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
Kari, "In fact, Sackett was probably Jacques Sacket of Missisquoi" (from below) Do you think this rules out the possibility that his Mother was a captive from Westfield? Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kari J. Roehl" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 9:46:10 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 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