The history of King Philip's War

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Army made their efcape into the defarts. But Mr. Church
meeting with fair Winds arriv'd fafe at the Major's Garri-
fon in the evening. 128 And foon began to inquire after the
Enemies Reforts, Wigwams or Sleeping Places; and having
gain'd fome intelligence, he propofed to the Eldriges
and fome other brisk hands, that he met with, to attempt
the Surprizing of fome of the Enemy to make a Prefent of
to the General, when he mould arrive: which might advantage
his defign; being brisk blades, they readily com-
ply'd with the motion, and were foon upon their March.
The Night was very cold, but blefs'd with the Moon*,
before the day broke they effected their exploit, and by
the riling of the Sun arrived at the Major's Garrifon,
where they met the General and prefented him with Eigh-
teen of the Enemy, they had Captiv'd. The General
projects into Narraganfett Bay, having
Providence River on the eaft, and Cowefet
Bay on the ibuth and weft, it being
the eaftern portion of the town of Warwick,
R.-I. The name is perhaps from
pumtnu, "he fhoots " ;
fiunnvacn, fium-
muaen, "one who fhoots." With re-
duplicative
—
pe'-pumtvaefi, "an arch-
er" (Eliot). Or perhaps, from picmmoJiham,
"he goes by water" (goes in
boats). Eliot ufes the derivative, pummohhamivaenuog
(pi.) for "mariners"
(Jonah, i : 5.). The pofition of the Shaomet
or Warwick Indians favors this
etymology.
128 The evening of Saturday, 11 Dec,
1675. [/?.-/. Hift. Coll. iii : 83.]
129 There were three Eldridges (or
Eldreds), Samuel, James, and Thomas,
in Wickford, R.-I., in 1670; as is proven
by their names attached to a coroner's
jury verdict, dated July 14, of that year.
In 1679, the names of John and Samuel
are attached to a petition to the king.
In 1692, Thomas was Lieut., and John,
Etisign ; and in 1702, Daniel was Cap-
tain. Samuel was Conftable under appointment
of Conn, in the boundary
troubles of 1670, and thereabouts, and
was committed to jail by the R.-I. authorities
for attempting to act for Conn,
in an arreft for murder. Savage fug-
gefts that Samuel (of Cambridge in
1646) was the father of at leaft fome of
them, adding that Samuel (the fori)
was at Rochefter in 16SS. [7?.-/. Col.
dice, ii : 344;
iii: 60, 2S7, 461; R.-I.
Hijl. Coll. iii : 73 ; Gen. Ditf. ii : 107.]