on the log. Andrews was
a man of great physical strength, and did not give the saA'age a long
time to ascertain his whereabouts, when with a heaA-y blow with his
club on the side of his head, he leveled the Indian, and marched
homo without further molestation, and without inquiring the fate
of his pursuer.
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Joshua Guaves and his son Je.ssk Guayes, while hoeing corn
on the bank of the creek in Salisbury, on the farm since owned by
the late JxSKPn Smith, on which they were among the earliest set-
tlers in that town, were captured at the same time by about two
hundred Indians. The' widow of Joseph Smith was a daughter of
the younger, and grand-daughter of the elder, Gkavij:.-;; and the
farm has ever remained in the family. The captives weretakeu to
the settlement of Jehemiah Pahker in Leicester, where he and his
son, JkremI/MI Parkeh, Jun. were also captured, and all the pris-
oners were taken to Ticonderoga. The two elder captives v.- ere soon
released ; but tb.e two younger were detained prisoners, on board a
vessel, for three weeks, until there was time to send to Canada and
get a return.
Asa Blodhett. father of Samuel Blodgett, above mentioned,
who had settled on the creek in the south part of Cornwall, and re-
mained after the general retreat of the inhabitants, Avas taken pris-
oner also by the Indians. His ca[)tor3 placed him on a stump, with
a rope around his neck, the end of which was thrown over the limb
of a tree. He remained in this position for some time, expecting
instant death, with w hich