Passumpsic

The Passumpsic River flows through the wooded hills of northeastern Vermont to meet the Connecticut. Its valley became a route south for some of Robert Rogers's rangers in 1759, after their attack on the Abenaki settlement at St. Francis. The raiders divided into groups on their difficult retreat, and Rogers himself led men toward the river's mouth. The attack and retreat took place during the war between Britain and France for control of North America.