The history of King Philip's War

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a very famous Captain among the Enemy was at AJfawompfet,
with a numerous Company.
But the Carts muft now be guarded, and the opportunity
of vifiting Tifpaquin muft now be laid afide: The
Carts are to be faithfully guarded, left Tifpaquid mould
attack them.
Coming towards Taunton, Capt. Church taking two
Men with him, made all fpeed to the Town; and coming
to the River fide, 228 he hollow'd, and inquiring of them that
came to the River, for Maj. Bradford, or his Captains; he
was inform'd, they were in the Town, at the Tavern. He
told them of the Carts that were coming, that he had the
cumber of guarding of them, which had already prevented
his improving opportunities of doing Service. Pray'd
therefore that a guard might be fent over to receive the
Carts, that he might be at liberty; refufing all invitations
and perfwafions, to go over to the Tavern, to vilit the
his fon William bail Tobias — accufed prefumed to have travelled, took fome-
(and afterwards convicted) of Saufa- thing of the general courfe now taken
man's murder — in lands to the value by the Middleborough and Taunton
of £100; 14 May, 1675, they fell Affa- R.R., running fouth of that cul-de-fac
wompfett neck to John Tompfon et al., in which the Taunton River enclofes a
as a fecurity againft the claims of fouth-eaft portion of Raynham, ftriking
others. In the fpring of 1676 he was the river for croffing a few rods above
at the head of fome 300 men, and had the place where it receives Little
a hand in the attempt to burn Scituate, River, and there connecting, as I am
20 April, and Bridgewater, 8 May. informed, with what is now Summer
[Ply»i. Col. Rec. xii : 229, 230, 235 St. From the eaft bank of the river,
v: 159; Drake's Book of the Ind. 193, where he now " hollow'd," to the town
194, 241, 242.] and the " tavern," muft have been
•£&
-phe qJj roacj from Middleborough probably a third of a mile, or a little
to Taunton, on which Church may be more.
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