Word: swarm
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...half past 10 in the evening, reached Lexington at half past four on the morning of the 19th, halted there twenty minutes, and arrived in Concord at seven, an hour after sunrise. The colonists were ready for the invaders of their village, and the minute men continued to swarm in from the country during the morning hours. They hesitated, however, from habit, from loyalty, and perhaps from wholesome fear, to put themselves in the attitude of rebels. But when the detachment at the bridge fired upon our men, Major Buttrick no longer stayed his hand, but cried to his force...
...quarter mile dash, T. J. Stead, '91, the scratch man, found the swarm of handicap men altogether too much for him, and did not finish. S. Wells '91 (5 yards). won in 51 1-5 sec., with V. S. Rothschild '91 (15 yards), second, and F. E. Stetson '92 (10 yards) third...