with them to the church, and they cannot be prevailed with to fall down on their knees; but no sooner are they returned to their wigwams but they fall down on their knees to prayer." ....One of Mr. WILLIAMS' daughters, Eunice, only seven years old at the time she was carried to Canada, he had the privilege of once visiting. He talked with her about an hour, and ascertained that she had not forgotten her cat- echism. The little girl was very desirous to be set at lib- erty, and bemoaned her hard lot. She was told to pray to God every day, and she replied that she did, as she was able, and God helped her. "But," said she, "they force me to say some prayers in Latin, but I don't understand one word of them." Al possible efforts were afterwards made by the Governor and his lady to effect her redemp- tion, but without avail. The plastic little creature not long afterwards forgot, not only her catechism but her lan- guage, adopted the Indian habits of life, and became in fact and feeling a savage. And there among them was she left at last, and on arriving a womanhood, she married an Indian by whom she had a family of children. A few years after the war, she and her husband, with other In- dians, visited Deerfield. She was dressed in Indian cos- tume, and all the inducements held out to her to remain at her old home were unavailing. She visited Longmeadow twice subsequently, with her tawny companion, to see her brother, and old fellow captive, who, since his return, had grown up, and become the first pastor of the church in Longmeadow. The General Court granted them a piece of land on condition that they would remain in New Eng- land, but she refused, on the ground that it would endanger her soul. She lived and died in savage life, though nomi- nally a convert to Romanism, and out of her singular fate has grown another romace, which has been the marvel of later times. From her descended Rev. Eleazer WILLIAMS, late missionary to the Indians at Green Bay, Wisconsin, the pretended Dauphin of France. In 1706, Mr. WILLIAMS page 156 - The return of the captives - the old Indian house and his remaining children, with other captives, rais- ing the number to fifty-seven, embarked on board a ship sent to Quebec by Governor DUDLEY, and sailed for Bos- ton. Of those who were carried to Canada, twenty-eight permanently remained, and these principally intermarried with the Frend, became attached to the country, and nearly all became Romanists. Their names and descend- ents still live in Canada, and namy now living in the Con- necticut Valley would feel astonished in being brought face to face with kindred blood, that now rattles be French in Canada, or sputters Indian in the North and Northwest. It has already been said the Mr. WILLAIMS was laid by the side of his wife at last; and Deerfield, after his return, was his home until he died. A Committee from his peo- ple met him on his landing at Boston, and invited him to return to the charge, from which he had, nearly three years before, been torn. And Mr. WILLIAMS had the cour- age to do it, notwithstanding the war continued with una- bated bitterness. In 1707, the town voted to build him a house, "as big as Ensign SHELDON's, and a back room as big as may be thought convenient." "Ensign SHELDON's house," by the way, has been seen by nearly every one who has traveled through the Connecticut Valley. It was the "old Indian house in Deerfield," as it has been popu- larly called, and stood at the Northern end of Deerfield Common, exhibiting to its latest day the marks of the tom- ahawk upon its door in the attack of 1704, and the perfo- rations made by the balls inside. The house was torn down recently, but the door is preserved, and should ever be preserved as a valuable memento of the dangers and trials of early times. Mr. Williams took a new wife into his new house, had several children by her, and died in 1729. ....The inhabitants of Deerfield had abandoned their settle- ment twice, but, notwithstanding the hard fare they had experienced, and the dangers to which they must necessa- rily be still exposed, they determined not to leave it again. It was not long after the departure of the captives in 1704, that two individuals - John ALLEN and his wife - were killed about two miles South of Deerfield, at a place called "the Bars." This was on the 10th of the following May, and as the Indians killed Allen upon the spot, and took his page 157 - Indian murders wife a mile or two away before dispatching her, they prob- ably calculated to carry her also to Canada. A few days afterwards, on Kindness, a friendly Indian, was killed at Hatfield mill, but the enemy had no time to scalp him. About the same time, Thomas RUSSELL was killed north of Deerfield. He was attached to the garrison at Deerfield, and was sent into the woods as a scout, but wandered from his companions, and was cut off. He belonged in Hatfield. John HAWKS, while on the way from Deerfied to Hatfield, fell into an ambuscade and was killed. The Indians in small and unimportant parties at this time seem to have hung around all the settlements on the river. Dr. CROSSMAN, while riding in the night betwwen Hadley and Spring- field, was fired upon and wounded in the arm. A scout on the way between Northampton and Westfield were attacked by Indians, one of them killed and two taken captive. These Indians fell in with another scout which killed three of their number, and released the two prisoners. Scouts at this time were kept out in every direction. Lieut. Caleb LYMAN, with the insignificant force of five friendly Indians marched to Coos, on the Connecticut ar the North, where abode a remnant of the force that invaded Deerfield in the preceeding February, and coming to a cabin conain- ing ten Indians, fired upon, and killed seven at the first shot. The other three were wounded, but escaped, Lieut. LYMAN returned without the loss of a man. In 1705, no movements worthy of note occured. In July, 1706, Sam- uel CHAPIN and his brother, of Springfield, went up to their farm in the North part of the town, and on discover- ing signs of Indians, fled back toward their homes, followed by the foe that had calculated on entrapping them. One shot was discharged, hitting Samuel CHAPIN in the side, but not infliciting a fatal wound. About this time Mary Mc- INTOSH was killed at Brookfield, while miling the cows. Robert GRAINGER and John CLARY were shot in the same town, and Thomas BATTIS of that town, while riding post to Hadley, was killed somewhere upon the present territory of Belchertown. John WOOLCOTT, a boy, was taken at Brookfield, and carried to Canada, where he remained among the Indians so long as to lose his native language. In 1708, a body of infantry and cavalry, commanded by Col. WHITING, were sent up from Connecticut, to guard the... pp. 175-6 Chapter XI - Resumption of French and Indian Hostilities end of page 174- Tweleve of them, however, were taken sick and died there, but the remainder, with other prison- ers, arrived at Boston on the 16th of August, 1747, nearly page 175 - The "Bars Fight" a year after their capture, under a flag of truce, and were redeemed. This affair, one of the most gallant in the whole history of the frontier wars, has invested the locality of old Fort Massachusetts with patriotic associations, such as attach to few of the points made interesting by having been the scene of border struggles, and is regarded and spoken of with affectionate pride by those living in its vi- cinity. That Serg. HAWKS would never have surrendered if his ammunition had not failed him, is very certain, and as it was, the victory won by VAUDREUIL was no subject of boasting. ....About fifty of VAUDREUIL's Indians separated from the main body, after the surrender of Fort Massachusetts, for another visit to the old scene of their depredations, at Deerfield. They arrived in the vcinity of the town on Sunday, the 24th of August, and reconnoitered the mead- ows to find a feasible point for securing captives, as the people should go to work on Monday. A quality of hay in the South Meadow led them to suppose that men would be there to gather it. This was at a point known as "The Bars" and concealing themselves in the brush and under- wood that covered the bordering hills, they awaited their prey. Near the ground were two houses, occupied re- spectively by families of the name of AMSDEN and ALLEN. The laborers of these families, accompanied by several children, and numbering some ten or twelve in all, went out in the morning to labor in the meadow, the men, as- cording to their custom, taking their arms. They com- menced their labor in the immediate vicinity of the In- dians. At this moment, Eleazer HAWKS of Deerfield, who was hunting partridges in the woods very near the Indians, caught sight of a bird, and discharged his piece. The In- dians supposing themselves to be discovered, turned upon him, killed and scalped him, and then sprang forward to attack the workmen. At the discharge of musketry, the workmen, with the children, fled towards a mill, not far dis- tant, under fierce pursuit. Simeon AMSDEN, a lad, was killed and scalped, and then Samuel ALLEN, John SADLER and Adonijah GILLET made a brave stand against their sav- age pursuers. ALLEN fought desperately for his own life and the lives of his three children. At the last he was obliged to fight with the breech of his musket, and thus page 176 struggling, he fell by a shot. The shirt which he wore that day, torn by the tomahawk and bullet, is still pre- served by his descendants, as a memento of his bravery. GILLET also fell, but SADLER escaped across the river under a continued fire from the enemy. Leaving the spot, the Indians pushed after those who, in the delay, had managed to escape towards Deerfield. Oliver AMSDEN was over- taken, and after a noble struggle, fell. Eunice ALLEN, one of the children of Samuel ALLEN, was knocked down, but escaped scalping, and though left for dead, she afterwards recovered, and lived to be very old, always retaining a vivid memory of the event. Samuel, her brother, was captured, while Caleb escaped by dodging through a field of corn. Alarmed by the firing, a small company under Lieut. CLESSON started from Deerfield for the scene of ac- tion, but only had occasion to engage in a fruitless pursuit of the retiring enemy. Another party pushed on to Charlemont, to intercept the march of the Indidans, but the latter had marched too rapidly, and succeeded in escaping with young ALLEN. This boy remained in captivity a year and nine months, when he was redeemed by Col. John HAWKS, the gallant defender of Fort Massachusetts. Col. HAWKS was the boy's uncle, and though the young captive was miserably dressed and fed, and covered with vermin, he had become so much attached to the Indian life, that he was very reluctant to see his uncle; and when he came into his presnce, he refused to speak the English language, pretending to have forgotten it. He was only made to leave the Indians by force, and to the day of his death he maintained his admiration of the savage life, and his recol- lections of its transcendant pleasures. ....These latter demonstrations closed up the operations of the French for the year, for they had something more im- portant to think of. End Outline History of Deerfield for the pages quoted in the Town History section.