The history of King Philip's War

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/paring of their Ammunition, and he made no doubt but they
Jlwutd come well off yet, &c. until his little Army, again refolve
one and all to flay with, and ftick by him. One of
them by Mr. Churches order was pitching a flat Stone up
an end before him in the Sand, when a Bullet from the
Enemy with a full force ftroke the Stone while he was
pitching it an end; which put the poor fellow to a miferable
ftart, till Mr. Church calPd upon him to obferve, How
God direcled the Bullets that the Enemy could not hit him
when in the fame place, yet could hit the Stone as it was
erected.
While they were thus making the belt defence they
could againft their numerous Enemies that made the
Woods ring with their conftant yelling [n] and fhouting
: And Night coming on, fome body told Mr. Church,
they fpy'd a Sloop up the River as far as Gold-Ifland, 2 that
feemed to be coming down towards them: He look'd up
and told them Succour was now coming, for he believed it
zvas Capt. Golding, 93 whom he knew to be a Man for bufi-
92 Gould IJland is a fmall rocky ifl- I. ; at any rate he is dubioufly referred
and, perhaps three quarters of a mile to in that connection in the R.-I. Colodue
fouth of the Stone bridge. It was nial Records for 6 Nov. 1672. He was
purchafed of the Indians, 28 Mar. 1657, prefent at the killing of Philip. He
by Thomas Gould, of Newport, and married Penelope, daughter of the firft
took its name from him, and not, as has Benedict Arnold. Plymouth Colony,
been fometimes ftated, from the occur- 1 Nov. 1676, gave Capt. Golding one
rence here narrated. [Arnold's Hijl. hundred acres of land, becaufe he "hath
R.-I. i : 266 ; Fowler's Hijl. Sketch of approued himfelfe to be our conftant,
Fall River, 9.]
reall frind in the late warr, and very of-
93 Caft. Roger Golding {Golden, ficious and healpfull as occation hath
Goulden) was captain of a velfel, and bine, when as our armies and fouldiers
feems to have lived in Portfmouth, R.- haue bin in thole p'tes, and haue had
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