Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 451
edshots, hurling back the invaderswhen they attempted to scalethe walls. The Settlers had the advantage of position,but they were sometimes overpowered by numbers, andwould often have had to surrender but for the ringingof the school-bell. The Pequots were in great fear ofthe school-bell. I do not… … Fun Out of School 391 having been first scalped. To take a boys cap was toscalp him, and after that he was dead, if he played fair.There were a great many hard hits given and taken,but always cheerfully, for it was in the cause of ourearly history. The history of Greece and Kome wasstuff compared…
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