The history of King Philip's War

them. 225
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But he obtaining other guards for the Carts, as
far as Middleborough, ran before with a fmall Company,
hoping to meet with fome of the Enemy, appointing the
Carts and their guards to meet them at Nemafcut
about an hour after the Suns rifing next Morning : he
arrived there about the breaking of the day-light, dis-
covered a company of the Enemy; but his time was too
fhort to wait for gaining advantage; and therefore ran
right in upon them, Surprized and Captivated about 16 of
them: who upon examination, inform'd, That Tifpaquin^ 11
one of the twin daughters of Ifaac
Chittenden, and had five children
(Mary, Peter, Sarah, Martha, Eliza-
beth). He was loft on a coafting
voyage from Scituate to Bofton, 16
Dec., 1693, on a ledge of rocks off Scit-
uate beach, which, to this day, bears
the name of Collamore's Ledge. He
was commander of the militia of the
town at the time, and was buried " un-
der arms." — [Deane's Scituate, 239,
240.]
225 This expedition feems to have
taken place 20-27 July. Increafe Mather,
writing under date of Saturday,
22 July, fays : " This week alfo, Capt.
Church, of Plimouth, with a fmall party
confifting of about 18 Engli/k and 22
Indians [Hubbard (p. ioo) gives the
fame as the number of the party] had
four feveral engagements with the enemy,
&c"; going on to fpeak of the
capture of Tiaihq's fquaw, in a way to
identify this as the expedition to which
he refers. \BriefHiJIory, 42.]
226 See note 218, ante. The exacl:
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place in Middleborough here intended,
I fuppofe to be, fay 30 rods above
the bridge where the road from the
Green to the Four Corners croffes the
Nemasket River; where were rapids,
and near which is now the Lower
Factory, or Star Mills.
227 Tifpaquin {Tufpaqnin, abbrev.
from Watufpaquin, alias the Black
Sacheiri) was Sachem of Affawompfett,
the territory furrounding the pond of
that name in Middleborough. He received
his land from " Pamontaquajk,
the Pond Sachem " (who was probably
his father), by will dated 29 Ocl:., 1668.
He deeded land, 9 Aug., 1667, to Hen-
ry Wood; 17 July, 1669, with his fon
William, to Experience Mitchel et al. ;
10 June, 1670, to Edward Gray; 30
June, 1672, to Edward Gray and Jofias
Window ; in 1673, to John Saufaman ;
II Mar., 1673, to Felix, Saufaman's
fon-in-law ; 3 July, 1673, to Benjamin
Church and John Tompfon ; 23 Dec,
1673, to Saufaman's daughter, called
AJfotvetough ; 1 March, 1674-5, he and