in the direction of Rimmon, he accomplished his work as thoroughly as was his custom inasmuch as there was not an Indian left upon the battlefield, unless dead. The fight ended only at dark and the Captain and his men slept upon the field. Early in the morning while the Captain was viewing the ground of his exploit the evening before, he suddenly felt something clinging to his feet. Rimmon was noted for its rattlesnakes and he probably expected to be called to another kind of battle, but looking down he saw a little Indian boy, who was looking at him most pitifully; the Captain took the lad home with him and kept him, afterwards giving him the land in the direction where he had first seen him at Rimmon. Tobie likewise received a grant of land all of which he applied for a patent in the year 1713 when others did. Tobie, by his life, although short, did credit to his patron and when dead it was found he had left his land to the family of Colonel Johnson except a portion he had willed to Timothy Wooster."
    This tradition was fairly wide-spread at one time, and its general acceptance must have been the reason that Seymour's historian, William C. Sharpe, made such a point to dispute the story.
    William C. Sharpe published THE SEYMOUR RECORD, and was a well-known historian in these parts. He was educated in the public schools in Seymour and completed his studies at Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Mass. In 1868 he opened a printing office in Seymour, and three years later established the RECORD, which became one of the best weekly papers in the state. Sharpe's first love remained history, and much of his newspaper was devoted to area history. In addition Sharpe published numerous books on area history, including the Towns of Seymour, Oxford and South Britain.
    Sharpe spent much time searching old records to make the basis of his history features. The following paragraphs from History of Seymour show his method of historical research, and also deals with the subject of  Toby:
    "In the old records of Derby are occasional entries of Indian slaves . . . . The following entry is written 'verbatim et literatim': 'these may certifi whom it may consarn that tobee an Ingan that lived with me I had a moheg Indian