He hurried back to the village and gave the
alarm by firing a gun. Previous to this, however, a young man belonging
to a neighboring town, who had been spending the night with a young woman
of the village, had met the advance of the war-party, and, turning back
in extreme terror and confusion, thought only of the safety of his
betrothed, and passed silently through a considerable part of the village
to her dwelling. After he had effectually concealed her he ran out to
give the alarm. But it was too late. Keezar's gun was answered by the
terrific yells, whistling, and whooping of the Indians. House after
house was assailed and captured. Men, women, and children were
massacred. The minister of the town was killed by a shot through his
door. Two of his children were saved by the courage and sagacity of his
negro slave Hagar. She carried them into the cellar and covered them
with tubs, and then crouched behind a barrel of meat just in time to
escape the vigilant eyes of the enemy, who entered the cellar and
plundered it.
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