The history of King Philip's War

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the Moofiags made a defcent upon him and killed many
of his Men, which moved him from thence.
His next kennelling Place was at the falls of Connecti-
cut River, 147 where fometime after Capt. Turner found
him, came upon him by Night, kill'd him a great many
The Pincheon papers fay " the Scatakook
or River Indians, moil of them,
were fugitives from New England in
the time of Philip's war." [2 Mafs.
Hijl. Coll. viii : 244.]
146 Increafe Mather fays, " We hear
that Philip being this winter entertained
in the Mohawks Country, Made
it his defign to breed a quarrel between
the Englijk and them ;
to effedt which,
divers of our returned Captives do re-
port that he refolved to kill fome fcat-
tering Mohawks, & then to fay that
the EngliJJi had done it; but one of
thofe whom he thought to have killed
was only wounded, and got away to
his Country men, giving them to undcr-
ftand that not the EngliJJi but Philip
had killed the Men that were Murdered,
fo that inftead of bringing the Mohazvks
upon the EngliJJi, he brought them upon
himfelf." Judd fays this " does not
deferve the lean: credit." [Brief Hif
tory, 38; Hijl. Hadley, 182.]
147 The great falls in the Connecticut
River, near where the towns of Montague,
Gill, and Greenfield meet, which
Dr. Hitchcock thought the fineft in
New England. Unable to plant as
ufual, the Indians were driven to avail
themfelves more of fiih ; and no fpot in
the country offered fuch ihad-fifhing as
this. [ Geology oj Mafs. 275; Hoyt's
Antiq. Refearches, 127.]
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148 William Turner, of Dartmouth,
Eng., then of Dorchefter, 1642, freeman,
10 May, 1643, removed to Bofton,
was " by trade a tailor," and was
one of the founders of the firft Bap-
tift Church in 1665. Early in Phil-
ip's war, " he gathered a company of
volunteers, but was denied a commif-
fion, and difcouraged becaufe the chief
of the company were Anabaptifts. After-
wards, when the war grew more general
and diftructive, and the country in very
great diftrefs, having divers towns
burnt, and many men flain, then he
was defired to accept a com million.
He complained it was too late, his men
on whom he could confide being Scat-
tered ; however was moved to accept."
He marched " as Captain, under Maj.
Savage as chief commander, " to relieve
the weftern towns. 19 May, 1676, with
180 men, he furprifed the Indians at
thefe falls and killed from 130 to 1S0,
but on his return was killed, with 38 of
his men. He married Mary, widow
of Key Alfop; though he feems to have
had another wife — perhaps named
Frances. His will, dated 10 Feb., 1676,
mentions children. [Savage's Gen.
Did. iv : ; 348 Backus's Hijl. New Eng.
i : 423 ; Hoyt's Antiq. Refearches, 12S.
Holland's Hijl. Wcjlern Mafs. i: 121;
Judd's Hijl. Hadley, 163, 171
dict's Hijl. Bap/, i : 384.]
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