Too bad that Calloway didn't share the information as to how John Moody identified Chief Sacket by name. Jacques suggests a French connection. The Missisquoi village was located in the area of Vermont which was, at that time, claimed by France. The French supported King Philip's uprising in 1675 and the raids which followed. They also established a mission among the Indians there. Thurmon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kari J. Roehl" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 6:46 PM Subject: [SACKETT] Chief Sackett >A while back there was some discussion about Chief Sackett. I noticed this > while messing around tonight. > > The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600-1800: War, Migration, and the > Survival > of an Indian People > By Colin G. Calloway > Edition: reprint, illustrated > Published by University of Oklahoma Press, 1994 > ISBN 0806125683, 9780806125688 > 372 pages > > Page 156. > Extracted.. > In the last week of June, Captain Hobbs and forty men left Fort Number > Four > en route to Fort Shirley, Massachusetts. An Indian war party pursued > them > and ambushed them about twelve miles west of Fort Dummer. The Indian > leader > was said to be a chief named Sackett, reputedly the descendant of a white > captive. In fact, Sackett was probably Jacques Sacket of Missisquoi. > After > a four hour battle, in which Sackett was supposedly killed or wounded, the > Indians withdrew, carrying their dead and wounded with them. Hobb's party > limped back to Fort Dummer and under cover of darkness with three dead and > wounded, but after the Melvin fiasco this was a welcome opportunity to > claim > a measure of victory. > > Page 284. > 41. Drake, History, 168; Crockett, Vermont 1:107; Doolittle, "Narrative," > 21-22. I am grateful to John Moody for identifying Jacques Sacket. > > > Kari > > > SACKETT is a Discussion list for Sackett/Sacket Family Genealogy. > Associated URL's for this surname: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sidersn/sackett/ and > http://www.sackettfamily.info/ > If you need any help, email the List Admin at: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message