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A58611	The present state of New-England with respect to the Indian War wherein is an account of the true reason thereof (as far as can be judged by men) : together with most of the remarkable passages that have happened from the 20th of June till the 10th of November, 1675 / faithfully composed by a merchant of Boston and communicated to his friend in London.	N. S.	1676 (1676)	Wing S120C; ESTC R33574	17,340	22

sixty Men Met with a company judged about three hundred Indians in a plain place where few Trees were and on both sides preparations were making for a Battle all being ready on both sides to fight Captain Moseley plucked off his Periwig and put it into his Breeches because it should not hinder him in fighting As soon as the Indians saw that they fell a Howling and Yelling most hideously and said Umh umh me no stawmerre fight Engis mon Engis mon get two hed Engis mon got two hed if me cut off un hed he got noder a put on beder as dis with such like words in broken English and away they all fled and could not be overtaken nor seen any more afterwards About a Week after this Capt. Moseley took two Indians the Father and his Son and willing to Examin them both apart proceeded thus Took the old Man and bound him to a Tree after he was so bound he sent away the Son by a File of Men out of sight the old Man there confest he was a Praying Indian and that he was only hunting for Deer thereabouts but said that his Son was one of those Men that wounded Captain Hutchison So then after they had pumped him as much as they could they fired a Gun with no Bullet in it over his Head untied him and sent him another way with a File out of sight then brought they his Son bound him in like manner they telling him that they had shot his Father and would shoot him also if he would not confess what he was and what he knew He fairly told them that he was a Praying Indian but his Father made him go with him to the Nipmoog Indians and that there they shot three or four times apiece whereupon they then brought the old Man and tyed him to his Son and Examined them together at length they confest they were both among the Nipmoogs and that the Son did wound Captain Hutchison after their Examination they were both shot to Death In this same Week King Philips Men had taken a young Lad alive about fourteen Years old and bound him to a Tree two nights and two days intending to be Merry with him the Next day and that they would Roast him alive to make sport with him but God over-night touched the heart of one Indian so that he came and loosed him and bid him run Grande i. e. run Apace and by that means he escaped Towards the latter end of August Captain Moseley took eight Indians alive and sent them Prisoners to Boston who were put in Prison there these were of the Number of Mr. Eliot's Indians as also many of those Indians that were Shipt off by Captain Sprague for the Straits and Cales these Men were at several times tryed for their Lives and condemned to Die Mean time Mr. Eliot and Captain Guggins pleaded so very hard for the Indians that the whole Council knew not what to do about them They hearkned to Mr. Eliot for his Gravity Age and Wisdom and also for that he hath been the chief Instrument that the Lord hath made use of in Propagating the Gospel among the Heathen And was their Teacher till such time that some Indians were brought upon in the University to supply his place But for Captain Guggins why such a wise Council as they should be so over-born by him cannot be judged otherwise then because of his daily troubling them with his Impertinences and multitudinous Speeches in so much that it was told him on the Bench by † Cap. Oliver a very worthy Person there present that he ought rather to be Confined among his Indians than to sit on the Bench his taking the Indians part so much hath made him a By-word both among Men and Boys But so it was that by one and two at a time most of these eight Indians and four more sent afterwards on the same account were let loose by night which so Exasperated the Commonalty that about the 10th of September at nine a Clock at night there gathered together about forty Men some of note and came to the House of Captain James Oliver two or three of them went into his Entry to desire to speak with him which was to desire him to be their Leader and they should joyn together and go break open the Prison and take one Indian out thence and Hang him Captain Oliver hearing their request took his Cane and cudgelled them stoutly and so for that time dismist the Company which had he but in the least countenanced it might have been accompanied with ill Events in the end Immediately Captain Oliver went and acquainted Mr. Ting his Neighbour a Justice of Peace and they both went the next Morning and acquainted the Goverour who thank'd Captain Oliver for what he had done last night but this rested not here For the Commonalty were so enraged against Mr. Elliot and Captain Guggins especially that Captain Guggins said on the Bench that he was afraid to go along the streets the answer was made you may thank your self however an Order was issued out for the Execution of that one notorious above the rest Indian and accordingly he was led by a Rope about his Neck to the Gallows when he came there the Executioners for there were many flung one end over the Post and so hoised him up like a Dog three or four times he being yet half alive and half dead then came an Indian a Friend of his and with his Knife made a hole in his Breast to his Heart and sucked out his Heart-blood Being asked his reason therefore his answer Umh umh nu Me stronger as I was before me be so strong as me and he too he be ver strong Man fore he die Thus with the dog-like-Dog-like-death good enough of one poor Heathen was the Peoples Rage laid in some measure but in a short time it began to work not without Cause enough About the beginning of September Captain Hinksman was sent out Commander of one hundred Men and were to meet together at Roxbury Meeting-House-yard when they were there ready to March they all unanimously resolved not to go with him but if Captain Oliver would go they would go gladly whereupon the Council sent for him Home and sent Captain Lake in his room On wednesday August 25. was observed a Fast at Charles-Town whereto several of Boston went there was gathered that day Seventy eight Pound King Philip now beinning to want Money having a Coat made all of Wampampeag i. e. Indian Money cuts his Coat to pieces and distributes it plentifully among the Nipmoog Sachems and others as well to the Eastward as Southward and all round about This gives occasion to suspect that the Narragansets may also be Bribed who are out on our side in that they follow not Orders to pursue King Philip effectually Captain Lathrop and Captain Beers being at Hadly and there hearing of an Indian Castle not far thence they marched with