The history of King Philip's War

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and left the Englifti ftwuld light on them, and kill them, he
would leave his coujin Light-foot 238 {whom the Englifti knew
to be their Friend} to be his guard. Little Eyes expreffed
himfelf very thankful to the Captain. He leaving his
orders with Light-foot, returns to the Rivers fide towards
Poneganfet, to Ruftels Orchard, 239 coming near the Orchard
they clap'd into a thicket and there lodg'd the reft of the
Night without any fire; and upon the Morning light
appearing, moves towards the Orchard, difcovers fome of
the Enemy, who had been there the day before, and had
beat down all the Apples, and carryed them away; dif-
covered alfo where they had lodg'd that Night, and faw
the ground where they fet their baskets bloody, being as
they fuppofed and as it was afterwards difcovered to be
with the flefh of Swine, &c. which they had killed that
day: They had lain under [34] the Fences without any
fires; and feem'd by the marks they left behind them to
be very numerous, perceived alfo by the dew on the grafs
that they had not been long gone; and therefore mov'd
a-pace in purfuit of them. Travelling three Miles, or
more, they came into the Country Road, where the track
parted, one parcel fleered towards the Weft end of the
great Cedar Swamp, and the other to the Eafl end. 240
233 Lightfoot appears to have been 24 ° The three miles feem to have
one of Awafhonks' Indians who volun- brought them near to what is now
teered at Mattapoifet (p. 99). Church known as the village of North Dart-
afterwards gave him the title of cap- mouth. The eaftern path Ikirting the
tain. He fought with Church in the fwamp ran over toward Acufhnet; the
firft expedition eaft, in 1689. weftern would feem to have led up near
See note no, ante. where Turner's Mills now ftand, on
in