The history of King Philip's War

PREFATORY NOTE.
from the original, — as well as the first which has not
avowedly sought to amend the text.
The map has been adapted from the State map, by the
Editor, with great care, from his own personal knowledge
of the ground; and he believes it to be a thoroughly accu-
rate guide to all those localities which it purports to point
out.
The dates have been suffered to stand in Old Style, as
written.
The Publisher has sought to produce this copy, so far
as possible, \n facsimile of the original, as well as in literal
exactness; and the headings, initial letters, &c, &c, have
been accordingly engraved for that purpose.
It only remains, here, that just thanks be given to all
who have aided the Editor in his labor : among
whom
he would gratefully mention the Hon. John Russell
Bartlett, Secretary of State of Rhode Island; his
Honor, Judge William R. Staples, of Providence;
General G. M. Fessenden, of Warren, R. L; Richard
Sherman, Esq., of Portsmouth, R. I. ; Mr. Henry
M. Tompkins, the Town Clerk of Little Compton,
R. I.; Hon. Williams Latham, of Bridgewater, Mass.;
Samuel F. Haven, Esq., Librarian of the American
Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Mass. ; Rev. John
Langdon Sibley, Librarian of Harvard College ; and
Mr. George H. Taber, of Fairhaven, Mass. Two gen-