Deceased, killed in a raid. A. F. Moulton suggests that a burial of sixteen adults discovered in Scarborough in 1892 "some forty rods from the old Garrison" may have been the Indians attackers killed in the raid. The skeletons were buried "in sitting-posturein, after the Indian fashion" surrounding one of "gigantic frame, wearing a square breastplate of copper, adorned with long festoons of wampum, and copper beads strung on cords made of tendon." A Mr. Hight was of the opiniion that the large skeleton was that of Mugg.

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“Deceased, killed in a raid. A. F. Moulton suggests that a burial of sixteen adults discovered in Scarborough in 1892 "some forty rods from the old Garrison" may have been the Indians attackers killed in the raid. The skeletons were buried "in sitting-posturein, after the Indian fashion" surrounding one of "gigantic frame, wearing a square breastplate of copper, adorned with long festoons of wampum, and copper beads strung on cords made of tendon." A Mr. Hight was of the opiniion that the large skeleton was that of Mugg.,” Historical Documents of Indians of the Far Northeast, accessed April 25, 2025, https://hrifne.avantlogic.net/digitalarchive/items/show/25497.Item25242

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