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night after, and fo nothing was done <strong>of</strong> that nature. <strong>The</strong><br />
fame day 377 Tifpaquin came in and th<strong>of</strong>e that were with<br />
him, but when Capt. Church return'd from Bojlon, he found<br />
to his grief that the heads <strong>of</strong> A nnawon, Tifpaquin, &c. cut<br />
<strong>of</strong>f, which were the laft <strong>of</strong> Philips friends. 378 <strong>The</strong> General<br />
Court <strong>of</strong> Plymouth then fitting 379 fent for Capt. Church who<br />
waited upon them accordingly, and received their Thanks<br />
for his good Service, which they Unanimoufly Voted,<br />
which was all that Capt. Church had for his aforefaid Ser-<br />
vice.<br />
Afterwards in the Year 1676. in the Month <strong>of</strong> January<br />
2®* Capt. Church received a Commiffion 381 from Gover-<br />
Governor <strong>of</strong> Plymouth, 17 Ocfl., 1676,<br />
in regard to fending an expedition<br />
eaft againft the h<strong>of</strong>tile Indians there,<br />
" Wherein," he fays, " wee defire & ex-<br />
pect yo r concurrance w th us, & affiftance<br />
<strong>of</strong> us w th fome Englilh, & alfo fome <strong>of</strong><br />
your Indians, & Capt. Church, whom<br />
we haue J^oketi tvitk here, & finde him<br />
ready to Jerve God & the country ; re-<br />
queit therefore your fpeedy fending <strong>of</strong><br />
him, &: fuch as yow fhall see meet, to<br />
afift in that defigne." \_Mafs. Col. Rec.<br />
v: 126.] I find no refponfe to this on<br />
the Plymouth Records.<br />
877 That is, the fame day which<br />
Church refers to in his account <strong>of</strong> fet-<br />
ting his trap for Tifpaquin.<br />
378 Hubbard fays the Plymouth au-<br />
thorities tefted Tifpaquin on his reputa-<br />
tion <strong>of</strong> being impenetrable by bullets,<br />
but " he fell down at the firft fhot."<br />
\_Narrative, 107.] <strong>The</strong> faift probably<br />
179<br />
was, that the Court, having committed<br />
themfelves to the policy <strong>of</strong> extermina-<br />
tion, fo far as the ringleaders <strong>of</strong> late<br />
butcheries were concerned, did not fee<br />
fit to gratify Church by making exceptions<br />
in thefe eminent cafes. <strong>The</strong><br />
Home Government at London — if we<br />
may judge by the records <strong>of</strong> the times —<br />
would have been even more unyield-<br />
ing.<br />
879 <strong>The</strong> Court met 1 Nov., 1676.<br />
380 In the Old Style the month <strong>of</strong><br />
January, 1676, came after, inftead <strong>of</strong><br />
before, November and December; the<br />
year beginning with 25th March, in-<br />
ftead <strong>of</strong> 1ft January.<br />
381 After the Annawon expedition,<br />
Church's old company feems to have<br />
difbanded ; and, from the iffue <strong>of</strong> this<br />
new commiffion to him at this time,<br />
the force <strong>of</strong> the old would feem to have<br />
expired.
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