The history of King Philip's War

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emy came into the faid [36] Meadow, and the fore-moft
fat down his load and halted, until all the company came
up, and then took up their loads & march'd again the fame
way that they came down into the Neck, which was the
neareft. way unto their Camp; had they gone the other
way along the River, 256 they could not have miffed Capt.
Churches Track, which, would doubtlefs have expos'd
them to the lofs of their Prifoners, if not of their lives.
But as foon as the Coaft was clear of them, the Captain
fends his Light-foot to fetch his Prifoners from the Ifland,
while he and Mr. Dillano returns to the company, fent
part of them to conduct L ight-foot & his company to the
aforefaid Meadow, where Capt. Church and his company
met them; croffing the Enemies Track they made all haft,
until they got over Mattapoifet-river near about four
Miles beyond the ruines of Cooks Houfe, where he ap-
pointed to meet his Indian company, whither he fent Dil-
lano ^ with two more to meet them; ordering them, that if
the Indians were not arrived, to wait for them. Accord-
ingly, finding no Indians there, they waited until late in
the Night, when they arrived with their booty. 258 They
255 The neareft path from Sconticut Mattapoifet Harbor, and its courfe for
neck to the Acuihnet crofting, probably its laft 5 miles averages about 4 miles
was then very nearly where the road eaft of the Acuihnet, on whole more
now is ; which averages a diftance of ftood Cook's houfe.
about a mile from the eaftern more of 258 The weftern path around the great
the Acuihnet. Church's path hugged cedar fwamp required much longer time
that fliore, and, as he crofted lower down, than the eaftern, over which Church
his track nowhere touched theirs. had come; and the Indians had that in
267 Mattapoifet River empties into mind in choofingit. (See note 240, ante.)
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