In fact, someone began ringing the church bells which usually signified a fire. The sentry called for help, setting up the clash which we now call the Boston Massacre. A group of soldiers led by Captain Thomas Preston came to the rescue of the lone sentry. Captain Preston and his detachment of seven or eight men were quickly surrounded. All attempts to calm the crowd proved useless. At this point, the accounts of the event vary drastically.
chief cells - One of the two glandular epithelial cell types located in the basal half of gastric glands; they synthesize and secrete pepsinogen, the inactive precursor to the proteolytic enzyme pepsin; they appear smaller and with a more darkly staining granular cytoplasm than the neighboring parietal cells.
The pineal gland is an endocrine gland located in the center of the brain (of vertebrate animals). It resembles a pine cone, which is the origin of its name. This gland producâ¦es serotonin and derivative melatonin. Melatonin is a hormone that regulates sleep patterns.