The history of King Philip's War

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out of their Fort fo haftily that they carried nothing with
them: that if the Englifit had kept in the Fort, the Indians
had certainly been neceffitated, either to furrender them-
felves to them, or to have periihed by Hunger, and the
feverity of the Seafon. Some time after this Fort-fight a
certain Sogkonate Indian hearing Mr. Church relate the
manner of his being wounded, told him, That he did not
know but he him/elf was the Indian that wounded him, for
that he was one of that company of Indians that Mr.
Church made a Shot upon when they were rifing tip to make
a Shot into the Fort ; they were in number about 60 or 70,
that juft then came down from Pumhams Towji, and never
before then fired a Gttn againft the Englifh ; that when Mr.
Church fired upon them he killed 14 dead in the Spot, and
wounded a greater number than he killed, many of which
dyed afterwards with their wounds, in the Cold and Storm
the following Night.
Mr. Church was mov'd with other wounded men over
to Rhode-Ifland, where in about a Months time 140 he was
in fome good meafure recovered of his Wounds, and the
Fever that attended them. And then went over to the Gen-
eral to take his leave of him, with a delign to return home.
what {laughter was made in the howfes ing the firft edition, made here the
& bj the burning of the howfes, all of curious blunder of fubftituting " three
which he fajth were burnt except 5 months time" for "a months time,"
or 6 thereabouts." [Narrative, 54
Ilutchinfon's Hijl. Mafs. (ed. 1795), i
273, ?iote ; Col. Rcc. of Conn, ii : 398
as originally fet down ; and Dr. Stiles
did not correct their error, which has
been perpetuated in all the editions
4 Mafs. Hifl. Coll. vi : 309.] iince, and which led Mr. Drake, in his
140 Southwick's compofitors, in copy- fecond edition, quite naturally to fup-
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