The history of King Philip's War

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that prov'd as troublefome and chargeable as that at
Mount-hope
"
3
and the remainder of the Summer was im-
prov'd in providing for the Forts and Forces there main-
tained, while our Enemies were fled fome hundreds of
Miles into the Country, near as far as Albany. And now
ftrong Sufpicions began to arife of the Narraganfet In-
dians that they were ill affected, and deligned mifchief;
and fo the event foon difcovered. The next Winter they
began their Hoftilities, upon the EngliJJi The United
Colonies then agreed to fent an Army to fupprefs them: 121
the fite of this Pocaflet garrifon, but
fuppofe it to have been within the pres-
ent city-limits of Fall River.
119 The Narraga7ifett Indians may be
generally defcribed as having occupied
the lower half of what is now the main
land of the State of Rhode-Ifland, in-
cluding the whole of Wafhington, with
the lower portion of Kent Counties.
[Gookin, i Mafs. Hift. Coll. i : 147; R.-
I.HiJh. Coll. iii: 1.] With regard to
the fignificance of this name, concerning
which various fuggeftions have
been made, (Drake's Book of the In-
dians, 87, note,) Mr. Trumbull quotes
Roger Williams : "I was within a pole
of it, but could not learn why it was
called Nahiganfct," and fays, "to whom
I have nothing to add."
120 From the date of Philip's efcape
acrofs Taunton River (1 Aug.), hoftilities
had been in progrefs. Mendon fettlers
fell firft. Early in Auguft, £>iiaboag
(Brookfield) was deftroyed. About the
firft of September, Deerfield was burned.
Soon after, Squakeag (Northfield) was
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afiaulted, and the majority of Capt
Beers's party, going to its relief, killed.
Early in October, Springfield was at-
tacked, and 32 houfes fired. A few days
later, 19 06t., Hatfield was affailed.
The Narraganfetts fheltered the women
of the warrior Indians, and guns were
found among them which had been
taken from Beers's men ; fo that they
were judged to be in complicity with
Philip. [Hubbard's Narrative, 32-42,
; 48 Holmes's Annals, i : 372-375 ;
Indian Wars, 99-112.]
Hoyt's
121 The Commiftioners of the United
Colonies wrote from Bofton, 12 Nov.,
1675, to Rhode-Ifland, on this fubjedt, as
follows: " Findeing that y* Narriganfets
under pretence of freindlhip haue
bine and are very fals and perfideoufe,
holdeing as is reported to us great Cor-
rifpondency with the Enemy that are
in more open hoftillity receiveing,
releeving, and Contrary to their Covenant
detayneing many of the Enemy
men, women, and children to their
great advantage and our prejudife, and