The history of King Philip's War

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foon as thefiring ceafed, they mufl follow the Tracks of his
Company and come to them. (An [40] Indian is next to
a blood-hound to follow a Track.) He faid to them, It
would be in vain for them to think of difobedience, or to
gain any thing by it, for he had taken and killed a great
many of the Indian Rebels, and flwuld in a little time kill
and take all the reft, &c. By this time it began to be fo
light, as the time that he ufually chofe to make his on-
fet. He moved fending two Souldiers before to try if
they could privately difcover the Enemies poftures. But
very unhappily it fell out, that the very fame time
Philip had fent two of his as a Scout upon his own
Track, to fee if none dog'd them; who fpy'd the two
Indian men, and turn'd fhort about, and fled with all
fpeed to their Camp: and Capt. Church purfued as fall
as he could; the two Indians fet a yelling and howling,
and made the moft hideous noife they could invent, foon
gave the Alarm to Philip & his Camp; who all fled at the
firft tydings, left their Kittles boiling & Meat roafting
upon their wooden Spits, & run into a Swamp with no
other Break-fart, than what Capt. Church afterwards treated
them with. Capt. Church purfuing, fent Mr. Ifaac How-
land m with a party on one fide of the Swamp, while him-
280 Ifaac Howlafid was youngeft fon at M., in 1674, 1684, 1685, 1686; adof
John, and brother of Jabez (fee note mitted freeman in 16S1 ; was a member
207, ante) ; was one of the firft fettlers of of the " grand enqueft," in 1682 ; ferved
Middleborough ; married Eliza, daugh- on a trial jury, in 1683 ; was licenfed to
ter of George Vaughan ; was furveyor keep an ordinary at M., in 1684; was
of highways at M., in 1672; fele&man deputy for M., in 1689, 1690, 1691; re-
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