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The history of King Philip's War

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Receiving Commiffion, he Marched the fame Night into<br />

the Woods, got to Middleberry before day, 219 and as foon<br />

as the light appeared, took into the Woods and Swampy<br />

thickets, towards a place where they had fome reafon to<br />

expe£t to meet with a parcel <strong>of</strong> Narraga7ifet Indians, with<br />

fome others that belonged to Mount-hope : Coming near<br />

to where they expected them, Capt. Church's Indian<br />

Scout difcovered the Enemy, and well obferving their<br />

fires, and p<strong>of</strong>tures, Returned with the intelligence to their<br />

Captain, who gave fuch directions for the furrounding <strong>of</strong><br />

them, as had the dire6t effect; furprizing them from<br />

every fide fo unexpectedly, that they were all taken, not fo<br />

much as one efcaped. And upon a ftrick examination,<br />

they gave intelligence <strong>of</strong> another parcel <strong>of</strong> the Enemy, at<br />

to us ; th<strong>of</strong>e that come in are conquered<br />

and help to conquer others." But<br />

Church had done nothing in this campaign<br />

which could be fo referred to,<br />

previous to his fetting <strong>of</strong>f into the<br />

woods, here fpoken <strong>of</strong>. <strong>The</strong>refore Mr.<br />

Walley muft refer to the remits <strong>of</strong> this<br />

expedition to Namasket and Monponfet,<br />

which muft, by confequence, have<br />

taken place between the ioth and iSth<br />

<strong>of</strong> July. It will be feen, alfo, further<br />

on, that Church twice ftates that he<br />

kept up this guerrilla warfare " feveral<br />

weeks " ; and then proceeds to narrate,<br />

as if taking place fubfequently, his fet-<br />

ting out for Bridgewater in purfuit <strong>of</strong><br />

Philip; which, by his account, was on<br />

Sunday, 30th July. If his firft expedition<br />

was, as I fuggeft above, on Monday,<br />

the ioth, only three weeks would<br />

intervene to make good his "feveral."<br />

<strong>The</strong>n, in the fecond place, the very<br />

terms <strong>of</strong> the commiflion itfelf ftiow that<br />

it was that " enlarged " one to which he<br />

fubfequently refers ; becaufe it gives him<br />

authority to " commiflionate <strong>of</strong>ficers<br />

under him," to " march as far as he<br />

lhould fee caufe, within the limits <strong>of</strong><br />

the three United Colonies," to " receive<br />

to mercy, give quarter or not, &c. &c."<br />

[See p. 104.]<br />

218 Middlcborough is a very large<br />

town, wh<strong>of</strong>e eaftern boundary is about<br />

10 miles weft <strong>of</strong> the village <strong>of</strong> Plymouth.<br />

Namajket was its Indian name, — from<br />

namas, " fiih " ;<br />

namas-ohke-ut, " at the<br />

filb-place " : that portion <strong>of</strong> the town<br />

which ftill bears the name, being a noted<br />

filhing-place among the Indians.<br />

219 Tuefday, 1 1 July, 1676 ?

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