This alarm was used in the case of a fire, theft, or other important event in a village. Such alarms also had less exciting uses-scaring birds or other wild animals away from crops, or calling people to a meeting.
Warning Alarm. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/2000-20-515/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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