Editing Dover, New Hampshire (section)

===Cochecho Massacre===
{{main|Raid on Dover}}
On June 28, 1689, Dover suffered a devastating attack by Native Americans. It was revenge for an incident on September 7, 1676, when 400 Native Americans were tricked by Major [[Richard Waldron]] into performing a "[[mock battle]]" near Cochecho Falls. After discharging their weapons, the Native American warriors were captured. Half were sent to Massachusetts for predations committed during [[King Philip's War]], and seven or eight were hanged, and others were sold into [[slavery]]. Local Native Americans deemed innocent were released, but considered the deception a dishonorable breach of hospitality. Thirteen years passed. When colonists thought the episode forgotten, they struck. Fifty-two colonists, a quarter of the population, were either captured or slain.

Incursions against the frontier town would continue for the next half century. During [[Father Rale's War]], in August and September 1723, there were Indian raids on [[Saco, Maine]], and Dover, New Hampshire.<ref>William Williamson, p. 123.</ref> The following year Dover was raided again and [[Elizabeth Hanson (captive of Native Americans)|Elizabeth Hanson]] wrote her [[captivity narrative]].