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Title: Gathered sketches from the early history of New Hampshire and Vermont : containing vivid and interesting account of a great variety of the adventures of our forefathers, and of other incidents of olden times ; original and selected
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors: Chase, Francis
Subjects: Indian captivities New Hampshire -- History Vermont -- History
Publisher: Claremont, N.H. : Tracy, Kenney & Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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F OLDEN TIME. that the unfortunate calf never thrived, afterwards,but died soon after, in great pain. But we have not finished our story yet. In thecourse of the forenoon, having occasion to go tomill, about five miles distant, Turner set off withhorse and sleigh. When he had passed about halfthis distance, he reached the house of a neighbor,whom he saw standing in the door. The man beggedTurner to step in and see his grandmother, who, hesaid, was taken suddenly ill in the night. On goingin, what was his amazement to find the old ladyblack and blue from head to foot, as if severelybruised in some unusual manner. The mystery was here solved. No doubt the oldwoman was the witch who abstracted the calf, andshut it up by her wonderful art in the log. Nodoubt it was she also who, in the form of a cat, dis-turbed the house of Mr. Jones, and was driven outby Turner with such vigor. The old woman died the same day. After thisnight we may conclude nothing ever again disturbedthe haunted house.
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BAKERS RETREAT. FROM THE REV. GRANT POWERSS HISTORY OF THE COOSCOUNTRY. Much discussion has arisen at different times in thecounty of Coos, N. H., in relation to the origin of thename of Bakers River. It was called by that namewhen the first settlers came on, and it was called soin the journal of Captain Powers, in 1754. Thefollowing tradition, which has come down from theearliest settlement, seems fully to explain the sourcefrom which the name was derived. It is said that while Massachusetts was claimingthe province of New Hampshire, prior to the oldFrench war, Massachusetts sent a Captain Baker,from old Newbury, at the head of a company, toferret out the Indians, who had their encampmentsomewhere upon the waters of the Pemigewasset.Baker procured a friendly Indian, who led them toPlymouth, in New Hampshire. When Baker and hisparty had arrived on these meadows, the friendlyIndian signified it was now time for every man togird up his loins ; and they did so, moving forwardwith all pos

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