The history of King Philip's War

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take the Guns out of their hands, when they "were both
charged and cock'd. Many both Men, Women and Chil-
dren of the Enemy were imprifoned at this time; while
Philip, Tifpaquin, Tolq/bn, 282 &c. concluded that the Englifli
would purfue them upon their Tracks, fo were way-
laying their Tracks at the firft end of the Swamp, hoping
thereby to gain a fhot upon Capt. Church who was now
better imploy'd in taking his Prifoners & running them
into a Valley, in form fomething fhap'd like a Punchbole,
and appointing a guard of two files trible armed
with Guns taken from the Enemy. But Philip having
waited all this while in vain, now moves on after the reft
of his company to fee what was become of them. And
by this time Capt. Church was got into the Swamp ready
to meet him; and as it happen'd made the firft difcovery,
clapt behind a Tree until Philips company came pretty
near, and then fired upon them, kilTd many of them, and a
clofe skirmifh followed. Upon this Philip having grounds
fufiicient to fufpe6t the event of his com[4i]pany that
282 Tatofon (Totofon, Tantozen) is of lands upon Weequancett neck in 1666 ;
faid to have been the fon of Sam with others "engaged his Fidelitie " to
Barrow, whole death is mentioned fur- the Colony at Plymouth, 6 July, 1671
ther on. There is a tradition that his led the party that murdered Clark's
camp was upon what — it is thought Garrifon, 12 March, 1676 (fee note 156,
by corruption from his name — is now ante), whereupon "four coates" were
called Tozifcr's neck, an upland penin- offered to Capt. Amos as a reward if
fula projecting into Great-Bear Swamp, he would "bring him in"; and feems
about a mile and a half fouth-weft of to have died miferably, foon after Phil-
the village of Rochefter, Mafs., and a ip's death, as will appear further on.
fhort diftance eaft of the road to Matta- [Drake's Book of the Ind. 244; Plym.
poifett. Tatofon was witnefs to a deed Col. Rcc. v : 72, 205, 206, 209.]
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