The history of King Philip's War

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up, he fpy'd them a more at Sandy-point^ on the Ifland fide
of the River, with a number of Horfe and Foot by them,
and wondred what mould be the occafion; until he was
afterwards informed, That the Boats had been over that
Morning from the Ifland, and had landed a Party of Men
at Fogland^ that were defign'd in Punkatees Neck to fetch
off fome Cattel and Horfes, but were Ambufcado'd, and
many of them wounded by the Enemy. 87
Now our Gentlemans Courage and Conduct were both
put to the Teft, he incourages his Men; and orders fome
to run and take a Wall to fhelter before the Enemy gain'd
it. Twas time for them now to think of efcaping if they
knew "which way. Mr. Church orders his Men to ftrip to
their white Shirts, that the I/landers might difcover them
to be Englilh Men; & then orders Three Guns to be fired
diftinct, hoping it might be obferv'd by their friends on
the oppofite Shore. 88 The Men that were ordered to take
85 Probably what is now designated affaulted by the fame Indians, and one
as "McCarry's point," on the Portf- of the five Avas Capt. Churches Servant,
mouth more, rather than that now called who had his Leg broke in the Skirmifh,
"Sandy point," which is a mile and a the reft hardly efcaping with their lives :
half further fouth. this was the firft time that ever any
86 Foglcuid point is a fpur of land mifchief was done by the Indians upon
projecting from the weftern fhore of Pocajfet Neck. Thofe of Road-IJIand
Punkatees neck, and reaching a third were hereby Alarmed to look to them-
of the way acrofs Narraganfett river felves, as well as the reft of the Englifh
toward Portfmouth on the ifland of of Plimoufh, or the Majfachufets Col-
Rhode-Ifland. ony." [Narrative, 25.]
87 Hubbard fays: "It feems in the 88 It was probably not over a mile
former part of the fame day, five men and a half in a ftraight line, from the
coming from Road-IJIand, to look up fcene of this fkirmifh to the point acrofs
their Cattle upon Pocajfet Neck, were the water where their friends were.
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