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A58606	A new and further narrative of the state of New-England being a continued account of the bloudy Indian-War, from March till August, 1676, giving a perfect relation of the several devastations, engagements, and transactions there : as also the great successes lately obtained against the barbarous Indians, the reducing of King Philip, and the killing of one of the queens, &c. : together with a catalogue of the losses in the whole sustaining on either side since the said war began, as near as can be collected.	N. S.	1676 (1676)	Wing S120; ESTC R8787	15,197	18

Captives and sent them down thither to give Information of what they had seen which was That being carried with a Party three days Journey towards the North East from the place where King Philip lay which was between thirty and fourty English miles from Albany He came up to an Indian Rendevouz made by a mighty Sachem near Hossicke-River towards Canada where one of them told one and Twenty hundred men compleat and the Indians themselves drawing out into three ranks that he might view them the better made him tell them over three times who he said were generally well-armed with good fire-arms and most of them young men few so old as forty And that amongst them there were about 500. of those with straws about their noses commonly called French-Indians That neither King Philip nor that party consisting of about four hundred were then with them and that the said Philips own men were not above one hundred himself being very sickly and having but little esteem or authority amongst them One of the said released prisoners declared further that from that rendevouz he returned with the rest towards Albany being afterwards given by the North-Indians to the Mahicanders or River-Indians who have been always suspected to be too kinde to those bloody ones of the North And also affirms that the said North-Indians at the said rendevouz in a vapouring manner declared that their intent was first to destroy Connecticot this Spring then Boston in the Harvest and afterwards the Dutch meaning what the Dutch had here About the same time also there was much discourse and consultation about a project for giving these Northern Indians that thus infested and harassed New-England a diversion by engaging the Mohucks another sort of Indians inhibiting towards New-York and formerly inveterate enemies to these ●●ainst them on the other side and it was certainly reported that th●●●vernour of New-York would upon request and reasonable proposalls freely make use of his interest amongst that people which is very great for effecting so good a designe Yea the Pequod Sachem who always has continued freindly and faithful to the English venturing his men on all occasions who have done very good service seemed much to wonder that we did not carry it on affirming that the said Mohucks were the only persons likely to put an end to the war by hindring the Enemy from planting and forcing them down upon us but this counsell for I know not what good reasons of some amongst us was not thought fit at least for the present to be so vigourously pursued as some expected But to proceed with the Narrative On the second of April Maj. Savage Capt. Mosely Capt. William Turner and Capt. Whitpoll with 300 men marched from Marleborow to Quoboge where they had ordered the Connecticot Forces to attend their coming and accordingly the parties being joined endeavoured to finde out the Enemy and give them battel But these Heathens being like wolves and other beasts of prey that commonly do their mischiefs in the Night or by stealth durst not come forth out of the woods and Swamps where they lay skulking in small companies being so light of foot that they can run away when they list and passe boggs rocky mountains and thickets where we could by no means pursue them only now and then we met with some straglers before they were aware and one time marching towards Northampton had a brisk dispute with a small party who fell upon our rear but we quickly repelled them and killed about 20. in a hot pursuit after them without the losse of one man on our side and but one wounded About the same time Maj. Palmer having been scouring the Narragansets Country brought in 30. of the Enemy and 60. of Ninnicrofts people which were about 30. fighting men who delivered up themselves to our protection we kept their wives and children safely as hostages and made the men go abroad with our parties who did us great service in clearing the woods likewise the Pequods and Mohegins who proved a good guard to New London Norwich and the Rivers mouth brought in 27. of the Enemy and much plunder April the 6. John Winthrope Esq a member of the Royal Society and Governour of Connecticot Colony having like a faithfull patriot served his Country dyed at Boston of a natural distemper after about 8. days sicknesse and was there interred in his fathers Tomb with an Universal lamentation and all the Honours that our distresses and distractions would allow And though it be usually said Inter arma silent Musae yet could not all our martial confusions wholly strike our Muses dumb upon so worthy an occasion enough to make our Countrey bathe it self in tears as it hath lately done in bloud but they appeared in publique to pay a Funeral Tribute to his Honourable dust in a no lesse ingenious then passionate and mournfull Elegy upon him Printed here at Boston The next day the Governour intended to have marched out with about 300 English of his own Colony and 50 Cape-Indians and all things were in a readiness accordingly but not being supplied with any assistance from us he wanted Soldiers to secure his own Towns if they should be attacqued suddenly by the Indians who lie in wait for such opportunities during his absence and therefore was forced to let fall his designe and continue at home The 11. of April Cap. Denison with an 100. English Volunteers belonging to Connecticot Colony and as many Indians of whom some were Mohegins some Pequods and some of Ninnicrofts men that had revolted from him the said friendly Indians being commanded by the young Sachem Unkus whose Father the only Christian Sagamore hath during all this War continued faithful Upon their March ranging the Narraganset Countrey near Potuxit they fell upon a Party of the Enemy Commanded by that famous but very bloudy and cruel Sachem Quononshot otherwise called Myantonomy whom the English formerly presented with a rich Lac't Coat they fought very obstinately a considerable time but at last our men with very small losse obtained the victory killed above 50 of the Enemy on the place and took 40. more alive and amongst the rest that insolent Sachem Myantonomy himself together with another Sachem and several other of his chief Counsellors and friends The said Myantonomys carriage was strangely proud and lofty after he was taken being examined why he did foment that War which would certainly be the destruction of him and all the Heathen Indians in the country c. He would make no other reply to any Interrogatories but this That he was born a Prince and if Princes came to speak with him he would answer but none present being such he thought himself obliged in honour to hold his tongue and not hold discourse with such persons below his birth and quallity He told them he wisht rather to die then to continue under confinement that all he desired was not to be tortured but presently put to death which he

taken up and revived The house they plundred of provision and goods to a great value Eight compleat Arms 30 l. of Powder with an answerable Quantity of Lead for Bullets and 150 l. in ready money The said Mr. Clark himself narrowly escaping their Cruelty by being at that Instant at a Meeting Sunday the 26th of March was sadly remarkable to us for the Tidings of a very deplorable disaster brought unto Boston about 5 a Cloak that afternoon by a Post from Dedham viz. That Captain Peirce scituate in Plimmouth Colony having Intelligence in his Garrison at Seaconicke that a Party of the Enemy lay near Mr. Blackstones went forth with 63 English and 20 of the Cape Indians who had all along continued faithful and joyned with them and upon their march discovered rambling in an obscure woody place 4 or 5. Indians who in getting away from us halted as if they had been Lame or wounded But our men had pursued them but a little way into the woods before they found them to be only Decoys to draw them into their Ambuscade For on a sudden they discovered above 500 Indians who in very good order furiously attacqued them being as readily received by ours So that the Fight began to be very fierce and dubious and our men had made the Enemy begin to retreat but so slowly that it scarce deserved that name when a fresh company of about 400. Indians came in so that the English and their few Indian friends were quite surrounded and beset on every side Yet they made a brave resistance for above Two hours During all which time they did great execution upon the Enemy whom they kept at a distance and themselves in order For Captain Pierce cast his 63. English and 20 Indians into a Ring and fought back to back and were double-double distance all in one Ring whilst the Indians were as thick as they could stand Thirty deep Over power'd with whose Numbers the said Captain and 55. of his English and ten of their Indian friends were slain upon the place which in such a Cause and upon such disadvantages may certainly be stiled The Bed of Honour However they sold their worthy Lives at a gallant rate It being affirmed by those few that not without wonderfull difficulty and many wounds made their escape that the Indians lost as many Fighting men not counting women and children in this Engagement as were killed at the battle in the Swamp near Narraganset mentioned in our last Letter which were generally computed to be above Three hundred The same day some Christians going to a Meeting at Springfield with a small Guard were ambuscaded by Eight Indians and a man and woman slain and the rest supposing the Enemies number to have been greater then it was for in truth our men were twice as many yet struck with terrour fled and left two women and two Children to the Enemies mercy whom they carried away captive greatly insulting that so few of them should make so many English fly Of this accident Major Savage at Hadly being immediatly advertised by a Post sent specially on that occasion dispatcht a Party of Horse to pursue the Enemy and the next morning found their Track and soon after discovered them who seeing our men approach took the two poor Infants and in the sight both of their Mothers and our men tossed them up in the air and dasht their brains out against the Rocks and with their hackets knockt down the women and forthwith fled The place being exceeding rocky and a Swamp just by our horse could not follow them and on foot were not able to overtake them So that the bloudy Villains for the present escaped deserved vengeance Yet it pleased God that both the women revived and being come again to their understanding one of them declared that she knew every particular person of these Eight Indians and that they advised them to put all the men they could light upon to death but to save as many women and houses as they could for them c. On Tuesday following the barbarous Infidels destroied sixty and six Houses besides Barns and Buildings in Seaconicke but we do not hear of any person there slain On Wednesday they stormed Providence and consumed the greatest part of the Houses but without taking away the life of any person except one Wright of whom it is reported That he was a man of a singular and sordid humour of great knowledge in the Scriptures but of no particular professed sect or perswasion one that derided Watches Fortifications and all publick endeavours and administrations for the common safety Insomuch that after all alarms round about he refused to bring in any of his Goods which were of considerable value or to shelter himself in any Garison but presumed he should be safe in his own house where the Enemy found and butchered him It is further credibly related concerning him that he had a strange confidence or rather conceit that whilest he held his Bible in his hand he looked upon himself as secure from all kinde of violence and that the Enemy finding him in that posture deriding his groundlesse apprehension or folly therein ript him open and put his Bible in his belly But indeed the reason that the Inhabitants of the Towns of Seaconick and Providence generally escaped with their lives is not to be attributed to any compassion or good-nature of the Indians whose very mercies are inhumane cruelties but next to Gods providence to their own prudence in avoiding their fury when they found themselves too weak and unable to resist it by a timely Flight into Rhode-Island which now became the common Zoar or place of Refuge for the Distressed yet some remained till their coming to destroy the said Towns as in particular Mr Williams at Providence who knowing several of the chief Indians that came to fire that Town discoursed with them a considerable time who pretended their greatest quarrel was against Plimmouth and as for what they attempted against the other Colonies they were constrained to it by the spoil that was done them at Narraganset They told him that when Captain Pierce engaged them near Mr. Blackstones they were bound for Plimouth They gloried much in their successe promising themselves the Conquest of the whole Country and rooting out of all the English Mr. Williams reproved their confidence minded them of their Cruelties and told them that the Bay viz. Boston could yet spare Ten thousand men and if they should destroy all them yet it was not to be doubted but our King would send as many every year from Old England rather then they should share the Countrey they answered proudly That they should be ready for them or to that effect but told Mr. Williams that he was a good man and had been kinde to them formerly and therefore they would not hurt him About the latter end of March came advice from New-York That the Indians in a bravado had released two English