The history of King Philip's War

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might fee and difcern their own men from the Enemy.
Told him alfo, That his cuftom in the like cafes was to
creep with his company on their bellies, until they came
as near as they could; and that as foon as the Enemy dif-
covered them they would cry out; and that was the word
[44] for his Men to fire and fall on. Directed him when
the Enemy mould ftart and take into the Swamp, 303 they
mould purfue with fpeed, every man fhouting and making
what noife they could; for he would give orders to his
Ambufcade to fire on any that mould come filently. Capt.
Church knowing it was Philips cuftom to be fore-moft in
the flight, went down to the Swamp and gave Capt. Wil-
liams of Situate 30 * the command of the right wing of the
Ambufh, and placed an EngliJJi-man and an Indian to-
gether behind fuch fhelters of Trees, &c. that he could
find, and took care to place them at fuch diftance as none
might pafs undifcovered between them, charg'd 'em to be
careful of themfelves, and of hurting their friends: And to
fire at any that fhould come filently thro' the Swamp:
But it being fome-what further thro' the Swamp than he
313 Philip was on an upland ifland in feruill worke " on the Sabbath ; had
the midft of the fwamp; of courfe when various controverfies and lawfuits, and
alarmed he would run into the fwamp died 22 June, 1694, aged 70, leaving
in the endeavor to efcape through it, — one of the largeft eftates at that time
their habitual courfe on fuch occafions. exifting in the country; his farm having
304 John Williams (oldeft child of been laid to be the belt in the Old Col-
John, of Scituate) bore arms in 1643, onj. He appears never to have mar-
and was a houfeholder in 1647 ; was ried. [Deane's Scituate, 385 ; Sav-
Captain in Philip's war; was Deputy age's Gen. Did. iv: 562; Ply?n. Col.
from Scituate, in 1676, 16S1, and 1691; Bee. v: 99, 214; vi : 24, 61, 173, 174,
was fined 405. 1 July, 1672, for " doing 19S, 202, 259.]
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