Plymouth, NH (8/17/2022)

Wednesday, August 17, 2022 (continued)

We continued westward in New Hampshire through on-again, off-again rain.

A historic marker in Plymouth, NH marks the site of a
Pemigewasset village on the banks of the Asquamchumauke/
Baker River, where, in March 1712, 30 scouts led by
Lieutenant Thomas Baker destroyed an entire village,
killing the chief and those in the village while most of the men
were away hunting; the returning men were then easily driven off

The event noted by the historic marker was in part retaliation for the Deerfield Massacre in 1704, where indigenous fighters under French command attacked the town of Deerfield in Massachusetts. "Strike at dawn, pillage, burn the town, take captives and escape north." One of the captives was 22-year old Thomas Baker, who escaped and returned to become a scout in the [British] King's army.

Museum of the White Mountains at Plymouth
State University in the former Plymouth
United Methodist Church (1946)

This museum is an example of many that have reciprocity with Tyler Arboretum, but the admission is always free!

Chief's Coat (2017 representation by
Rhonda Besaw of Canadian Metis/
Abenaki descent) of a M'kmaq coat (c 1840s)

The current exhibition was Watching the Seasons Change;
Sap Lines (2018, by Fletcher Manley) shows how sugar
maple trees are tapped and connected so that the sap
runs directly to the maple syrup processing location

Maple Sugaring (1919, by Edward Hill)

Quill Box with Maple Leaf (c 1940)

Birchbark Sap Collector (c 1870)

The basement room had a relief map of the White Mountains

Not sure if there are iguanas in the White
Mountains, but this was an interesting
drawing made on several sheets of paper