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[38] a great Tree a-crofs the River for a Bridge to° pafs over on; and juft as Philips old Uncle Akkompoin and fome other of his chiefs were paffing over the Tree, fome brisk Bridgwater Lads, had Ambufh'd them, fired upon them, and killed the old man, and feveral others, which put a ftop to their coming over the River that Night. Next Morning 272 Capt. Church moved very early with his Company which was increafed by many of Bridgwater that lifted under him for that Expedition, and by their Piloting, he foon came very ftill, to the top of the great Tree which the Enemy had fallen a-crofs the River; and the Captain fpy'd an Indian fitting upon the flump of it on the other fide of the river; and he clap'd his Gun up, and had doubtlefs difpatch'd him, but that one of his own Indians called haftily to him, Not to fire, for he believed it was one of his own men; upon which the Indian upon River Railroad. I diftruft this tradi- in his natural route from Monponfet. tion, however, and am of opinion that I fhould be inclined, then, to place the Philip kept up feveral miles further on probable pofition of the tree much near- the eaft bank of Town River, before er to Sprague's Hill than to Titicut. croffing, for thefe reafons : (i) it feems 271 Unkompoin [Uncompowett~\i\gne.d to me, intrinfically, quite as probable a treaty of friendship with the Englifh that he would do fo ; (2) the ftream at Plymouth, 6 Aug, 1662, with Philip, would be much lefs in width, and could and is there ftyled " Vnkell to the abouebe much eafier crofted upon a tree, in faid fachem." With Philip, he claimed the manner fuggefted ; (3) the requifites land in Swanfey, in 1668. Mather fays of the fubfequent narrative feem to me he was " one of his [Philip's] chief to require them to be further north on Councellors." Mr. Drake fays he was the ftream next day than they would alfo called Woonkaponehunt and Wohhave been if the tree had been as low kowpahenitt. [Plym. Col. Rec. iv down as Titicut; and (4) that my fup- 26; v: 79; Brief Hifi. 44; Book of pofition would bring their "firing" up Ind. 199, 203, 204.] more nearly within Church's hearing, ZJ2 Tuefday, 1 Aug. 126 :
[38] the ftump look'd about, and Capt. Churches Indian feeing his face perceived his miftake, for he knew him to be Philip ; clap'd up his Gun and fired, but it was too late, for Philip immediately threw himfelf off the ftump, leap'd down a bank on the fide of the River, and made his efcape. Capt Church as foon as poflible got over the River, and fcattered in queft of Philip, and his company; but the Enemy fcattered and fled every way; but he pick'd up a confiderable many of their Women and Chil- dren, among which was Philip'' s Wife, and Son of about Nine Years Old. 273 273 Philip's wife's name, Mr. Drake fays, was Wootoneka?iufke ; and he adds that (he was a fitter of one of the three wives of Quinnapin. Judge Davis gives an interesting account of the difcuflion that took place in the Colony in regard to the difpofition to be made of Philip's fon. The Court feem — as they often did, on queftions concerning which they had doubt, and the more efpecially when thofe queftions were of a moral nature — to have confulted the principal Reverend Elders. Samuel Arnold (paftor of the church in Marfhfield) and John Cotton (Plymouth) write, 7 Sept., 1676, thus : " Upon ferious confidera- tion, we humbly conceive that the children of notorious traitors, rebells and murtherers, efpecially of fuch as have bin principal leaders and aclors in fuch horrid villanies, and that againft a whole nation, yea the whole Ifrael of God, may be involved in the guilt of their parents, and may, falva repub- lican be adjudged to death, as to us Difcovering a confiderable new Track 127 feems evident by the fcripture inftances of Saul, Ac/ian, Human, the children of whom were cut off by the fword of Juftice for the tranfgreffions of their parents, although, concerning fome of thofe children, it be manifeft that they were not capable of being coaifters therein." Increafe Mather, of Bolton, wrote to Mr. Cotton, 30 Oc5t., 1676 " It is neceffary that fome effectual courfe fhould be taken about him [Philip's fon]. He makes me think of Hadad, who was a little child when his father (the chief fachem of the Edomites) was killed byjoab; and, had not others fled away with him, I am apt to think, that David would have taken a courfe, that Hadad fhould never have proved a fcourge to the next generation." Rev. James Keith, of Bridgewa- ter, alio wrote to Mr. Cotton, 30 Oct., 1676, but as follows : " I long to hear what becomes of Philip's wife and fon. I know there is fome difficulty in that PJ'alm, cxxxvii : 8, 9, though I think it :
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148 CHU. and Ni. * * * Oi ^ UN!VERS
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CHURCH'S PHILIP'S WAR Part I
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Sije £)iston) King Philip's War By
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JOHN GORHAM PALFREY, D.D., LL.D., W
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Entertaining Paflages Relating to m
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TO THE READER. mofl caution to be u
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l^tltp'S WAR 1 [ I Entertaining Paf
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[ I Country, & was pleafed with it;
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[ 2 ] Activity and Induftry, he foo
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[ 3 ] Church to the Dance. Mr. Chur
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[3 ] horns, and Shot-bags at their
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[3 ] parting advifed her what ever
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[4] mw^T'-Ponds; 26 knowing himfelf
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[4] Governours. He gave them an acc
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[5 ] our defired Mr. Church to give
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[5 J from Mr. Miles'^ Garrifon. And
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[5 ] received a fhot in his knee, a
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[6] the Bridge, and Caffey, the dir
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[6] they foon found to be true. The
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; [ 7 ] ther order concerning the F
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[8] divided among the Company, whic
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[8] Woods that the Track lead them
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[9] Volly of fifty or fixty Guns ;
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[ io] the Wall, being very hungry,
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[ io] Enemy, but to heap up Stones
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[ » nefs\ and would certainly fetc
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[ 12 ] was juft come over from the
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[ 12 ] Camp. Mr. Church, one Baxter
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[ 13 ] mouths diftreffes required S
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[ 13 ] hateful to Mr. Church, that
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[ *3 ] Governour Win/low to command
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[ i4] Army made their efcape into t
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[ i6] wounded a pair of Mittins, th
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[ '7 ] would kill more Men than the
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[ i» ] But the Generals great impo
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[ i8 ] skuffle they had, but the In
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[ 19] the Moofiags made a defcent u
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[ "9 ] for to them, being o.bferved
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[ 20] out Indians, they thought it
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[ 20 ] to Capt. John Almy's houfe 1
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[ « to joyn with their Quota's. 16
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Page 161 and 162: [ a*] Mr. Church obtain'd the Major
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[54] have by our Courts and Council
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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF EVENTS.
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B. Backus, quoted, 112. Bailey, Ben
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