since this last spring out of my father's cellar, doe here sweare by the great name of the everliving God that I have not delivered out of my father's cellar nor out of any other place any strong liquors to any Indian or Indians of Pennicook since the beginning of this last spring to the 12th, of August last directly or indirectly, and this I affirme to be the very Truth, as I shall answere it before the Judgment seate of Christ another day. Sworn in Court, as attests Edw. Rawson, Secret. VI. Whereas I Richard Waldern am accused by sundry Indians about Penny-Cooke of ye breach of ye law prohibiting sale of liquors to Indians some tyme this last suminer, I doe hereby sweare and take God, who is ye searcher of all hearts to witness yt this their accusation is wholly untrue, and yt I have not directly or indirectly by myselfe or by any other person by my order or allowance in any measure or degree done what they accuse me of, and this I doe affirme to be ye verry truth as I shall answer it before ye Judgment seat of Christ another day. Taken upon oath in open General Court this 31st of October, 1668, as attests Edw. Rawson, Secret.. VII. The Deputyes judge that Capt. Walderne having taken the oath as above is to be freed from any Charge exhibited against him, and is hereby discharged therefrom with reference to the Consent of our Honored magistrates hereto. William Torrey, Cleric. Consented to by ye magistrates. Edward Rawson, Secret. VIII. The Deputyes havinge heard and duely considered of the Case of Pet er Coffin, and on perusal of what hath bin presented, doe find that he the sayd Coffin hath traded liquors Irregularly, and contrary to law, and doe therefore Judge that he shall pay as a fine to the Country the the sum of fifty pounds and all charges, which hath accrued thereby, with reference to the consent of our honored magistrates hereto, William Torrey, Cleric. The magistrates consent hereto. Edward Rawson, Secret. Account of the Storm and Avalanches at the White Mountains, in 1826.--By J. B. MOORE. On Monday the 28th of Aug. 1826, at the White Mountains, in New-Hampshire, occurred one of the most remarkable floods of rain ever known in that region, and attended with circumstances of calamity perhaps unequalled in this state, from any similar cause. The White Mountains, and their sublime scenes, having long been objects of curiosity to the writer of these sketches, in common with others who had never seen them, he joined a small party of friends, a few days previous to the storm, in an excursion to these mountains. Late in the evening of the 27th, we had ascended to the Camp, a frail shelter erected of the bark of trees by Mr. Crawford, for the accommodation of visitors, who usually passed the night there, in order to avail themselves of the fine views presented from the mountain at sunrise. This Camp is situated 6 3-4 miles N. E. of Crawford's house, at an elevation of about 2800 feet above the sea, on the side and within 2 1-4 miles of the summit of Mount Washington. Our path lay through a wilderness; in some places overgrown with high grass and bushes, in others incumbered with fallen trees and underbrush-now opening upon a desolate spot, where fires had passed along, and suddenly entering the deep forest, whose intermingling foliage shut out the light of heaven. Night coming upon us very soon after we left his house, our guide (Mr. Crawford) struck up a light, and we chased each other in Indian file over a path, sometimes rendered as luminous as day by the addition of torches, and at others but dimly seen by our nearly extinguished lights. The miles were accurately announced by our leader as he passed along, and we were in fit mood for repose, when, at a little after 10 o'clock in the evening, we reached the Camp. At this hour a quiet starlight reigned above us, and taking each a blanket, we laid down upon a bed of twigs, and, listening to the music of a small stream which poured down at our right, fell into a refreshing sleep. At 3 o'clock in the morning of the 28th, fearful indications of rain were discovered; slight showers had been frequent for several days previous, and the wind continuing at a south-easterly point, the thick and moist clouds collected about the mountains, and high winds swept in every direction through the deep valleys. About five o'clock, the rain commenced, occasionally pouring down in torrents, as the winds altered the course of the clouds, but generally falling moderately until afternoon, when its violence rapidly increased. Climbing up on a gnarled oak a few rods from the Camp, during a temporary suspension of the rain, we could see, towards the summit of the mountain, the trees and shrubbery bending in every direction, and above them the bare rocks smoking, as it were, from the violence of ye which sentence was accordingly performed the then next ensuing day about noone; who, they the said Examinants farther say, dyed undauntedly, still saying yt he was much sorry for ye said Englishman's death. And the said Examinants farther say, that at the Burial of said Englishman, Paul Walderne, Capt. Walderne's sonne, and James Coffin, Peter Coffin's brother, with several others were there, Subscribed hereunto. Quampecan + his marke Nascum his marke Monnamuskque + his marke Tohanto his marke Witness also hereunto. Meknokohegon + his marke Aghunshamusk + his marke III. The sayd Examinants Paucohauntee, Pehaugan and Nobhow, after the former Examinacon freely offered themselves to declare and did declare and say, that in or about Aprill or May last past, when they did heare that Capt. [Walderne] did intend to sett up an house, and place Englishmen in it for trading, they the sayd Examinants went to ye sayd Capt. Walderne's house at Pascataque, and intreated him not to send, or suffer any Liquors to be sent to ye sayd house. Nevertheless ye sayd Capt. did at the very first tyme of settling ye Trade house aforesaide, loade four Indians with Liquors from his ye said Capt. Walderne's house to this place, as the said Examinants affirme; after which Liquors was spent and drank, the sayd Peter Coffin and Paul Walderne, Richard Walderne's sonne, coming to the Trade house, these Examinants agayne (as they say) went to them with many more, and intreated them that they would send noe more Liquors to them, or suffer any to be sent from or by them, they fearing that thereby the Mohawks would take an advantage when they were or should be drunk to kill them. Nevertheless the sayd Capt. as these Examinants say, did continue sending greate quantityes of Liquors from tyme to tyme to ye sayd Trading Houses for the Indians, untill the sayd Englishman was murthered, or words to ye same effect. Subscribed hereunto. Paucohaunte+ his marke Pumhaughman + his marke Pehaugan + his marke Waymashaconey + his marke + Sumkeequaanugh + his marke Tuttisaompee + his marke Puumegan his marke Quempecun + his marke Aghumshamutt + his marke Paupaonaugel + his marke Nacontation, Wapsooget, Ahogmooitt, Moshaumpa, being examined say, that Capt. Walderne and Peter Coffin sent for them, the sayd Examinants, to come to his house to Pascataque, where ye sayd Walderne delivered in his Cellar by ye hands of his sonne, (ye sayd Walderne being then present) fifty and six Quarts of Liquors, which ye sayd Examinants brought to Pennycooke about this last Spring, which Peter Coffin sold by Rundlets to ye Indians before ever it was carried to ye Trucking house. And ye sayd Examinants farther say, that ye Englishman in or aboute Nyne weekes last past, at ye sayd Trucking house, acknowledged: by subscription of us Aydeing and assisting the said Thomas Hincksman in the examination hereof, as witness our names subscribed by us, Josiah Richardson John Spauldon Thomas Chamberlayne Tho. Hincksman and Elizabeth Henry Nelson deposed in open Generall Court, 27 of October, 1668, that what is in these two sheets of paper is |