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

1724.] FATHER RALE'S WAR. 31
Lieut. Seari, Chap- Wlieii Capt. Dwiglit was Ordered to build
lain Daniel ^jyd gaiTisoii the blockhouse, he selected
for his second in command Lieut, Elisha
Searl, who wlien a boy, had been captured by tlie Indians
at Pascommiick, carried to Canada, and afterwards returned.
1 Col. Stoddard thus endorses him : " He is now a
Sergeant under Capt. Kellogg ; was put in at the request of
the assembly, on his return from Canada, where he had
long been a prisoner. He seems to be a discreet and careful
man."" Capt. Dwight had not long been on duty at the
new fort, before he applied for a Chaplain.
"We shall lead a heathenish life, unless a
He writes :
chaplain be
allowed" them. Consequently, in July his request was
granted by the appointment of Daniel Dwight^ of Northampton,
who served two years. His salary was £100. The
muster-roll of Capt. D wight's company contains the names
of but three Northampton men. Captain, Liieutenant, and
Chaplain.
In Marcli, Col. Stoddard reiterated the pro-
Col. Stoddard Suggests
the use of posal of his father, made twenty years before,-''
that dogs should be used in the pursuit
of Indians. Another twenty years passed, however,
before the suggestion was carried into effect in this vicini-
ty. In a letter dated Northampton, March 37'", 1724, Col.
Stoddard writes —
:
"If the Indians do not join us shortly, it will be best that a number
of good dogs be provided, which I hope may near as well answer our
design, for I think they mnj be instructed to pursue an enemy, and if
they should kill an Indian it will more effectually prevent their coming
than the killing of 20 in any other way."
Fort Duuimer was an outpost, headquarters
Indians to Serve in
the Fort. of observation, from which scouting parties
were sent in all directions, and as Indians
were thought to be expert in such Inisiness, an attempt was
made to engage them for service there. Capt. Kellogg was
sent to Albany to enlist them, but few only were obtained,
and those who were employed were careful to absent 1 hem-
selves when any fighting was to be done.
1 Vol. 1. p. 496.
2 Daniel Dwight was the third son of Nathaniel Dwight of Northampton, and was
afterwards a minister at Charlestown, S. C.
3 Vol. 1. p. 477.