THE HISTORIC TREES OF MASSACHUSETTS 



and Titus King, a young man, and a relative 

 of Captain Rice. Artemus Rice escaped, after 

 a hot pursuit, and reached Taylor's fort 

 at noon. The Indians . . . withdrew with 

 their captives to the high plain. Here the 

 wounded man was left alone, with a single 

 savage, to meet his fate. After a fearful 

 struggle he fell beneath the tomahawk, and 

 was left, scalped and bleeding, to die. Late 

 in the day he was found yet alive, and was 

 brought to his son's house, where he expired 

 in the evening. The other prisoners were 

 led to Crown Point and thence to Canada. 

 The lad was ransomed; . . . King ... at 

 length returned." 1 



On the slope of the hill there are standing 

 at the present time several very old head- 

 stones which mark the graves of Captain 

 Rice, his family, his grandchildren and Phin- 

 eas Arms. The two oldest monuments are 

 of slate, and time has almost obliterated the 

 records. With the help of a putty-knife 

 and a magnifying glass the following in- 

 scriptions were deciphered: 



1 White, "Charlemont as a Plantation." 



