The history of King Philip's War

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Alderman, the Indian who fhot him, to fhow to fuch Gen-
tlemen as would beftow gratuities upon him; and accord-
ingly he got many a Peny by it. This being on the laft
day of the Week, 317 the Captain with his Company returned
to the Ifland, tarryed there until Tuefday; and then went
off and ranged thro' all the Woods to Plymouth^ and
received their Prczmium, which was Thirty Shillings per
head, for the Enemies which they had killed or taken,
inftead of all Wages; and Philips head went at the fame
price. 319
Methinks it's fcanty reward, and poor incourage-
tion mentioned by Dr. Fobes in his
defcription of Raynham [i Mafs. Hijl.
Coll. iii : 171], that Philip's head was
" depofited for a confiderable time " in
the cellar under the " Leonard houfe "
in that town.
317 Saturday, 12 Auguft, 1676.
318 Leaving Rhode-Ifland on Tuefday,
the 15th, Church and his company muft
have "ranged thro' all the woods" two
days before reaching Plymouth; for
the Mathers and Niles agree that the
head reached Plymouth on Thurfday,
the 17th, which had been fet apart
as a day of Thankfgiving for fucceffes
againft the Indians, perhaps before they
had heard of Philip's death. \_Brief
Hijl. 47; Magnalia, ed. 1853, " : 57° >
3 Mafs. Hijl. Coll. vi : 190.]
319 Affuming Hubbard and Mather's
ftatement to be true, that 5 befides Philip
were killed, and that there were no
prifoners taken, — no mention being
made of any, — the fum total of receipts
for divifion would be £9. This, at 45.
6d. a piece, — which Church fays was
152
!
each one's fhare, — would make the
number of the party exactly 40. At 45.
(yd. each, their week's work would av-
erage a little lefs than Jd. ^qrs. per day,
befides the honor! Hoyt, ftrangely
confufing this with one day of the
Bridgewater expedition, fays, " 130
were killed and captured." [Antiquarian
Refcarchcs, 140.] This would
have fwelled their compenfation to an
aggregate of £195
It may here be added, that there is, in
the Cabinet of the Maffachufetts Hiftorical
Society, a wooden difh, which
is traditionally reprefented to have been
a trophy of this expedition, and which
was authenticated to the Society by the
following receipt [Proceedings MaJ's.
Hijl. Soc. 1863-4, 267.] : " Plymouth
Sep. 14, 1803, Rec d . of Ifaac Lothrop
Eight Dollars, in full for a wooden bowle,
formerly belonging to that illuftrious
Soldier known by the name of King
Philip, fon of the celebrated indian
Sachem, Maffafoiet, and was a portion
of the trophy affigned to Eleazer Rich-