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CLASS OF 1905 STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL
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THE AUTHENTIC. PUBLISHED BY THE CLASS OF 1906, STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL. VOL. XXL STONEHAVI, MASS , JUNE, 1905. NO. J. ROGER’S RANGERS. FlliSr HONOU. D uring the Frencli and Iiuliaii wars the corps of Raiiifers, under the coniinand of Major Rol)ert Rogers, rendered iiivaliiable aid to tlie Britisli and Provincial armies. They were the most formidable body of men ever employed in partisan warfare in this country Their services w’ere performed in the vicinity of Lakes Georife and Champlain, amid wild lonely forests and al- most inaccessible mountains, in which Indians always lurked Tlieir duty was to ascertain the force and position of tlie enemy, to capture prison- ers, to sack and burn houses and l)arns, and seize cattle, to discover places of ambush, to precede and clear the way for the regular army, and lastly, to lijiht the Indian accordinj ; to his own method of warfare. Braddock’s defeat plainly showed that there was need of a body of men, able to tijiht tlie Indian on his own { round, and in his own manner, and thorouiihly acquainted witli the wilderness between the frontier settlements of New Eiiiiland and Can- ada For this purpose the Britisli reirnlar ‘was of no value, whatever, and the ordinary provincial of not much more Therefore the Ran,i er was a necessity. He was a man of hardy, endurinu: constitution, inui ' cd to hardships and i)rivations, capable of making lonsi, tiresome marches summer or winter, day or nijiht, subsistin r on a scanty supply of food, and requiring no shelter but the forest after alomr, wearisome march. • Robert Ro«;ers was the commander of the Rantfers, and although much was to be desired in his character, he was beyond reproach as a com- mander in partisan warfare His power of endur- ance, resoluteness, coolness, readiness of resource in extremities, dariny:, and utter fearlessness, made his services invaluable to his country, and his name, a name of terror to his French and Indian foes. He was born in 1727 at Londonderry, New Hampshire, then a frontier settlement surrounded by forests. He received a limited education as regards book-learninj;. but sained a wider and more practical knowleds ' c on his father’s farm, and in exploring and hunting in the neighboring wilderness between the French and English settle- ments. He was passionately fond of forest life, and spent his time tracing streams to their sources, finding out the carrying places between them, and unconsciously fitting himself for his future work, by acquiring a thorough knowledge of that terri- tory in which he was later to show his sterling qualities. Rogers first took part in the French and Indian wars in September, 17r 5, when as Captain of a company of Rangers, he proceeded against Crown Point, under the command of General William Johnson. Later he was appointed Major of the whole corps of Rangers. In September, 17.711, Rogers with a band of Rangers was sent to destroy the Indian village of St. Francis. These Indians had been a terror for the century past to the inhabitants of the New England frontier settlements, burning their houses and barns, killing men, women and children and carrying away others into a horrible captivity .Amherst had resolved to wipe out this nest of hornets, and had intrusted this duty to the invinc- ible Rogers Two days after Rogers had set out on this expedition, he was informed by an Indian that a force of four hundred French and Indians had found his boats hidden in the forest, and that half that force was pursuing him He immediately determined upon the bold plan of outmarching his pursuers, and reaching St. Fi ' ancis before them, returning by way of the Connecticut. For nine hal’d, weary days he and his Rangers resolutely toiled through thickets and swamps, having no thought but to attain their journey’s end and ac- complish their purpose. On the evening of the ninth day Rogers climbed a tree and saw the village three miles distant The next morning he attacked it, unaware of his approach and killed most of the warriors, and sacked and burned the village. ' I’his done, he hastened away, as a body of French and Indians were in close pursuit His supplies gave out before he reached the Connecticut River, and when he arrived at the place where some were to have been sent, part of the Rangers gave up to desiiair to find no provisions awaiting them.
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