The History of New England (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1831 Excerpt: ... father was a blacksmith, and our hero, having married the daughter of one Roger Spencer, had moved to Boston, and followed the same trade.. He is said to have frequently promised his wife, even then, that he would one day command a king's ship, and be the owner of a good brick house, in Green Lane, North Boston, both which things came to pass. He built a brick house in that very spot, while he was governor. CHAPTER XIV. A new Indian War. Various Massacres and Skirmishes. Anecdote of one Stone. Attack on Wells. Story of Mr. Crawford. Expedition to Canada. Peace of Utrecht. A great Fire in Boston. Prevalence of the Small-Pox. An Earthquake. About the time of Phipps's coming over to assume his government, as before mentioned, an Indian war broke out, from various provocations, in various places. The first blood was shed at North Yarmouth, in Maine. Some time during the spring after this, a sachem named Mesandowit, with two Indian women, came to a fortified house, at Cocheco, now Dover, in New Hampshire, which was under the care of Major Waldron, a venerable old gentleman, who had distinguished himself in the Indian wars. They requested a lodging for the night, and the major received them, and treated them kindly. In the course of the night, while the garrison were asleep, the savages opened the outer door of the house, and admitted a body of their warriors from without, who had lain in the woods near by, waiting for the success of this plot. They rushed into Major Waldron's room, and found him in bed. He seized his sword, and drove them out of the room; but one of them, who had stolen behind him, knocked him down with a hatchet. They then seated him in an elbow chair upon a table, and, having tormented him in a manner too horrible to be related, placed his swo...