The Merrimack River: its source and its tributaries. Embracing a history of manufactures, and of the towns along its course; their geography, topography, and products, with a description of the magnificent natural scenery about its upper waters./ By J. W. Meader.

ITS SOURCE AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.
proved, and a bounty of one hundred pounds was voted for "each
Indian scalp taken by Lovewell's company."
The terrible experience of the people of Dunstable was, however,
only a magnified transcript of the sufferings of other frontier settlements, but the record of her trials and the history of her glorious
deeds cannot fail to bring to mind the turbulent days of unmitigated
hostility, and the incessant alarms of exterminating war, --
"What time the noble Lovewell came
With fifty men from l)unstable,
The cruel Pequot tribe to tame,
With arms and bloodshed terrible," -
and enrolls a long list of her brave and gallant sons for heroic and
self-sacrificing devotion among the bold, the strong, and the daring
of their countrymen who have in arms achieved enduring historical
renown and lasting gratitude.
The city of Nashua was formerly embraced within that large
tract of country which was chartered in 1673 under the name of
Dunstable. This tract of land included all the territory of the towns
of Dunstable, Tyngsboro', and portions of Townsend, Groton, Pepperell, and others, in Malssachusetts, and IIollis, Brookline, Milford,
Amherst, Merrimack, IHIudson, Litchfield, and parts of the territory
of other towns in New Hampshire, and was un(1er the jur'isdiction
of Massachusetts until the State line was permanently established
in 1!41. It was incorporated by New IIampshire, in 1746, under
the same name, which it retained for ninety years after.
In 1803, the first post-office was established at Nashua, the name
of the place was changed to Indian Head, and a scow was launched
with ceremony and christened "The Nashua," and the proceedings
were marked with great parade and display. At that time an "inn,"
a store, and three or four houses were the sum total of the present
large and flourishing city of Nashua. The population in 1820
numbered only one thousand one hundred and forty-two.
In 1842, there was a disagreement about the location of the town
house. It was located on the south side of the Nashua River, and
the people on both sides claimed it. A great deal of feelirng was
manifested on both sides; the dispute waxed warm, and the town
was divided. The north side, and a small tract of the north-east
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