The history of King Philip's War

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the Rocks were fo fteep that it was impoffible to get down,
but as they lowered themfelves by the bows, and the
bulhes that grew in the cracks of the Rock. Capt. Church
creeping back again to the old man, asked him, If there
was no poffibility of getting at them fome other way? He
anfwered, no, That he and all that belonged to Annawon
were ordered to come that way, and none could come any
other way without difficulty or danger of being mot. Capt.
Church then ordered the old man and his daughter to go
down fore-moft with their baskets at their backs, that when
Annawon faw them with their baskets he mould not mif-
truft the intreguej Capt. Church and his handful of Soul-
diers crept down alfo under the fhadow of thefe two and
their baskets, and the Captain himfelf crept clofe behind
the old man, with his Hatchet in his hand, and ftep'd over
the young mans head to the Arms, the young Annawon
difcovering of him, whip'd his blanket over his head and
lhrunk up in a heap: The old Capt. Amiawon ftarted up
on his breech, and cryed out Howoh^ 1 and defpairing of
efcape a52 throw himfelf back again, and lay iilent until
Capt. Chzirch had fecured all the Arms, &c. And having
fecured that company, he fent his Indian Souldiers to the
351 Hotvoh ! i.e. A-tvaun exvb ? "Who 352 Annawon probably had no idea
is that?" [Roger Williams's Key. R.-I. that Church would have the boldnefs
Hijl. Coll. i : 29.] or Hotvan ? "who?" thus to beard him in his den, without an
e.g., Howan yeuoh ivag Edom &c, abundant force furrounding and irre-
" Who is this that cometh from Edom, fiftibly enclofing him on every fide;
&c. ?" [Eliot, Ifaiah lxiii : 1.] This as was reprelented to be the fact to
feems to have been the ufual challenge : the other companies, by his Indian fol-
" Who's there?" diers.
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