Well's Bar to catch fish, when there was an extreme foul sea, cast away their vessel and were all drowned.

Nov. 26.--Mr. Jeremy Wise was ordained at Berwick.

1708.

July 30.--Col. John Wainwright died.

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Aug. 29.--A considerable party of French and Indians came in upon Haverhill about break of day, and did much damage: killed and carried away 33 persons; burnt several houses. chief of those slain were Capt. S. Wainwright, Mr. Benja. Rolfe, the mmister, and his wife, Capt. Samuel Ayers and Lt. Johnson, deacons of the church, and the wife of John Hartshorn, senior. Many soldiers belonging to Salem were here slain. The enemy also met with considerable loss, and were repulsed by Maj. Turner.

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Sept. 18.--David Kincaid of Oyster river was assaulted by three Indians at his house, some considerable distance from Woodman's garrison; 3 guns were fired at him and his lad, but through mercy, both escaped well.

Sept. 19.-Two men and a lad venturing too far into the woods at Spruce creek, on the sabbath day, fell into an ambush of Indians. One Reed, a school-master, and David Hutchins, were slain. The lad, being at a distance from them, escaped.

1709.

March 16.-Wednesday. Died Captain Henry Perry, of Portsmouth, a man of much understanding. He was delirious some days before his death. Came out of England on account of his debts, and lived here about the space of 26 years and an half.

Col. Saltonstall's house, at Haverhill, blown up by negroes, March 29, 1709. Though many

lodged that night in the house, yet nobody hurt. A marvellous providence.

June 11.--Saturday, about or little before sunset, Ephraim Fulsom, sen., of Exeter, was slain by the Indians, riding between Exeter and Col. Hilton's garrison.

June 13.--Sampson Dow's house was attacked by the Indians, but Henry Dyer, of Portsmouth, with five men, going up the bay at the juncture, beat off the enemy.

William Moodey, Samuel Stephens, and two Gilmans, all of Exeter, were surprised by the Indians at a mill, May 6, 1709. William Moodey was retaken by the Deerfield men, about 26 days after, near Chamblee, but fell again into the enemy's hands; and it is feared he and another Englishman were roasted to death.

June 30.--Bartholomew Stimpson, jr, of Oyster river, was slain by an ambuscade of Indians, near Capt. Woodman's garrison. Several men slain at Deerfield the week before.

Observable Seasons.

[Un ler this head, the Journal of Rev. Mr. PIKE, contains some brief notices of the weather, &c. from 652 to 1709, which are regarded by some as worthy of preservation, and here follow.]

1682.

First snow, Oct. 19, which issued in a great rain. SxowsNov. 16, 20, 22 and 29; Dec. 6, 12, 20 and 28; Jan. 6, 10, and 22; Feb. 2 and 21; March 10, 18 and 20.

1683.

Aug. 13. Exceeding high tide, and stormy weather. SnowS -Oct. 26, Nov. 4 and 23; Dec. 15 and 30; Jan. 14, 20, 27 and 29; Feb. 11 and 25; March 22 and 28.

1684.

SNows-Nov. 12, 13 and 25; Dec. 14 and 25; Jan. 6, 18, 24, & 28; Feb. 4, 17 and 28; March 9 and 17.

1685.

SNOWS-Nov. 20; Dec. 5, 12, 18, 19, 24 and 30; Jan. 4, 7, 9, 11, 17 and 26; Feb. 14 and 21; March 11; April 14.

1686.

SNOWS-Nov. 26; Dec. 21; Jan. 6, 8, 11, 19, 24 and 31; February 2 and 6; March 2, 9 and 21.

1687.

Sxows-Dec. 18 and 29; Jan. 2, 15 and 22; Feb. 3, 11 and 22. This winter was productive of few snows, & those very shallow. It seldom fell above an inch at a time, and perhaps all together would not have amounted to above a foot or a foot and a half deep; but many rains in lieu thereof.

1688.

SNows-Nov. 9; Dec. 16 and 28; Jan. 4, 8, 19, 22 and 28; Feb. 23, 24 and 25; March 6 and 12.

1689.

Srows-Nov. 22 and 26; Dec. 28; Jan. 7, 20, 24; Feb. 8 ; March 5, 12; continuing with some intermissions to 16. But this year by reason of my absence and illness, some snows are omitted.

1690.

SNOWS-Oct. 24; Dec. 4, 14, 17, 19 and 23; Jan. 1, 3, 14, 17 and 22; Feb. 1, 7, 9, 21, 23 and 24; March 3 and 6.

1691.

SNows-Nov. 17, 25 and 29; Dec. 2, 26 and 30; Jan. 3,7, 21, and 24; Feb. 19.

1692.

SNOWS-Oct. 8: Nov. 20; Dec. 1 and 18; Jan. 3, 6, 11, 17, 20, 22 and 25; Feb. 25; April 5.

1693.

SNOWS-Nov. 8; Dec. 7, 14, 17, 26 and 30; Jan. 4, 24, and 29; Feb. 4, 6, 9, 13, 15 and 16; March 7.

1694-Pemaquid.

SNOWS--Oct. 28; Dec. 12, 15, 19 and 22; Jan. 12, 16, 22, 28 and 29; Feb. 9 and 23; March, 17 and 23, very stormy, and 28, very cold.

Dec. 20, extreme cold and windy; 25, rain, after which very cold.

Jan. 11, very rainy day; 21, very cold; 23-28, continued rain with little intermission.

Feb. 6, very rainy; 10, 11, 12, 16,17, very cold; 22, 28, very

wet.

March 12, 13, very cold; 30, fine morning.

April 1, 2, 16, 30, very cold; 17 fine.

May 1, very cold ; 2,very cold rain; 20,21, very cold ; last very

warm.

June 7, very warm day; rest of the summer hot and cool by

turns.

1695.

SNows--Nov. 23. moderate; Dec. 4, 7, 13 and 26; Jan. 1, 9, 16, 18, 25 and 29; Feb. 9, 25 and 29; March 6, 23 and 28. Nov. 11, 13, 14, very cold and windy.

Dec. 3, 4, 9, extreme cold and windy.
Jan. 7, 11, 15, very cold.

Feb. 10, very windy; 13, very cold; 17, 18, very cold and windy; 21 extreme cold and windy; 25, very cold, black, stormy; 26, cold northwest wind.

March 3, 4, very cold and windy; 7, 8, 9, fair moderate weather; 17, 18, 23, 28, very stormy.

April 1, 3, 4, very fine.

1696.

SNows-Nov. 22, 24 and 30; Dec. 2, 3, 12, 20, 21 and 29; Jan. 2, 20, 22 and 27; Feb. 18, 22, 23 and 25; April 22.

Nov. 1, sabbath, very fine, 2, very foul; 3, 4, very cold, windy, squally; 23, very cold, clear, windy; 26, 27, 28, 29, very cold storm.

Dec. 8, 9, 10, cloudy, foggy, wet, 12, windy; 19, cold, black; 25, very cold; 28, very cold still; 30, wet; 31, windy.

Jan. 2, rain; 10, warm, wet ; 22, bitter cold northwest storm; 23 bitter cold; 24, clear; most of this month moderate.

Feb. 1, 2, fine; 3, rainy; 4--11 very cold; 11 very fine. March, 1, 2, 3, very fine; 8, fine; 11-26, windy, cold; 29, cold, windy.

1697.

SNOWS-Nov. 10, issued in great rain; 22 and 28, moderate; Dec. 4, pretty deep; 11,19, 22, 25, 26 and 30; Jan. 2, 4, 8,11, 18 and 28; Feb. 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 19 and 27; March, 14, issued in rain, 22, 24, 28 and 30.

1698.

This summer was generally wet and pretty hot, especially from the first week in June; but from the middle of August it proved exceeding wet, to the great hindrance and damage of husbandry.

Sept. 30, was a violent south-east storm, that blew down many fences, and shattered the tops of some houses and barns.

Oct. 13, a violent northeast storm produced the like effectsnearer the sea, it fell rain, higher up the country, snow.

Oct. 19, a violent northeast storm of rain, which melting the aforementioned snows caused an extraordinary freshet, flowing higher than the observation of the oldest standers in these parts -carried away many logs and boards, and endangered the very mills.

SNOWS--Oct. 26; Nov. 29; Dec. 25; Jan. 2, 5, 7, 12, 18,22, 26 and 30; Feb. 6, 9, 14, bitter cold and stormy, 18; March 11, 24 and 30.

1699.

SNOWS-Nov. 21, 24 and 29, very stormy; Dec. 7, 12 and 26; Jan. 2, 9, 11, 13, 26, issued in rain, lightning and thunder, 30 and 31; Feb. 5, 9, very cold, 11, 12, and 21; March 9, 21, 26 and 28. From March 25- -29 was a continued storm of snow, rain, hail, thunder and extreme wind. It began with snow and ended with snow.

1700.

SNOWS-NOV. 11, 24 and 29; Dec. 3 and 14; Jan. 1, 6, 13, issued in warm rain; 16, 20, very stormy, issued in rain; 24 and 30, both very stormy; Feb. 5, stormy; 8, 10, issued in rain; 12, 15, 17, 28; March 3, 4, 17, 21, 23 and 27.

1701.

SNOWS-Oct. 28; Nov. 23 and 24; Dec. 19, 20 and 29; Jan. 3,7, 11, 12, 13, 18, 21, 22, 24, issued in rain; 28, 29 and 30; Feb. 4, 6, 18 and 23; March 3, 6, 9 and 23.

1702.

SNOWS-Nov. 20, issued in rain; Dec. 1, 7 and 8, very cold and stormy; December 22; January 14, 15, 19. 20 and 23; March 6, 12 and 15.

1703.

First snow, Sept. 28, very cold.

Oct. 6, 7, 8, very cold storm of rain; 24, very fine warm sabbath; 31, very cold, windy sabbath.

SNOWS-NOV. 2, 10, 14, 15, 19, 21, and 28; Dec. 3, 26, very cold, windy, stormy; Jan. 3, 10, 16 and 19; Feb. 1, 7, 19 and 29; March 7.

Winter began Oct. 31, and ended March 7.

Nov. 22, a poor man lost his life going after his team in the night between Boston and Roxbury. That day and the next

were extreme cold and windy.

1704.

Oct. 29, extreme northwest wind, cold and black-sabbath day.