30 



This was afterwards a trusted companion to the first minis- 

 ter. Many a Sunday it stood beside him in his pulpit. While 

 he believed in the gospel of peace, he believed also in gun- 

 powder as, at that time, an active persuasive thereto. 



June 25. Bishop was captivated by y e indians. 



June 30. An alarm over y e river on account of indians being 

 seen. 



July 1. Dorcas Hall saw an indian at night. George Hall 

 lay abroad and saw six indians. 



Aug. 11. Jonathan Bradley and als. were killed by y e indians. 

 " 16. Andover men came up to guard us. 



29. Went to Boston. 



30. Put in a petition for help against y e indians. 

 Sept. 3. Went to Boston to obtain a grant of 20 men. 



If the question be asked why not to Portsmouth rather than 

 to Boston? The answer must be that the provincial assembly 

 of New Hampshire never manifested much friendship for 

 Pennycook, and strangely left to Massachusetts the manning of 

 some of the most important forts which the recent determina- 

 tion of her southern boundary line left within her limits. It 

 was not to her credit and it does not read well in history that 

 she left Fort Dummer and the fort at Number Four to be 

 manned by the soldiers of another province. 



Turning again to the diary of 1746, we read : 



Sept. 15. A false alarm. 

 " 18. Went out into v e woods scouting. 



Y e indians killed Esterbrook. 



Our soldiers were dismissed. 



Capt. Goffe's men went away and carried 5 days 



Went into y e woods. Lodged there. 



On a fly leaf of his diary for 1746 he thus tersely summarizes 

 the barbarities of this year (1746). 



WoodwelV s Garrison was taken April 22. 

 Thomas Cook and als. May y* g. 

 Richard Blanchard scalped "June 11. 



