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
excellent Souldier and of an undaunted Spirit one whose Memory will be Honourable in New-England for his many eminent Services he hath done the Publick There were also among these men about Ten or Twelve Privateers that had been there sometime before they carried with them several dogs that proved serviceable to them in finding out the Enemy in thir Swmps one whereof would for several days together go out and bring to them six eight or ten young Pigs of King Philips Herds There went out also amongst these Men one Cornellis a Dutchman who had lately been Condemned to die for Piracy but afterwards received a Pardon he willing to shew his Gratitude therefore went out and did several good Services abroad against the Enemy Plimouth also sent out several Men at the same time both Horse and Foot Also most Towns in all the United Colonies thereabout sent out some more some less as they were in Number By this time the Indians have killed several of our Men but the first that was killed was June 23 a Man at Swansey that adventuring with his Wife and Son about twenty Years old to go to his House to fetch them corn and such like things He having just before sent his Wife and Son away as he was going out of the House was set on and shot by Indians his Wife being not far off heard the Guns go off went back They took her first defiled her then skinned her Head as also the Son and dismist them both who immediately died They also the next day killed six or seven Men at Swansey and two more at one of the Garrisons and as two Men that went out of one of the Garrisons to draw a Bucket of Water were shot and carried away and afterwards found with their Fingers and Feet cut off and the skin of their Heads flayed off About fourteen days after that they sent for more help whereupon the Authority of Boston made Captain Thomas Savage the Major General in that Expedition who with sixty Horse and as many Foot went out of Boston having prest Horses for the Footmen and six Carts to carry Provisons with them Whereof Mr. John Morse was Commissary General abroad and Mr. Nathaniel Williams Commissary at home They Travelled day and night till they came to their Garrisons and within three days after marched Horse and Foot leaving Guards in the Garrisons towards Mount Hope where King Philip and his Wife was they came on him at unawares so that Philip was forced to rise from Dinner and he and all with him fled out of that Land called Mount Hope up further into the Countrey they pursued them as far as they could go for Swamps and killed fifteen or sixteen in that Expedition and returned and took what he had that was worth taking and spoiled the rest taking all his Cattel and Hogs they could find and also took Possession of Mount Hope which had then a thousand Acres under Corn which is since cut down by the English and disposed of according to their Discretion Cornellis was in this Exploit and pursued Philip so hard that he got his Cap off his Head and now weareth it About three days after the general finding Cornellis to be a Stout Man and willing to venture his Life in the Cause of the English sent him with twelve Men under his Command to Scout about with Orders to return in three Hours on pain of Death in his way he met sixty Indians that were halling their Cannooes a-shore he set on them killing thirteen and took eight alive purses the rest as for as he could go for the Swamps then he returned and Burnt all those Cannooes about forty in number By this time Cornellis and his twelve Men all being perserved returned to the Camp but they were eight Hours absent Whereupon a Council of War was called who past the Sentence of Death on him for exceeding the Order given him Immediately was also Pardoned and received thanks for his good Service done in that Expedition and was in a short time sent out on the like Design and brought Home with him twelve Indians alive and two Indians Heads i. e. the Skin with the Hair on it About the 25th of July the General returned with twelve Men to guard his Person Captain Mosely being there and plying about found Eighty Indians who surrendred themselves and were secured in a House provided for them near Plimouth Thereupon came to Boston to know the pleasure of the Authority about them and in a days time returned with this Order he should kill none that he took alive but secure them in order to a Transportation Wherefore afterwards there were Shipt on board Captain Sprague an Hundred seventy eight Indians on the 28th of September bound for Cales In this time the Indians continued daily to commit many Acts of Hostility on the English they Burnt Twenty three Houses at Swansey and killed many People there and took much Cattle as also Burnt the Hay and Corn in great quantities They Burnt near thirty Houses in Dartmouth a place in New-Plimouth Colony killing many People after a most Barbarous manner as skining them all over alive some only their Heads cutting off their Hands and Feet but any Woman they take alive they Defile afterwards put her to Death by some of those or the like ways They have Burnt most of the Houses in Rehoboth Taunton and Swansey a Party of Indians came to Mendham which is Thirty two Miles from Boston and there killed five or six Persons who being pursued two were killed the rest fled Some part of our Forces afterwards set on about Five hundred Indians not far from Pocassit pursuing them into a larg Swamp not far from thence how many they killed is not known in regard the Indians adventured back and took their dead Men away with them as they commonly do if they can possibly But in this Fight were killed King Philips Brother his Privy Councellor being one formerly Educated at Cambridg and one of his chief Captains the Heads of which three were afterwards brought to Boston There were killed in this pursuit six Englishmen and nine or ten wounded This Pocassit Swamp is judged about seven or eight Miles long and so full of Bushes and Trees that a parcel of Indians may be within the length of a Pike of a Man and he cannot discover them and besides this as well as all other Swamps is so soft Ground that an Englishman can neither go nor stand thereon and yet these bloody Savages will run a long over it holding their Guns cross their arms and if occasion be discharge in that posture On the Lords Day the 〈◊〉 of July an Indian came to Dorchester within half a Mile of Mother Georges House to the House of Mr. Minor in Sermon-time and there were then at Home the Maid servant and two young Children she keeping the Door shut for safety the Indian when he saw he could not come in at the Door went
of Captain Hutchinson and Captain Wheeler when they were come to Quawbawg they sent a Party of Horse to the Nipmoog Sachems to Treat with them For you must understand that Captain Hutchinson had a very considerable Farm thereabouts and had occasion to imploy several of those Sachems Men in Tilling and Plowing his Ground and thereby he was known by Face to many of them The Sachems sent this word they would speak with none but Captain Hutchinson himself whereupon Capt. Hutchinson and Capt. Wheeler sent them word they would come to them themselves Accordingly the Indians appointed the meeting at such a Tree and at such a time The time being come Captain Hutchison Captain Wheeler and his Company with some of the Inhabitants of Brookfield who thought them to be very Honest therefore took no Arms with them went to the place but the Nipmoog Indians were not there Whereupon the Guide that conducted them through the Woods brought them to a Swamp not far off the appointed place out of which these Indians ran all at once and Killed sixteen Men and Wounded several others of which Wounds three Weeks after Captain Hutchison died when his Wife and Son were within twelve Miles of him in their Journey to see him whose Death is the more lamented in that his Mother and several others of his Relations died by the hands of the Indians now near forty Years since The rest that escaped made what haste they could to the Town of Brookfield they made choice of the strongest House there resolved to make a Garrison of it in order thereunto as soon as they could got all the People about Eighty in number into this House The Indians pursued them close and in four Hours time had Burnt twenty and odd Houses in Brookfield and abode thereabout three or four days shooting day and night with most dreadful Screechings and Yellings which signified their Triumph They in this time endeavoured to set the Garrison on fire divers times but by the Providence of God were prevented once by a showre of Rain another time by their Diligence within One from within stept out to drink some Water and was killed and one more killed within The Bruits had contrived an Engin with many Wheels to fire the Garrison ten or twelve Rod off and had loaded it with combustibles therefore and news was brought to Boston that they were all Burnt but it was not so and had assuredly done it had not Major Willard come to their Relief with a flying Army of sixty Horse at nine or ten a Clock at Night They forced their way through the Body of the Indians and Fired a pace on them and in two Hours time wholly Routed the Indians thence killing several Thus deliverance was wrought by a mighty Hand for them when they had no outward reason to expect any During the time these People kept themselves in that House two Women were safely delivered of two Sons apiece who in a Months time brought them all themselves on foot to Boston where they were plentifully releived out of the Church-Stock there There are also another sort of Indians best know to the Commonalty of Boston by the name of Mr. Elliots Indians or Captain Guggins Indians This Mr. Elliot you must understand is the Man that hath by his own great Labour and Study invented the way of Printing the Indian Language and hath also perfectly Translated the whole Bible with the Singing Psalms in Meeter the Assemblies Catechism the Practise of Piety into the Indian Language as also Written several Books very profitable for understanding the Grounds of Christian Religion For which Pains and Labour he deserves Honour from all such who are Well-wishers to things of the like Nature whose Name will never Die in New-England A Specimen of his Translation of the Bible into the Indian Language is as followeth Isaiah Chap. 23. Ver. 1 2 3. OOWeanun Tyre OOnook kenaau Tarshishe kuhtoonogquog newutche mahchimoo newaj matta wetuwoniuneog wanne petutteaun wutch Chittimme ohkert nag wehteauwahuoneau THe burden of Tyre Howl ye ships of Tarshish for it is laid waste so that there is no house no entring in From the land of Chittim it is revealed to them 2. Chequnappek wadohkeogish munohhanehtu ken Zidone anaqishaenuog neg quoshkodteacheg keitoh kenum wamechumuhkonukquog 2. Be still ye Inhabitants of the Isle thou whom the Merchants of Zidon that pass over the Sea have replenished 3. Kah nashpe mishe nippeash wuskanuem Sihor sepue kepenumoonk ne wutte shegenoom kah noh wutohtimoinne ahhut kodtauwompatimuk 3. And by great waters the seed of Sihor the harvest of the River is her revenue and she is a Mart of Nations This Captain Guggins is a Captain and Justice of Peace at Cambridg He receives Thirty Pound per annum from the English to sit as Judg among the Indians to Judg any difference not Capital among themselves or between them and the English Of these Indians thus distingished it may not be amiss to give a brief Account in its proper place Now it falls in Course to think on what is done in the Field on both Sides On Thursday the 5th of August being Lecture-day at Boston was ordered by the Old Church of which the Governour is a Member to be observed as a Fast by that Church which accordingly was done And at the Contribution was then Collected Sixty Nine Pound which was for the distressed Families Relief And on that very day was Captain Hutchisons Company so defeated Which thing was taken especial Notice of by all those who desire to see the Hand of God in such sad Providences which did occasion another Fast to be kept by Mr. Mathers Church at the North Meeting-house the Wednesday following On Wednesday the 12th of August was appointed a Fast for Mr. Mather's Church which was duly observed that day being a Court day for the Council no Magistrate was there yet notwithstanding there was gathered at the Contribution sixty eight Pound Mr. Mather in his Sermon took occasion too in speaking of the Benefit of Communion with God to tell us that there are in this Colony seventy nine gathered Churches and that to this day the Indians had not done any Dammage to any thing that belonged to any of the Places where these Churches were August coming on we have now from all Parts raised more Men so that there are now in the Field in several places six hundred Horse and Foot Most of the Army were not far from the Swamp wherein King Philip with all his People were they resolved to compass it which they did once And in their second Encounter forced King Philip with all his Retinue out of the Samp and pursued them in their pursuit they killed his Lievetenant-General with about twenty that they saw of his Men and the English had not the loss of one Man but two wounded We having all this while a Party of Unkus's Indians in the Field on our side About the 15th of August Captain Mosely with