The history of King Philip's War

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never returning empty handed. When he wanted intelli-
gence of their Kennelling Places, he would March to fome
place likely to meet with fome travellers or ramblers, and
fcattering his Company, would lye clofe; and feldom lay
above a day or two, at the moft, before fome of them
would fall into their hands : Whom he would compel to
inform, where their Company was; and fo by his method
of fecret and fudden furprizes took great Numbers of
them Prifoners. 222
The Government obferving his extraordinary courage
and conduct, and the fuccefs from Heaven added to it,
faw caufe to inlarge his Commiffion; gave him power to
raife, and difmifs his Forces, as he mould fee occalion;
[32] to Commiffionate Officers under him, and to March
as far as he mould fee caufe, within the limits of the three
United Colonies: to receive to mercy, give quarter, or
not ; excepting fome particular & noted Murderers : viz.
Philip, and all that were at the deftroying of Mr. Clark's
Garrifon, and fome few others 223
Major Bradford being now at Taunton with his Army 224
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222 The arrangement mentioned Colony Record as " coepartenors in the
above, by which thofe volunteers re- outrage comitted att William Clarke's
ceived one half of the value of the houfe, att the Eelriuer, 12 March, 1676."
prifoners and arms which were taken, \_Plym. Col. Rcc. v : 206.]
as their pay for fervice ; fheds light upon 224 By the kindnefs of Mr. Haven of
their efpecial anxiety to capture the the Antiquarian Society in Worcefter,
enemy alive. and of Judge Collamore of Royalton,
223 This is the commiffion dated 24th Vt., I am in poffeffion of copies of a
July, and inferted on p. 100. On the letter written from Taunton, on the 16th
21ft July, three days before, the names of this month by Anthony Collamore,
of eleven Indians were placed on the one of Bradford's army there, giving
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