Hannah Dustin On March 15 , 1697 in Massachusetts, Thomas Dustin saw the Indians coming. He saved his kids but was too late to save Hannah,his wife. After a 100 mile walk they were in Boscawen, NH. She was still mad about the death of her kid and wanting to kill the indian who slammed her baby's head against a tree. She was planing to kill all the Indians.She meet a young boy named Smith who was also taken by the Indians. At midnight they found some tomahawks and scalped 10 out of 12 Indians. One of them was a boy, the other was a man that had escaped. The Escape They were on their way to Massachusetts, Hannah remember that you can get 10 pounds for a Indian scalp, so she wrapped the scalps in cloth. They slept by the day and went down the river at the night time. After a couple days they were home, Hannah got 25 pounds by selling the Indians scalps. Martha and Smith had to split the other 25 pounds. The Monument The monument was made by Mister Brenum. The monument is in the town of Boscawen. The Indians that she killed are buried under the monument . Its 25 feet tall and made of solid marble. ( there is a pix at this site.. first address listed below.) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------- Boscawen is located near Concord, New Hampshire if you are searching for it on a map and you can find this article and others at: http://www.concord.k12.nh.us/schools/walker/camp/96/famous2/nwhannah.html http://www.state.nh.us/markers/me49.html http://www.usm.maine.edu/~jdustin/hannah-story.html Good Luck on your search. Linda C. Dalton, NH -----Original Message----- From: Hiding101a@aol.com <Hiding101a@aol.com> To: NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com <NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 1:16 AM Subject: Hannah Dustin 1653-1737 Sign Hello, I have a picture of a sign taken in New Hampshire. I have no idea where in NH this pic was taken. But I thought that someone researching that line might like to see it. Email me off list and I'll be happy to email a copy. Jody The sign reads; Hannah Dustin 1657-1737 Famous symbol of frontier heroism. A victim of an Indian raid in 1697, on Haverhill, Massachusetts, whence she had been taken to a camp site on the nearby island in the river. After killing and later scalping ten Indians, she and the two other captives, Mary Neff and Samuel Lennardson, escaped down river to safety. ==== NHROCKIN Mailing List ==== Send messages to the list to the "To" address found above in THIS message. To send commands (subscribe/unsubscribe), insert -request between the L and the @ in the address. Send only the command. ============================== Discover your ancestors and trace your family tree today at Ancestry.com. You are invited to search our massive collection containing over 500 million records, in over 1800 databases. Visit http://ads04.focalink.com/SmartBanner/page?16226.4