The History of Connecticut From the First Settlement to the Present Time Volum
The History of Connecticut From the First Settlement to the Present Time Volum
Theodore Dwight
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Not long after this (viz, on the 18th of March), the village of Salmon Falls was taken by about 50 French and Indians, under a French officer named Hurtel. They attacked it in the morning in three divisions, and were bravely resisted, but were vie- 212 ADDRESS TO KING WILLIAM. [1690. torious, killing 36 men, and taking 54 captives to Canada, chiefly women and children. A special meeting of the Assembly was held on the 11th of April, and troops were sent to the Mas- sachusetts towns on the Conne...cticut, as well as to Albany, in consequence of urgent requests for aid from the two colonies. A strict watch was order- ed to be kept in all the towns by all the males in turn ; and aged and infirm men having more than £50 on the list were to hire substitutes. All the military officers were then confirmed, and appointments were made of civil officers, as formerly. The Assembly also made provision for the calling of another meeting, in case of impor- tant business. We may imagine something of the change of feelings which the king's overthrow pro- duced in the country, and of the new joy caused by the arrival of a vessel at Boston on the 26th of May, which brought the news of the coronation of William and Mary.
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