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

1725.1 FATHER RALE'S WAR. 29
•church. To yiekl all that the A1)onakis insisted upon was
impossible, and the envoys could only return home and
report.
Three Northampton While tliis commission was Carrying on its
Men Drowned. work, a large scouting party was dispatched
towards the frontiers of Canada, under
Oapt. Thomas Wells of Deerfield. On their return, on the
24"' of April, a canoe, containing Lieut. Joseph Clesson,
Samuel Hannum, Simeon Pomeroy, Thomas Alexander and
Noah Allen, while crossing the Connecticut, was upset near
the mouth of Miller's River, and Pomeroy, Alexander and
Allen, all soldiers from Northampton, were drowned.
Simeon Pomeroy was the son of Ebenezer Pomeroy (grandson
of Medad), and twenty-two years of age ; Thomas
Alexander was the son of Nathaniel Alexander and was
twenty-eight years old ; and Noah Allen was the son of
Joseph Allen, about twenty-one years of age. This was
the most serious loss that befell Northampton during the
war.
In November, Ebenezer Pomeroy, Samuel Allen, Joseph
Clesson, Samuel Hannum, and Nathaniel Alexander, peti-
tioned in behalf of themselves and relatives in the service
as volunteers, for pay for clothes, guns, blankets, etc., lost
at this time. Capt. Pomeroy was allowed 90s. ; Lieut.
Joseph Clesson, £8.5.0; Samuel Allen, 80s. ; Samuel Hannum,
80s. ; Nathaniel Alexander, £5. Alexander represented
that he had spent a great part of his life in service
against the Indian enemy, was now old, and his son
Thomas was drowned under Capt. Wells.
Gray Lock and his The uoted cliief Gray Lock was quite con-
^o""*- spicuous during this war. Not only was the
first attack in this county attributed to him,
but to his tribe were charged many of the atrocities committed
within its borders. Having formerly lived at Warranoak,
or on the Westfield River, he was familiar with
this entire section of country, and was able to accomplish
much mischief. Several attempts were made to conciliate
him, but without result. His headquarters were at Missisquoi
Bay, within the borders of Canada, where he had a