Northeast Coast campaign (1723)
Northeast Coast campaign (1723) | |||||||
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Part of Father Rale's War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
New England Colonies |
Abenaki | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Colonel Thomas Westbrook | Father Sébastien Rale | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
unknown | |||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
20-30 killed or taken prisoner[1] | unknown |
The Northeast Coast campaign (1723) occurred during
Historical context
The war occurred as a result of an expansion of
The campaign
Throughout 1723 Father Rale and the Wabanaki Confederacy of Acadia orchestrated a total of fourteen raids on the New England settlements in present-day Maine. In April, there was a raid on Falmouth (present-day Portland) in which the raiders mistook Chubb to be Captain Harmen and killed him. On April 19, Scarborough was raided. They attacked the garrison house of Roger Deering. Captain Hammond and seven other were killed. They took prisoner three adults and three of Deering's children.[9]
In May, the natives killed two people in a raid on Berwick, one at Wells and two on the way to York.[9]
In the summer of 1723, Norridgewocks and their 250 Indian allies from St. Francis again attacked Arrowsic. Incited by Father Rale, they burned 37 dwellings and killed 300 cattle. The 40 inhabitants fled to the garrison, with only a child lost.[9] In August and September, there were also raids on Saco, Maine and Dover, New Hampshire.[9] Captain Heath and 13 men including two Mohawks met with 30 natives in the battle at Richmond. They killed two and drove off the rest. One New Englander was killed and two wounded.[9]
In an October raid at Mount Desert, one Capt. Cogswell and his crew were surprised and taken as they were stepping ashore; and about the same time, Smith and Bailey were killed at Cape Porpoise, one on Vaughan's Island, and the other on the seashore, not far from the site of the old meeting-house.[10]
On December 25, 60 natives again laid siege to St. George's Fort for thirty days. But Capt. Kennedy, the commanding officer, held out till Col. Westbrook arrived and put the enemy to flight.[10] The Indians killed another man, Reverend Willard.
Aftermath
During the winter, Massachusetts assigned 300 more troops to border in Maine.[11] The government put a bounty on Father Rale's head.[11] The Native campaign was so successful along the Maine frontier that Dummer ordered its evacuation to the blockhouses in the spring of 1724.[12] The Confederacy waited until spring and then began another campaign against the Northeast Coast in 1724.
See also
References
- Citations
- ^ Williamson (1832), p. 122.
- ^ Grenier (2005), p. 49
• Scott, Tod (2016). "Mi'kmaw Armed Resistance to British Expansion in Northern New England (1676–1761)". Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society. 19: 1–18. - ISBN 978-0-86492-426-1.
- ^ Wicken (2004), p. 96.
- ^ Fort George replaced Fort Andros which was built during King William's War (1688).
- ^ Williamson (1832), pp. 88, 97.
- ^ Meductic Indian Village / Fort Meductic National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
- ^ Grenier (2005), pp. 51, 54.
- ^ a b c d e Williamson (1832), p. 123.
- ^ a b Williamson (1832), p. 125.
- ^ a b Williamson (1832), p. 124.
- ^ Grenier (2005), p. 49.
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- Haynes, Mark (2004). The Forgotten Battle: A History of the Acadians of Canso/Chedabuctou. Trafford. ISBN 978-1-4120-3235-3.
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