There is a monument here dedicated to the battle.

Battle of Bloody Brook

The Battle of Bloody Brook was fought on September 12, 1675 between English colonial militia from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a band of Indians led by the Nipmuc sachem Muttawmp. The Indians ambushed colonists escorting a train of wagons carrying the harvest from Deerfield to Hadley during King Philip's War. They killed at least 40 militia men and 17 teamsters out of a company that included 79 militia.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle of Bloody Brook
• Philbrick, N., 2006, Mayflower: Penguin Books, New York, 463p.