which fell to the right of the first minister. It was provided, that if Mr. Walker, by reason of extreme old age, shall be disabled from carrying on the whole work of the ministry, he shall abate so much of his salary as shall be rational.'

"To the unanimous call of the people Mr. Walker returned an affirmative answer. On the 18th November, 1730, the ordination took place. In the 'convenient house,' which they had erected for the public worship of God, were assembled about thirty settlers, with their families; before them was the venerable council, and the man of their choice, ready to be invested with the sacred office. The remoteness of the scene from the old settlements; the sacrifices which the new settlers had made; the perils to which they would be exposed; the terrible apprehensions they felt of attacks from the Indians, together with the hope that the church, about to be planted in the wilderness, would one day spread wide its branches, and be a fruitful vine in the garden of the Lord, gave an unusual tenderness and solemnity to the occasion. The Rev. John Barnard, of Andover, North Parish, preached from Proverbs ix. 1, 2, 3: Wisdom hath builded her house; she hath hewn out her seven pillars; she hath killed her beasts, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also furnished her table; she hath sent forth her maidens.' From this text he raised the doctrine, 'That the churches of Christ are of his forming, their provision of his making, and their ministers of his appointing and sending to them.' The sermon, throughout, breathes a spirit of warm devotion; is full of evangelical doctrine, and of appropriate practical remarks. To the pastor elect he says, 'We have great cause to bless the glorious Head of all spiritual and divine influences, that he has given you a spirit of self-denial, and inclined you to consecrate and devote yourself to his service in this remote part of the wilderness, and with joy and pleasure we behold your settlement just arrived at its consummation. The great Jesus is now about to introduce you into an office, which, as the honor of it will call for your humble and thankful adorations, so the difficulties thereof will require your constant and entire dependence upon Him from whom you have your mission.'

"To those who were 'a coming into a church state,' he says, in language of simple and touching eloquence, 'You have proposed worldly conveniences and accommodations in your engaging in the settlement of this remote plantation. This end is good and warrantable in its place; but religion, and the advancement of Christ's kingdom, are of infinitely greater weight, and what we hope you will have a principal regard unto. What you ought in a special manner to aim at, is the enlargement of Christ's kingdom; this will be your glory and your defence, and if this be your main design, will not the glorious Jesus say with respect to you, as he said unto his ancient people, who followed him into the wilderness, "I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. Israel was holiness to the Lord."" Jer. ii. 2.

""There is this peculiar circumstance in your settlement, that it is in a place where Satan, some years ago, had his seat, and the devil was wont to be invocated by forsaken salvages, -a place which was the rendezvous and headquarters of our Indian enemies. Our Lord Jesus Christ has driven out the heathen, and made room for you, that he might have a seed to serve Him in this place, where he has been much dishonored in time past. Be then concerned to answer this just expectation; be solicitous that you, who are becom ing his flock, may be his glory, that you may be for a name and praise unto

Him.'

"Immediately after sermon, before the ordination was performed, the church was organized. Eight male members, including Mr. Walker, came forward, adopted and subscribed the COVENANT, in which they did 'solemnly devote and dedicate themselves to the Lord Jehovah, who is Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,' and did 'promise, by divine grace, to endeavor to observe all things whatsoever God in his word has commanded.'

"After the church was formed, the charge of ordination was given to Mr. Walker, by the Rev. Samuel Phillips, of Andover, South Parish, commencing in this solemn manner:

"In the Name and Fear of God, Amen.

"Dear Sir-We have seen, and do approve of your call to the evangelical ministry, and to the pastoral office in this church of Christ, as also your acceptance of the same.

""And therefore now, as ministers and ambassadors of Christ, and in the name of Him our great Lord and Master, we do constitute and ordain you to be a minister of the gospel of the Lord Jesus, and the pastor of the church or flock in this place, in particular.'

"After the charge, the Rev. John Brown, of Haverhill, gave to the pastor and the church the right hand of fellowship, according to the established mode in Congregational churches.*

"The settlement of a minister was with them a matter of very serious moment. They were not, therefore, hasty in this affair, but, on the contrary, proceeded with great deliberation. After they had employed a man to preach among them, they waited until a sufficient opportunity had been afforded him to 'give them a taste of his gifts,' before they presented him a call. Nor did they take this important step until they had sought divine direction by observing a day of fasting and prayer, and had obtained the advice of neighboring ministers, and others. When the candidate was ordained over them, it was their expectation that he would remain their pastor, during life; and in this they were seldom disappointed."

"In 1726, a block-house, for the defence of the plantation, was commenced in Penacook, now Concord. 'During the winter of this year only two or three persons resided in the house. The snow was very deep, the cold unusually severe, and their provisions were insufficient to support them through the season. The Indians saw their situation, and, as soon as possible, journeyed to Haverhill. They there called on the proprietors, and represented to them the situation of the family, very seriously observing that they would soon come upon the town, unless they were assisted! A sleigh with stores soon after arrived at Penacook, and rescued them from starvation. "

NOTE 4. DOVER.-" Within the town of Dover were many families of Quakers, who, scrupling the lawfulness of war, could not be persuaded to use any means for their defence, though equally exposed with their neighbors, to an enemy who made no distinction between them. One of these people, Ebenezer Downs, was taken by the Indians, and was grossly insulted and abused by them, because he would not dance, as the rest of the prisoners did, for the diversion of their savage captors. Another of them, John Hanson, who lived on the outside of the town, could not be persuaded to remove to a garrison, though he had a large family of children. In June, 1724, a party of thirteen Indians, called French Mohawks, had marked his house for their prey, and lay several days in ambush, waiting for an opportunity to assault it. While Hanson, with his eldest daughter, was gone to attend the weekly meeting of Friends, and his two eldest sons were at work in a meadow at some distance, the Indians entered the house, killed and scalped two small children, and took his wife, with her infant of fourteen days old, her nurse, two daughters, and a son, and, after rifling the house, carried them off. This was done so suddenly and secretly, that the first person who discovered it was the eldest daughter, at her return from the meeting, before her father. Seeing the two children dead at the door, she gave a shriek of distress, which was distinctly heard by her mother, then in the hands of the enemy among the bushes, and by her brothers in the meadow. The people being alarmed, went in pursuit, but the Indians, carefully avoiding all paths, went off with their captives, undiscovered."

"Sarah Gerrish, an interesting and beautiful child, seven years of age, fell into the hands of the Indians, at Dover. She was the grand-daughter of Major Waldron. On that fatal night on which he was massacred, Sarah lodged at his house. Knowing that the Indians had entered the house, she crept into another bed, to elude their search. Having found her, they ordered her to dress herself, and prepare to go with them. One of the Indians now became her master. He soon sold her to another, who took her with him to Canada. In her journeyings, she met with numerous perils and calamities Once her master told her to stand against a tree, and then charged his gun, as if he intended to shoot her. She was greatly terrified, fearing instant death. At another time, a squaw pushed her into the river, but she saved herself by laying hold of some bushes which grew upon the shore. When she returned home, they inquired how she became so wet. But she was afraid to tell them. One morning they went on their way, leaving her fast asleep. When she awoke, she found herself covered with snow, in a hideous wilderness, exposed to become a prey to wild beasts, far away from any English inhabitants, and entirely alone. She arose, and ran crying after the Indians, and, by following their track upon the snow, at length overtook them. The young Indians would now terrify her, by telling her that she was soon to be burnt to death. One evening, after a large fire had been kindled, her master called her to him, and told her that she must be roasted alive. Upon which she burst into tears, and, throwing her arms about his neck, earnestly entreated him to spare her life. He was so much affected by her melting importunity, that he desisted from his purpose; and told her, 'that if she would be a good girl she should not be burnt.'

"Having arrived in Canada, she was sold to a French lady, and, after an absence of sixteen months, was again restored to her parents."

NOTE 5. ISLE OF SHOALS.-" As early as 1650, Rev. John Brock began to preach here. The following story is related of him by Mather :- Mr. Brock brought the people into an agreement, that, exclusive of the Lord's day, they would spend one day every month together, in the worship of our Lord Jesus Christ. On a certain day, which, by their agreement, belonged unto the exercises of religion, the fishermen came to Mr. Brock, and asked him if they might put by their meeting, and go a fishing, because they had lost many days by reason of foul weather. He, seeing that without his consent they resolved upon doing what they had asked of him, replied, If you will go away, I say unto you, catch fish, if you can! But as for you that will tarry, and worship the Lord Jesus Christ this day, I will pray unto him for you, that you may take fish till you are weary. Thirty men went away from the meeting, and five tarried. The thirty which went away, with all their skill, could catch but four fishes; the five who tarried went forth afterwards, and they took five hundred. The fishermen, after this, readily attended whatever meetings Mr. Brock appointed them."

NOTE 6. INDIANS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. - "The first settlers of New Hampshire," says Whiton, "obtained by barter some furs and peltries. A considerable number of this aboriginal race, amounting probably to 5000, then dwelt within the State. A small tribe was planted in the vicinity of Exeter; another under a chief named Rowls, near Dover; and a third, the Piscataquas, on the banks of the river of that name. The Ossipees roamed around the Winnipiseogee and Ossipee Lakes, and the Pequawkets on the upper branches of the Saco River. The large tribe of the Penacooks occupied the lands on the Merrimac, making Concord and Amoskeag their chief places of resort.

"Passaconaway, famous in the early annals of New England, was their sachem. This man pretended to be a sorcerer and made his credulous subjects believe that he could produce a green leaf from the ashes of a dry one, a living serpent from the skin of a dead one, and could make water burn and trees dance! He probably excelled in the arts of legerdemain and became one of the most noted powahs or conjurors among the tribes of New Hampshire. No Indian resident of this region ever acquired so great a celebrity among both red men and white. He extended his dominions not only over the Indians in the central and eastern parts of this State, but over some small bands in the north-eastern parts of Massachusetts, and his authority was acknowledged from the mouth of the Merrimac to a point considerably above Concord, and also on the different branches of the Piscataqua.

"The tribes within these limits formed a confederacy distinguished by the general name of PAWTUCKETS, of which the Penacooks were the most important member, and Passaconaway the supreme head. He was advanced far in years when the English first settled here, lived at least forty years after that event, and was said to have died at the great age of an hundred and twentya statement which has justly been pronounced to have an air of exaggeration.' On the Connecticut River were some small tribes whose names, with the exception of the Coos Indians, whose hunting grounds extended over large portions of the counties of Grafton and Coos, are now unknown. These tribes for half a century exhibited in general a peaceful disposition, and treated even with friendship the little band of English emmigrants whom they might easily have exterminated. They have disappeared from the earth, and most of their memorials have perished forever! The occasional exhumation of their bones, and the frequent discovery of arrow-heads, stone pestles and hatchets turned up by the plow, are all that remind the present inhabitants of their ill-fated predecessors! Scarce an Indian now remains in the State.

"With the exception of the short Pequot War in Connecticut, the colonists had lived with the Indians half a century in profound peace. In the minds of the latter, suspicions and jealousies began to operate; they saw the English settlements extending on every side; their own hunting grounds were narrowed; and they began to be apprehensive they might be eventually dispossessed. Philip, sachem of the Wampanoags, who resided at Mount Hope in Rhode Island, an ambitious, shrewd, and bold man, was the most active instigator of the impending war. Though Belknap supposes he was hurried into it rather by the rash ardor of his young warriors than by his own inclinations, yet the preponderance of historical evidence is certainly on the side of the latter opinion. Possessing great influence not only in his own tribe but among all the Indians in New England, he resolved to free his country from those whom he deemed intruders. He sent his runners in all directions, and had the address to engage in the enterprise most of the tribes in the region. The Penacooks on the Merrimac were the only tribe who resisted his solicitations-their sachem Wonolanset not having forgotten the charge of his father Passaconaway, now dead, to cultivate the friendship of the white men.

"The Ossipees in Strafford County and the Pequawketts on the Saco River, both included in the name of Northern Indians, ardently engaged in the hostile confederacy. Of the Eastern Indians, as those of Maine were called, almost the whole body came into the plan with readiness; and as truth compels us to add, not without serious provocation. As not long before, the wife of Squando a noted Pequawkett sachem was passing on Saco River with her infant child in her frail bark canoe, some rude sailors who had heard that Indian children could swim as naturally as the young of brutes, met her and wantonly overset her canoe. The child sunk; the mother instantly dived and recovered it; but the child dying soon after, not only Squando, but the Indians in