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of the Capt. as he saith. And on the 14th day, the people of the Town, not being satisfied about these Guns being heard the day before, desired Capt. Ladd to go again to day, and they would go with him, some of them. We went and ranged the woods, but could make no other discovery about the enemies but only, we found the deer that we supposed we wounded the day before. Returned to Rumford Town and there camped. And on the 15th day, there was a man in great want about being assisted about moving down to Rumford town, living about two miles and a half from Rumford town---And he was a brother to these Bradleys that were killed-We assisted him. On the 16th day, took our allowance, and sold that small matter of plunder, that was found, when the men were killed, and so marched over on [from?] the west side of the river, and camped. And on the 17th day, on Sunday, marched to Canterbury and went to meeting, some part of the day-And on the 18th day, went down to the Intervale, in order to guard some people about some work, but it rained all day. On the 19th day, went to the Intervale to guard some people about some work--We guarded some, and scouted some. And on the 20th day, it rained in the forenoon-And in the afternoon, we scouted some in the woods but made no discovery. But Capt. Tolford,* with his men, discovered where there had laid some

[* Afterwards Major JOHN TOLFORD. He was born July, 1701, and came from Megilligan in Ireland, about 15 miles from the city of Londonderry, [Tradition] and was one of the first settlers of Chester. He was selected in 1754, being then a Major, by the government of New-Hampshire, as one of the officers to command the party sent to explore the Coos country, which party sat out on the 10 of March, and in seven days reached Connecticut River at Piermont. They were accompanied by John Stark, who had been the preceding year a prisoner among the Indians, and was acquainted with that region, as a guide. After passing one night and making such observations as their time would allow them, they returned, and on the 13th day from the time they left, reached Concord. Major Tolford died at Chester, in July, 1791, aged 90. F.]

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Indians in ambush, and also found where the Indians had roasted some corn. And on the 21st went down to the lower end of the Town [to] guard some people about some work. And on the 22 day, went down to the lower end of the Town and guarded some people about some work-and made no discovery. And on the 23d day, early in the morning, marched away from the Fort, in order to go to the Intervale, to guard some people about some work; but when we had marched about half a mile from the Fort, we marched across a field and found where there lay two Indians, and had just but gone for the grass seemed to rise up after them. We ranged about the woods after them, but could see nothing of them; but found where several more lay and where they run off-We supposed that these two Indians lay there for spies--We went to the Intervale and guarded some people about work-made no other discovery. And on the 24th day, on Sunday, marched along across the woods to the upper end of Canterbury lower intervale and there crossed the river, and from there to Contoocook mills, and from there ranged along the woods to the backside of Contoocook Mountains-And there ranged along in a single rank, where there were several very likely places for look out for the enemies-And Capt. Ladd fell down and hurt his leg, something-But we could make no late discovery of the enemies-And at night, returned to Canterbury Fort.--And on the 25th scouted some-and guarded some, and made [no] other discovery-Returned to the Fort and just [as] the sun set, the watch in Cantersaid that they discovered an Indian very plainWe look[ed] after him, but it soon grew dark, so that we made no certain discovery. And on

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the 26th day, marched down to the lower end of
the Town and assisted a man about taking up
some hay, in the forenoon-And in the aftenoon,
marched down to Rumford Town and ranged the
woods as we went down--but made no late dis-
covery. Capt. Ladd said that he intended to
march across the woods to Rochester—but there
came over news from the South side of the riv
er that there was stink in the woods, some where
near, where them men were killed-so the peo-
ple of the town thought [it] very proper that
Capt. Ladd and his men should go and look if
we could find any thing of the effect of that
smell--And so Capt. Ladd joined scout with
one Capt. Bodwell, who had about 40 men-
And so [we] went up with about 80 men and
ranged the woods till towards night, but could
make no discovery-Returned to Rumford Town
and there camped. On the 28th day, marched
to Suncook, and it rained, and there camped.
On the 29th day, it rained so, that the Capt. and
scout thought it would not well do to march-
and there we staid this day. And on the 30th
day, marched to Epsom--And as we ranged the
woods along, some of the scout shot and killed
a Deer And when we come to Epsom we
found a man and two little boys there, at work
alone-We made a halt and refreshed ourselves
in order to march across the woods to Roches-
ter, as the Capt. saith; but it looked very likely
for a storm, and so Capt. Ladd changed his
course and marched down about 5 miles towards
Nottingham-Block-House, and camped.
on the 31st day, marched to [the] Block-House
in Nottingham and it rained in the afternoon
and all night very fast, or almost all night-and
on September the 1st day, marched to Exeter,

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and then Capt. Ladd sent Abner Clough and two more men down [to] South-Hampton to one Lieut. Ferrin to see if he would go with him in the woods a scouting the rest of the time, as the said Ferrin had given Capt. Ladd some encouragement that he would before, with about 12 men. The reason Capt. Ladd wanted these men was, because that [he] had lost six men, and 5 or 6 more had enlisted in the expedition against Canada--But the said Lieut. Ferrin said he could not go-This was all that was done. On the 2d day, it rained a part of the day. And on the 3d day, Capt. Ladd went to, Portsmouth to see whether he must guard the people at Canterbury, or no. That was a dispute between Capt. Ladd and Capt. Clough, whether Capt. Ladd should guard the people at Canterbury, or no. So Capt. Ladd went to his Excellency to what he must do, as he saith-And he was there this 3d of the month and 4th, and on the 5th day, it rained-We paid off the men their billetting money and gave out the rest of the powder and ball, and that was all we did this day. And the 6th day, marched to Chester town and camped. And on the 7th day, marched to Suncook town and camped. And on the Sth, at said Suncook, enlisted three more men-marched to Rumford Town and enlisted three more men, and there camped. And on the 9th, took some allowance and marched to Canterbury Fort and camped. And on the 10th day, it rained so, there was nothing done. On the 11th day, went to the Intervale and there found some cattle and horses in the field--did some work and scouted some and brought out the cattle, but made no discovery of the enemies-Returned to the Fort and there camped.. On the

12th day, in the morning, marched in the woods. after cattle, till about 11 o'clock and then went to the Intervale and guarded some people and assisted them about some work, and brought some cattle out [of the] field-Returned to the Fort, and made no discovery of the enemies. On the 13th day, early in the morning, took a scout in the woods by reason, that some people said that [they] heard a gun or two-they thought it likely that the Indians might kill some cattle-we ranged the woods but made no discovery of the enemies-Found some cattle-And in the afternoon went down to the lower end of the Town to guard and assist a man about taking some hay, that had been cut about three weeks before There were about 10 loads cut, and there was about three loads taken up. And, on the 14th day, kept the sabbath-and just as it was night went to the Intervale [took] 8 or 10 cattle out of the cornfield-Returned to the fort and made no discovery of the enemies-And on the 15th day, marched in the woods after oxen and horses for the inhabitants to go to mill at Rumford-found oxen and horses but made no discovery of the enemies. On the 16th day, marched to Rumford, with the inhabitants of Canterbury, to guard them to mill-made no discovery of the enemies. And on the 17th day, guarded the mill-we guarded this day and almost of the night, and made no discovery. And on the 18th day, we fitted away to Canterbury with about 80 bnshels of meal-Returned to Canterbury fort, and made no discovery of the enemies. And on the 19th day, some went in the woods after cattle and [some] went along with Esq-Scales and Capt. Clough in the Intervale about guarding some work-Both scouts return

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