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Common terms and phrasesaccommodations attack Bachelor Hussey bathing Bay View Biddeford Pool Blue Point Boston and Maine breakwater built burnt Captain Cutts Captain John Hill charming Christopher Hussey coast colonies cottages Depot distance Dunstan River early settlers Ellis Park England erected Fern Park Ferry Beach Park fire forest furnished garrison Goose Fare Brook Haley Hill's Beach Hotel Directory house popular hundred and fifty hundred guests Hunniwell Indian Killer inhabitants killed land Maine Railroad Mary Massachusetts miles musket ocean Old Orchard Beach Old Orchard Station Orchard Beach Railroad Parson Fletcher party passed patrons peace Pine Point Plymouth Company Portland proprietor Prout's Neck Puritan Quakers resort Robert Jordan Saco Bay Saco Falls Saco River Saco settlement savages Scarboro Scarborough settled shores of Saco Sir Ferdinando Gorges soon South Berwick spot Stage Island stands Staples stood summer tion town vicinity wife William Pepperrell Winter Harbor women Popular passagesPage 23 - Thro gain and loss thro' glory and disgrace Along the plains, where passionate Discord rears Eternal Babel still the holy stream Of human happiness glides on! Louis. And must we Thank for that also our prime minister? Page 61 - CAPTAIN HILL: SIR :With much trouble I have gotten men and sent for the sloop, and desire you to dispatch them with all speed; for, if all things be ready, they may be fitted to leave in two days as well as in seven years. If you and the carpenter think it convenient, and the ground has not too much descent, I think it may be safer and better to bend her sails before you launch her, so as to leave immediately. But I shall leave it to your management, and desire you to hasten them day and night;... Page 58 - Lieuteuant-Governor to draw off and bring away what can be transported by land, and to hide the rest in the ground with the guns ; but our towns are so weak for want of men that if the enemy be about you we fear we are too weak to bring you off. . . . . Our people are much troubled that your fort should be demolished. Let me hear from you by bearer. My love to yourself and wife. I pray God to keep you from the rage of the enemy. I remain, your loving father-in-law, CHARLES FROST. 'Tis said six Indians... Page 83 - ... boat up the Nonsuch, till he came near the house, and then having hid it near the bank of the river, went into the deserted dwelling, got up amongst the beams and silently awaited the result of his adventure. Soon after dark he heard the expected Indian whistle in the woods around him, and peeping out he saw nearly a score of savages coming towards the place of his concealment, which was at least three miles from the garrison, where was the nearest aid in case the Indians should attack him. Pine,... Page 84 - Presently he went to the corner where the guns stood, and taking one up, put it to his shoulder and moved it from side to side as if taking aim at birds on the wing ; he then took it from his shoulder, examined the pan, and finding the gun unloaded, put it down and took up the other, with which he sighted as before, until, getting the heads of the Indians in range, he fired and killed them both. On another occasion he killed five Indians at once on the shore of Great Pond, with his famous Page 61 - ... to bend her sails before you launch her, so as to leave immediately. But I shall leave it to your management, and desire you to hasten them day and night ; for, Sir, it will be dangerous tarrying there, on account of hostile savages in the vicinity, and it will be very expensive to keep the men upon pay. I send you a barrel of rum, and there is a cask of wine to launch with, (doubtless intended to treat female spectators). Page 58 - I have sent over three men to know how it is with you. I have an order from the Governor to assist you in drawing off ; and I have an order from the Lieutenant-Governor to draw off and bring away what can be transported by land, and to hide the rest in the ground with the guns ; but our towns are so weak for want of men that if the enemy be about you we fear we are too weak to bring you off. Page 60 - KITTERY POINT, November 12, 1696. CAPTAIN HILL. SIR : With much trouble I have gotten men and sent for the sloop, and desire you to dispatch them with all speed, for, if all things be ready, they may be fitted to leave in two days as well as in seven years. If you and the carpenter think it convenient, and the ground has not too much descent, I think it may be safer and better to bend her sails before you launch her, so as to leave immediately. But... Page 57 - Hill to hire a boat if he can, to bring you and some of our things by water, for I fear it is not safe to come by land. Son John, be as careful of your mother as possibly you can, for it is very dangerous times ; the Lord only knows whether we shall ever see one another any more. Praying for your prosperity, Your loving husband, until death, Roger Hill. Page 57 - Dear and loving wife, These are to let you know that we are all well here, blessed be God for it, and all our children remember their duty to you. The Indians have killed Goodman Frost and James Littlefield, and carried away Nathaniel Frost, and burnt several houses, here in Wells... Bibliographic information
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