On March 4, 1698 Maliseet Abenaki Chief Escumbuit led a group of 30 Native Americans in an attack on Andover, Massachusetts, the last and most severe Native attack on this town.
Chief Escumbuit of the Maliseet Abenaki tribe launched a raid on Andover, Massachusetts, on March 4, 1698, with around 30 Native Americans, marking the last and most intense Native American assault on the town.