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Wheeler’s Surprise

New Braintree, Massachusetts
· 1630 – 1930
Military
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One mile to the southwest, off the North Brookfield Road, Edward Hutchinson’s company, seeking a parley with the Nipmucs, was ambushed by Indians on August 2, 1675, and more than half were slain. Captain Hutchinson died from his wounds. Captain Thomas Wheeler was wounded but escaped.
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