The history of King Philip's War

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emy, they mufl make a bujinefs of the War, as the Enemy
did ; and that for his own part, he had wholly laid afide all
his own private bufinefs and concerns, ever finee the War
broke out. He told them, That if they would fend forth
fuck Forces as he fwuld direel to, he would go with them for
Six weeks March, which was long enough for Men to be kept
in the Woods at once ; and if they might be fure of Liberty
to return in fuck a fpace, Men would go out chearfully.
And he would engage 150 of the befl Souldiers fJwuld imme-
diately Lift Voluntarily to go with him, if they wouldpleaf
to add 50 more', and 100 of the Friend Indians ; and with
fiich an Army he made no doubt but he might do good Ser-
vice ; but on other terms he did not incline to be concern''d.
Their reply was, That they were already in debt, and fo
big an Army would bring fuch charge upon them, that
they mould never be able to pay. 153 And as for fending
153 The Council, at its ioth March
feffion, affigned lands at Skotvamett
(Warwick, R.-I.) to the fuppofed value
of £500, at AJfonett neck (Freetown)
to the value of £200, at AJfaxvamffctt
(around the pond in Middleborough)
to the value of £200, and about Agaivam
and Sepeca.71 (in Wareham, and
what is now Marion) to the value of
£100, to be divided to the foldiers ; " noe
•way att p'Jcnt aftfeeritig to raifc motl-
eys." They, at the fame time, further
laid a rate of £1000. upon the eleven
towns of the Colony, "to be payed in
clothing, provifions, or cattle, att mony
prife ; an indifferent good, ordinary
cow being to be vallued at 455. and
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other cattle according to that propor-
tion, for the payment of fuch of the
fouldiers whofe needy condition may
call for other fupplyes more fuitable
for their families then lands," &c. The
following lift of the proportions of the
feveral towns in this rate has intereft
as indicating their then relative fize.
I add their feveral proportions of a
" preffe " of 300 men, on the 29th March
following.
£ s. d. Men.
Plymouth . . . 99 : 03 : 06 . . 30
Duxbury . . . 46: 11 : 10 . . 16
Bridgewater . . 46: 11 : 10 . . 16
Scituate . . . 165 : 09 : 00 . . 50
Taunton . . 92 : 13 : 06 . . 30
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