The killings of March 5, promptly termed a âmassacreâ by Patriot leaders and commemorated in a widely circulated engraving by Paul Revere, aroused intense public protests and threats of violent retaliation. This pressure caused Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson to withdraw the troops to an island in the harbor.
Prairie dogs belong to the squirrel family, Sciuridae, which includes squirrels, chipmunks, and marmots, in the Mammalian Order Rodentia. Their scientific name is Cynomys ludovicianus, which means dog mouse of Louisiana. The Black-tailed prairie dog is 12 to 15 inches in length and weighs between 2 and 4 pounds.
The Characters. Stick Dog. Stick Dog is the leader of this group of stray dogs. He helps them find food to eat. Heâs very, very patient when his friends ideas are, umm, not so good. He lives in a big empty, dry pipe that runs under Highway 16 in the suburbs. He got his name because Tom doesnât know how to draw very well.