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Berkshire County Attraction, Adams MA a face of an indian chief on the side of Mount Greylock
Mount
Greylock - A Berkshire County
Attraction
in Western Massachusets
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Chief Greylock Adams,
MA
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The
Legend of Chief Greylock
May
10 - 14,1990. Rain fell for four days and nights, then tons of rocks,
earth and trees crashed down the side of Mount Greylock. On that morning
a giant face appeared on the eastern slope overlooking the town of Adams
Massachusetts in Berkshire County. Most people see the face of an old
Indian Chief. They call him Chief Greylock.
Chief Graylock (this is the correct spelling
in the 1700s) lived in a secret cave on the slopes of Mount Greylock,
where he harassed the British settlers as they moved into his domain.
While hunting, his foot was crushed in a bear trap. Half his foot had
to be amputated, but it never slowed him down. On the Eastern slope of
the mountain there was a landslide in 1901 that was over 1500 feet long
from top to bottom, it was called the "Chief's Steps".
Chief Graylock was born around 1660 in a Waronoke village, which is now
the town of Westfield, MA. His native name was Wawamolewat. The Waronokes
were a part of the Pocumtuck Confederacy of Central Mass. They were great
fur trappers and hunters, they traded with the British, but as the population
increased, and game decreased, they no longer had a way of making a living.
In 1674 they moved to the Berkshires, near Stockbridge Mass, then on to
Schaghticoke New York, and finally to Canada, where Graylock met a Winooski
woman. Together they settled down at Missisquoi Bay just north of the
Vermont border. He built a huge fort there known as "Graylock's Castle".
His tribesmen, now known as the Missisquoi, took in many refugees from
the eastern wars, and at one point the population swelled to over 1,000.
In 1723 war broke out between the British and the French, Graylock sided
with the French and lead many daring raids against the British in the
Connecticut River Valley.
At 63, he still retained all the energy and vitality of his youth. Accounts
tell of Graylock attacking Northfield MA and the following day Rutland
VT. When news of these attacks reached Boston, Governor Dummer dispatched
troops to capture Graylock, but the mission failed just miles from Graylock's
fort, due to a lack of supplies. In 1725 John Lovewell got together groups
of volunteers and made scalping raids on the Abenacki of Maine, killing
many and driving them off their lands. Many moved to "Graylock's
Castle". However, Graylock's warriors defeated Lovewell and his men.
The British and the French offered big bounties for scalps, up to a years
pay for a single scalp.
On August 20, 1746, the French General de Vaudreuil attacked Fort Massachusetts
(North Adams) with a force of 900 men. Among them, 17 were Missisquoi
(Graylock's tribesmen) and the St. Francis, Abenacki and many of Graylock's
old allies.
Sergeant John Hawks and 22 brave men fought them off for 28 hours. With
sick men and no ammunition, they had no choice but to surrender. They
were taken captive to Canada, there, they were treated well, but many
died of illness while in captivity. The fort was rebuilt in 1747.
Then on August 2, 1748, The French attacked Fort Massachusetts again with
a force of 300 (with some of Graylocks warriors). Col. Efraim Williams
(Williams College) defended the fort with 100 gallant men. The French
and Indian Wars ended in 1759.
Many a British Governor ordered the capture of Graylock, but he was never
caught or defeated.
He was often called the "frowning Chief of the Waronokes", he
made quite an impact on the local history of Berkshire County. His name
Wawamolewat means "Sacred Ground". Once again, he stands watch
over it.
Copyright Rolf Hansen 2007 all rights reserved
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