30. CHAUGHAM DWELT ALL UNMOLESTED.

When Chaugham saw New Hartford's doom,

Pictured‘ gainst the clouds of ev'ning,

His signal fire lit up the gloom,

Warning of impending danger.

Ever friendly to the white man,

Chaugham dwelt all unmolested

In his cabin on the mountain.

Once he read in smoke-cloud signals,

As the twilight shadows gathered,

Indian plans at Satan's Kingdom

To attack and burn New Hartford.

Hast'ning to the mountain summit,

Up the trail so steep and rugged,

Midst the rocks and jagged boulders,

To the lofty granite lookout,

“Chaugham Rock” atop the mountain,

Chaugham lit the danger signal.

Leaped the flames against the darkness.

Answered then New Hartford's signal

From the top of Town Hill flaming,

And the people of New Hartford

Saw the fire and met the danger,

Saving barns and homes and cattle,

While the women and the children

Rested safely in the fortress,

On the top of Town Hill standing,

Guarded by New Hartford's bravest;

Fortress built of mighty timbers

From the pine trees of the Mast Swamp,

For protection‘ gainst the Indians,

Indians of dread Satan's Kingdom,

Thus we find it in the records.

Friendly were the early settlers

To the lonely Light House people,

Dwelling in their lowly ca'bins

On the side of Ragged Mountain.

Round and round the yearly cycle

Rolled the ever changing seasons,

With the coming of the robins,

In the sweet and pleasant spring times;

With the sunshine and the shadows

In the sultry days of summers;

With the robins flying southward

Midst the falling leaves of autumn;

With the lonely desolation

In the cold and dreary winters.