. Lancaster sul Nashua, pittoresco e storico;. ere non era stockade circa la casa e la sua rearflanker era incompleto e inutile. Un carrello carico di fla.x e la canapa dal fienile è stato spinto upagainst un magro-a nella parte posteriore e cotto, e presto tutta l)uilding era in fiamme e i detenuti della casa in fiamme dovuto scegliere lietween la morte per mezzo del fuoco o la spietata furia dei demoni che urlavano thatstood in attesa per loro senza. Efraim Roper scoppiare attraverso l'orda di selvaggi e scampato, altre undici uomini sono stati uccisi e le donne e i bambini che sono sopravvissuti sono stati trascinati in cattività.

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. Lancaster on the Nashua, picturesque and historical;. ere was no stockade about the house and its rearflanker was unfinished and useless. A cart loaded with fla.x and hemp from the barn was pushed upagainst a lean-to in the rear and fired, and soon the whole l)uilding was in flames and the inmates ofthe burning house had to choose lietween death by fire or the merciless rage of the yelling demons thatstood in wait for them without. Ephraim Roper burst through the horde of savages and escaped, theother eleven men were killed, and the women and children that survived were dragged away captive.. house was .-literwards Ijuilt In- Pliilip Goss on the same site as the garrison. This was one of thefour dwellings destroyed 1)y the Ircnch and Indians in the summer of 17lJ+. At this time the meeting-house near by was also burned. Many years after, while plowing in this field, the doorstep and hearth-stone of the Goss house were uncovered, and the pine tree which a])pears in the picture was planted tonuuk the loc.ition of the Rowlandson LTarrison.. The Rowlandson Boulder. Tliis j;r;mite boulder, rent in twain and half buried, on the summit of(leorge Hill, marks the place where Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, wife of the minister of Lancaster, spent thefirst night of her captivity- surrounded by merciless savages, exulting in their success and celebrating bya fiendish carousal the terrible massacre which they had inflicted upon the innocent people of Lancaster.After a captivity of three or four months, during which she suftered extremely from cold, hunger andill-usage, she was redeemed and restored to her husband. Her youngest child died while among thesavages, and her son and daughter were restored soon after her return. We gather our knowledge of themassacre and captivity mostly from Mrs. Rowlandsons inimitable Removes, published in 1682, after-wards going through many editions. The earlier extant edition was very appropriately reproduced onthe occasion of the 250th anniversary of t

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• bookcentury1900
• bookdecade1900
• bookidlancasteronn
• bookyear1904