The history of King Philip's War

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Bullet thro' his heart, and another not above two inches
from it; he fell upon his face in the Mud & Water with
his Gun under him. By this time the Enemy perceived
they were way laid on the eaft fide of the Swamp, tack'd
fhort about. One of the Enemy who feem'd to be a great
furly old fellow, hollow'd with a loud voice, & often called
out, iootaJJi, iootaJJi Capt. Church called to his Indian
the latter two might appear to fay it.
A careful examination of their words
ftiows that they only affert that Philip
was flain by one of his own race, who
had kept himfelf neutral until now;
and fpeak of his killer as an Indian,
rather than the Indian, to whom they
had before referred. It feems to me
more natural if Alderman had been his
informant and guide, that Church
fhould have mentioned the remarkable
fact distinctly, when defcribing his
agency in the death of the chieftain.
Hutchinfon appears to be refponfible
for the firft ftatement abfolutely identi-
fying the pilot with the flayer; faying
[Hift. Mafs. i : 277], " One of his own
men, whom he had offended, and who
had deferted to the Englifh, fhot him
through the heart," which he might
eafily bafe, by a mifapprehenfion, upon
Hubbard and Mather. Trumbull [Hift.
Conn, i : 349] repeats (probably from
Hutchinfon) the ftatement: "The In-
dian who had been guide to the party,
fhot him through the heart." Drake,
Thatcher, Fowler, Arnold, and others
have followed Trumbull. Jones's letter
to Gov. Leet, publifhed by Mr. Trumbull
[Col. Rec. Conn, ii : 470],
is probably
the frelheft document bearing on the
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queftion ; and his language naturally
implies a diftinction in his mind between
the guide and the killer.
Hubbard [Narrative, 106] fays Alderman
was "of Sakonet." But Mather
[Brief Hijl. 47] with more particular-
ity adds, " the Indian who thus killed
Philip, did formerly belong to the
Squaw-Sachim of Pocajfet ( Weeta-
moe), being known by the name of
Alderman. In the beginning of the
war, he came to the Governor of Plymouth,
manifefting his defire to be at
peace with the Englijh, and immediately
withdrew to an Ifland, not having
engaged againft the EngliJJi nor for
them, before this time." I find no confirmation
of this ftatement on the Court
Records.
310 Iootajk is a verb in the imperative,
2d perfon, fingular, and means
" Fight ! " Eliot would have written
AycutcaJJi. He has Ayeuteak, for the
plural "fight ye," (in 1 Sam. iv : 9.)
Roger Williams fpells this laft [Key,
chap, xxix] " Juhetteke, Fight, which
is their word of incouragement which
they ufe when they animate each other
in warre ; for they ufe their tongues in
ftead of drummes and trumpets." [R.-
I. Ilijl. Coll. i : 148.]