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From: "Cynthia" <>
Subject: [MAHAMPDE] A new book on " Deerfield"
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 14:43:49 -0500


SunflowerLists:
CAPTORS AND CAPTIVES, The 1704 French and Indian Raid of
Deerfield; Kevin Sweeney, University of
Massachusetts Press, Amherst,Mass., 2003 @ 29.95
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In THE REPUBLICAN, a Springfield newspaper, there is an article
about a NEW book
on Deerfield, (Franklin Co.,Mass.) and it's being released this
month. For those who are
interested in history or have ancestors in the area, would be
interested in this book.
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quote>>
his book covers more captives to give a fuller picture of the
impact of the raid, and what
happened to the 112 men, women,and children..........most of the
captives stayed with
the French rather than the Indians and most captives eventually
returned home. What we
did is cast the net a little wider.
The raid occurred when Deerfield (Pocomtuck) was an outpost of
275 men,women,and children,
with 20 soldiers guarding them. It was the farthest northeastern
settlement in New England.
The attack made Deerfield a symbolic target for the French and
Indians who wanted to halt
the English expansion.
On the morning of the of Feb.29,1704, according to the new book,
some 250-300
Abenakis, French, Hurons, Mohawks, Pennacooks, and Iroquois broke
through the stockade
defenses, killing 50 and taking 112 captive. The colonist killed
11 attackers and wounded 22.
It was a most devastating assult on the colonial village anywhere
in New England, New France,
and New York.! Deerfield has always had a special place in
American history. This attack
altered the future course of the north American continent.
Not every Deerfield captive was welcomed into the new community
as Eunice Williams may
have been.
Recently discovered manuscript telling the account of captive
Joseph Kellogg, the manuscript
was found stored in the historical archives in Philadelphia, and
the book also gives the accounts
from several Indians
The end of the book , all of the names of the captives and their
fate, of Deerfield colonist, also
the names of Indians and French that were involved.
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You can order from the Old Deerfield Museum (I already did)
http://www.historic-deerfield.org/store/bookpages/captors_captives.
html
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FYI:
The UNREDEEMED CAPTIVE was written in 1994 which was a play on the
Rev.John William's
dau , Eunice ........was the first modern book written to tell the
story of Eunice who was captured
in Feb 29,1704 and never returned to Deerfield (she married an
Indian and stayed with them in Canada)
http://www.historic-deerfield.org/store/bookpages/3867.html
(reprint of original published in 1707)
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BOY CAPTIVE OF OLD DEERFIELD
http://www.historic-deerfield.org/store/bookpages/3875.html
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Boy Captive of Canada (Stephen Williams)
http://www.historic-deerfield.org/store/bookpages/3876.html
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Ransom for Mercy Carter
http://www.historic-deerfield.org/store/bookpages/8597_mercy_carter
.html
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Not about captives but photos of "Old Deerfield" before and after
and history.
Any ancestor would appreciate this book
http://www.historic-deerfield.org/store/bookpages/430045.html
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Cynthia
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