The Indian allies of the English, and those who had lately been the allies of the French but were now as ready to turn against them as they had been to serve, were held in such firm restraint that not a person suffered any injury from them more than from the soldiers of the victorious armies. The long struggle was over, the conquest of Canada was accomplished, and great was the rejoicing of the people of all the English colonies, especially those of New England. The toilsome march through the savage forest, the cheerless bivouac on remote and lonely shores, were no longer to be endured; nor the deadly ambuscade dreaded by the home-loving husbandman, who for love of home had turned soldier; nor was his family to live in the constant fear of the horrors of nightly attack, massacre, or captivity that had made anxious every hour of day and night. FOOTNOTES: [7] Massachusetts gave 107,793 acres of land to Connecticut as _equivalent_ for as many acres she had previously granted that were found to be south of the boundary between the two provinces, and which she wished to retain. One section of these "Equivalent Lands" was on the west bank of Connecticut River, within the present towns of Putney, Dummerston, and Brattleboro'. (_Colonial Boundaries Mass_, vol. iii.) This fell to the share of William Dummer, Anthony Stoddard, William Brattle, and John White. "The Equivalent Lands" were sold at public vendue at Hartford, in 1716, for a little more than a farthing per acre. The proceeds were given to Yale College. (Hall's _History of Eastern Vermont_.) [8] Light pieces of ordnance mounted on swivels, and sometimes charged with old nails and like missiles, or, upon a pinch, even with stones; hence sometimes called "stone pieces." [9] This fort was situated in what is now Williamstown. [10] Dr. Dwight's _Travels_, vol. ii. p. 82. [11] Williams's _History of Vermont_. [12] Captain Stevens's letter to Colonel Williams. [13] Stevens's bravery was so much admired by Sir Charles Knowles, an officer of high rank in the British navy, that he presented him a handsome sword, and in honor of the donor the township was named Charlestown. For Captain Stevens's account of this siege see _History of Charlestown_, p. 34. [14] This fight took place on Sunday, June 26, 1748, about twelve miles northwest of Fort Dummer, in the present township of Marlboro'. [15] Johnson's "Account of Battle of Lake George," _Doc. Hist. N. Y._ vol. ii. p. 402. [16] From John Wadno, an intelligent Indian of St. Francis. [17] For some reports of his scouts, see _Doc. Hist. N. Y._ vol. iv. p. 169 _et seq._ [18] Awahnock, = Frenchman. [19] Rogers's Journal. [20] Belknap's _History of New Hampshire_. [21] Sanderson's _History of Charlestown_, p. 87. [22] Parkman's _Montcalm and Wolfe_. [23] Parkman's _Montcalm and Wolfe_, vol. ii. p. 370. [24] Parkman. CHAPTER III. OCCUPATION AND SETTLEMENT.