Chief Tonquish Slain by Militia


Since I've found 4 different versions of the death of Tonquish and his son I think it important to post all of them. This is the version from Tonquish Tales by Helen Frances Gilbert

The deaths ensued after Tonquish and his son had raided a cabin after smelling fresh bread. Tom Sargent returned to the homestead during the robbery and was shot dead by Tonquish's son. A militia was hastily formed, led by Capt. Macomb, and the tribe was tracked down near Nankin Mills where they were caught save for Tonquish and son. They were soon enough tracked to near Schwarzburg where Tonquish and son were shot, the latter after running away and the former in a battle after his son was felled.

I don't know where I placed my scanned copy of the book so I took some shots from my physical copy. So as not to destroy the spine some pages are a bit skewed but should be readable. I hate posting shoddy pics like that but I can always scan the two short chapters at a later point to make it presentable.








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