History of Northampton, Massachusetts, from its settlement in 1654;

1746.1 KING GEORGE'S FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. 149
John Sadler, and Caleb Allen — escaped; one, Samuel
Allen, was captured, and another—Eunice Amsden—thirteen
years old, was tomahawked and left for dead. In
their haste, the Indians failed to take her scalp, and she
lived seventy-two years afterwards.
Immediate pursuit was made by parties from Deerfield ;
one detachment went up the Deerfield river, and another
pushed across to Charlemont, hoping to intercept the
enemy, but without success. They escaped, having secured
five scal])s and one prisoner.
Projected inrasion Early iu the year great jDreparations were
of Canada. made for the invasion of Canada. The
American colonies agreed to provide eight
thousand two hundred men, and England engaged to send
eight battalions. Massachusetts voted to raise three thousand
five hundred men, and actually enlisted two thousand.
A bounty of £30, old tenor, a blanket, and a bed for two,
were granted to each soldier. The New England levies
were to join the British at Louisburg and sail up the St.
Lawrence, while the troops from New York and the other
Provinces were to proceed by the way of Lake Champlain.
The English forces failed to appear and the enterprise was
abandoned. Gov. Shirley, however, proposed to attack
Crown Point, and a portion of the Massachusetts militia
went to Albany to prepare for the expedition. Before it
was fully organized, news was received that a French fleet
and an army of four thousand men, commanded by the
Due D'Anville, was on the way to capture Louisburg, burn
Boston, and lay waste the New England coast. On the
reception of this intelligence, the Massachusetts troops
were recalled and ordered to Boston.
Hampshire Troops Wlieu the alarm caused by the expected
Ordered to Bos- appcarauce of D'Auvillc's fleet was at its
height. Gen. Dwight's Regiment was divided
; five companies were sent to Boston, and five were
assigned to duty on the western frontiers. Nothing appears
to show to which section Major Pomeroy's Company
was attached, but from the orders of Col. Stoddard, it
seems probable that it renniined in this section.