town-forces

Updated: July 11, 2025

Which is the better-grown infant, the town or the boy? The red men have become aware that the street is no longer free to them, save by the sufferance and permission of the settlers. Often, to impress them with an awe of English power, there is a muster and training of the town-forces, and a stately march of the mail-clad band, like this which we now see advancing up the street.

Nathaniel Hawthorne - Main Street: (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales")