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Dummer's War (c. 1721-1725), (also known as Lovewell's War, Father Rale's War, Greylock's War, Three Years War or the 4th Indian War) was a series of battles between the British and French. The war had little organized leadership, and was mostly a series of skirmishes. Exactly which of these should be considered part of the war remains a matter of dispute. The root cause of the conflict was tension over the ownership of American territories in northern New England. At that time, territorial control was split between the French and English. The French had been the first to explore the Kennebec River in Maine, with Samuel Champlain reaching it in 1604.

However, the English began to claim areas along the Kennebec through homesteading. This unsettled the French, who allied with the Abenaki Indians to launch raids against the settlers. To defend against these attacks, the English built Fort Dummer in 1724. The fort was named after Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor William Dummer, who was acting governor at the time. The fort was the first permanent European settlement in Vermont. It was located near present-day Brattleboro. The French were based at Norridgewock, an Abenaki village on the Kennebec. A Jesuit missionary named SÃ©bastien Rale (Rasles) led that settlement, while an Abenaki named Grey Lock led the raids.

The war began when on August 23, 1724, in response to an Abenaki attack, Captain Jeremiah Moultan led eighty men of the Massachusetts Bay militia and some Mohawk Indians on a raid against Norridgewock. They killed seven Abenaki chiefs, along with Sebastien Rasle. The attack ended with a successful capture of the French settlement. The English had casualties of two militia-men and one Mohawk.

Dummer's War is notable because it is the first American conflict during which authorities offered bounties for scalps. The bounty was Â£100 per head, which, adjusted for inflation, is about US $20,000 (Â£10,000). Seeking this generous reward, explorer John Lovewell led an expedition to the Winnipiscogee lake region on December 19, 1724. He succeeded in killing and scalping an Indian, and took one child prisoner. Later, at Tamworth, New Hampshire, he and 40 others ambushed and scalped 10 more. During his last Indian expedition, Lovewell died in a fight against the Pigwacket at Fryeburg, Maine, on May 8, 1725.

On April 18, 1725, a Captain Wells and his company of rangers made only the third ascent of Mount Washington, then known as Agiocochook, while on patrol in northern New Hampshire.

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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" ^[2] (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" ^[3]
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Motto
LibertÃ©, Ã‰galitÃ©, FraternitÃ©
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem
"La Marseillaise"

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North America is a continent ^[1] in the Earth's northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the south and west
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New England

Political history
Chartering as Plymouth Council for New England 1620
Formation as United Colonies of New England 1643
Formation as Dominion of New England 1686
Admission to U.S.
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Origin Moosehead Lake
Mouth Gulf of Maine, North Atlantic Ocean
Basin countries United States
Length 149 mi (240 km)
Source elevation 1,024 ft (312 m)

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State of Maine

Flag of Maine Seal
Nickname(s): The Pine Tree State
Motto(s): Dirigo

Official language(s) None
(English and French de facto)

Capital Augusta
Largest city Portland
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Samuel de Champlain , the "father of New France," was born between 1567 and 1570 in the town of Brouage, a seaport on France's west coast and died in 1635 in QuÃ©bec. A sailor, he also came to be respected as a talented navigator, mapmaker, and founder of Quebec City.
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Broadly defined, homesteading is a lifestyle of simple, agrarian self-sufficiency.

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North America

In the United States, the Homestead Act (1862) allowed anyone to claim up to 160 acres (64.7 hmÂ²) of land.
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Abenaki (or Abnaki) are a tribe of Native Americans/First Nations belonging to the Algonquian peoples of northeastern North America, located in area the Eastern Algonquian languages call the "Wabanaki" (Dawn Land) Region.
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Fort Dummer State Park

Fort Dummer Monument
Location Brattleboro, Vermont
Season May 26–September 5

Fort Dummer was a British fort built in 1724 by the colonial militia of the Province of Massachusetts Bay under the command of
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William Dummer (1677 - October 10, 1761) was Acting Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1723 to 1728.

Dummer was born and died in Newbury, Massachusetts. He married Catherine Dudley on April 26, 1714.
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State of Vermont

Flag of Vermont Great Seal of Vermont
Nickname(s): The Green Mountain State
Motto(s): Freedom and Unity
Before Statehood Known as
The Vermont Republic

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Brattleboro, Vermont

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Brattleboro, Vermont
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Country United States
State Vermont
County Windham
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Norridgewock were a band of the Abenaki ("People of the Dawn") Native Americans/First Nations, an Eastern Algonquian tribe of the United States and Canada. The tribe occupied an area in Maine to the west and northwest of the Penawapskewi (or Penobscot) tribe, which was located on
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Society of Jesus, (Latin: Societas Iesu, S.J. and S.I.) is a Christian religious order of the Roman Catholic Church in service to the universal Church, whose members are called Jesuits,
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SÃ©bastien Rale, (or Rale, Rasle, Rasles) (or Sebastian), (January 4 1657 – August 23 1724), was a Jesuit missionary and lexicographer who worked among the eastern Abenaki people, but became caught up in political and military struggles between New France and New England which
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August 23 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.

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Massachusetts Bay is one of the large bays of the Atlantic Ocean that form the distinctive shape of the coastline of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Its waters extend 65 miles (105 km) into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Mohawk (Kanienkeh, Kanienkehaka or Kanien’Kahake, meaning "People of the Flint") are an indigenous people of North America originally from the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York to southern Quebec and eastern Ontario.
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Scalping is the act of removing the scalp, usually with the hair, as a portable proof or trophy of prowess in war. The practice has been known in Europe, Asia and Africa. Scalping is also associated with frontier warfare in North America, and was practiced by Native Americans and
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John Lovewell (October 14, 1691-May 8, 1725) was a British explorer and soldier who lived in Dunstable, now Nashua, New Hampshire. He fought in Dummer's War as a militia captain, leading three expeditions against the Abenaki Indians.
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Location Belknap County and Carroll County, New Hampshire
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December 19 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor.

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American Indian and Alaska Native
One race: 2.5 million^[1]
In combination with one or more other races: 1.6 million^[2]
Regions with significant populations United States

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