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1、TheBoyCaptivesAnIncidentoftheIndianWarof1695TheBoyCaptivesAnIncidentoftheIndianWarof1695byJohnGreenleafWhittier1TheBoyCaptivesAnIncidentoftheIndianWarof1695THEtownshipofHaverhill,evenaslateasthecloseoftheseventeenthcentury,wasafrontiersettlement,occupyinganadv
2、ancedpositioninthegreatwilderness,which,unbrokenbytheclearingofawhiteman,extendedfromtheMerrimacRivertotheFrenchvillagesontheSt.Francois.Atractoftwelvemilesontheriverandthreeorfournorthwardlywasoccupiedbyscatteredsettlers,whileinthecentreofthetownacompactvilla
3、gehadgrownup.IntheimmediatevicinitytherewerebutfewIndians,andthesegenerallypeacefulandinoffensive.OnthebreakingoutoftheNarragansettWar,(1)theinhabitantshaderectedfortifications,andtakenothermeasuresfordefence;but,withthepossibleexceptionofonemanwhowasfoundslai
4、ninthewoodsin1676,noneoftheinhabitantsweremolested;anditwasnotuntilabouttheyear1689thatthesafetyofthesettlementwasseriouslythreatened.Threepersonswerekilledinthatyear.In1690sixgarrisonswereestablishedindifferentpartsofthetown,withasmallcompanyofsoldiersattache
5、dtoeach.Twoofthesehousesarestillstanding.Theywerebuiltofbrick,twostorieshigh,withasingleoutsidedoor,sosmallandnarrowthatbutonepersoncouldenteratatime;thewindowsfew,andonlyabouttwoandahalffeetlongbyeighteenincheswide,withthickdiamondglasssecuredwithlead,andcros
6、sedinsidewithbarsofiron.Thebasementhadbuttworooms,andthechamberwasenteredbyaladderinsteadofstairs;sothattheinmates,ifdriventhither,couldcutoffcommunicationwiththeroomsbelow.Manyprivatehouseswerestrengthenedandfortified.Werememberonefamiliartoourboyhood,--avene
7、rableoldbuildingofwood,withbrickbetweentheweather-boardsandceiling,withamassivebalustradeoverthedoor,constructedofoaktimberandplank,withholesthroughthelatterforfiringuponassailants.Thedooropeneduponastone-pavedhall,orentry,leadingintothehugesingleroomofthebase
8、ment,whichwaslightedbytwosmallwindows,theceilingblackwiththesmokeofacenturyandahalf;ahugefireplace,calculatedforeight-feetwood,occupyingoneentireside;while,overhead,suspendedfromth
