The history of King Philip's War

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and Sail from thence to Sandwich : which in fine, was
concluded upon.
So Mr. Church promising to come as foon as he could
poffibly obtain a Veffel, and then they parted. He re-
turned to the Ifland, and was at great pains and charge to
get a Veffel, but with unaccountable difappointments;
fometimes by the falfenefs, and fometimes by the faint-
heartednefs of Men that he bargained with, and fomething
by Wind and Weather, &c. [26]
Until at length Mr. Anthony Low m put into the Har-
bour 187 with a loaden Veffel bound to the Weftward, and
being made acquainted with Mr. Churches cafe, told him,
That he had fo much kindnefs for him, and was fo ft leafed
with the bufinefs that he was ingaged in, that he would run
the venture of his Veffel & Cargo, to wait ufton him.
Accordingly, next Morning they fet Sail with a Wind that
foon brought them to Sogkonate-point\ but coming there
they met with a contrary wind, and a great fwelling Sea.
The Indians were there waiting upon the Rocks, but
186 Anthony Lowe (Loc), fon of John, there in May, 1704, and conftable there
Bofton, removed after 1654 to Warwick, in 06t., 1706; or whether that Anthony
R.-I. ; in 165S was fined £3, by Plym- were his fon, I cannot determine,
outh Court for felling a piftol to an In- [Savage's Gen. Did. iii : 125; Plym.
dian, at Eaftham ; in 16S0 owned land Col. Rec. iii: 137; vi ; 56, 101 ; R.-I.
adjoining Nathaniel Peck's in Swanfey, Col. Rec. iii : 49S, 571-]
and in 1682-3 was living at Swanfey, 187 Newport Harbor, as I suppofe.
and had an Indian Have named James, There is nothing that can be called a
to whom the Plymouth Colony ordered harbor on the eaft ibore of the ifland.
his freedom and " a good fuite of Newport was not more than five or fix
clothes." Whether he afterwards re- miles from Capt. Almy's houfe in
turned to Warwick, and was freeman Portfmouth.
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