NEW ENGLAND STORIES.



   THE MASSACRE at Dover, New Hampshire, was one
 of the bloodiest events in the colonial history of New
 England. It was inspired by the vindictiveness of a
 band of revengeful Indians.  A number of instances
 of extreme cruelty and base treachery on the part of
 the whites was ts remote cause. The hatred of the
 Indians was directed chiefly toward Major Richard
 Waldron, the magistrate of the village, who, by his
 severity in judging Indian offenders had become the
 object of their intensest resentment.
   A few days before the massacre, the savages, at
that time sustaining professed peaceful relations with
the whites, commenced to appear in the town in un-
usually large numbers. They passed through it ap-
parently for trading purposes, but some of the citizens
could not fail to observe that they were meditating a
hostile design, as their appearances were suspicious,
and the squaws occasionally dropped mysterious
hints. Mr. Waldron, who, though advanced in years
was still the most influential citizen, was consulted by
his uneasy neighbors. But he laughed at their fears,
saying that, with many years' experience with the In-
dians, he had come to know them perfectly, and to
entertain for them a hearty contempt. On the very
evening of the terrible calamity a young man came to
him and represented the dangerous posture of affairs
in a most convincing manner, but Waldron said: -I
am better acquainted with the ways of the savages
than you. Do not be troubled; there is nothing to
be afraid of."
  When the night came on which was to afford the



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