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The history of King Philip's War

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Day <strong>of</strong><br />

Week.<br />

T.<br />

w.<br />

Th.<br />

F.<br />

Th.<br />

F.<br />

S.<br />

M.<br />

Day <strong>of</strong><br />

Month.<br />

29 June<br />

-July<br />

7J ul y<br />

8 July<br />

9J ul y<br />

15 July<br />

16 July<br />

i7J ul y<br />

19 July<br />

10 Dec.<br />

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF EVENTS.<br />

Year. EVENT. Page.<br />

*675<br />

<strong>The</strong> troops, marched into Mount-Hope Neck<br />

to Keekkamuit, by a blunder, fired upon<br />

each other, wounding Ensign Savage<br />

found eight English heads, and <strong>Philip's</strong><br />

staved drums 22-24<br />

<strong>The</strong> English begin to build a fort at Keekkamttit<br />

25<br />

Captain Fuller and Church, with six files,<br />

start for Pocasset, and get over Bristol<br />

Ferry to Rhode Island 27<br />

Get over to Pocasset in the night .... 27<br />

Pease-field Fight 28-40<br />

Church goes back to Rhode-Island for provisions<br />

40<br />

A fruitless expedition starts in pursuit <strong>of</strong><br />

Weetamoe 40-42<br />

It starts again in a sloop for Fall River, has<br />

a skirmish, and gets back 42- 44<br />

Our forces go from Mount Hope Neck Fort<br />

to Rehoboth 44<br />

To Gardner's Neck 44<br />

To Taunton 44<br />

<strong>The</strong>y march to Pocasset, and attack Philip, 44<br />

Philip gets away by rafts across the Taunton<br />

river, and flees to the Nipniuk Country . 44 - 47<br />

Acushnet (Dartmouth) destroyed by the Indians<br />

44<br />

Another Fort built at Pocasset 47<br />

Remainder <strong>of</strong> the summer "improved" in<br />

nursing these Forts, while the Indians were<br />

recruiting in the Nipmuk Country and<br />

west as far as Albany 48<br />

Church starts from Boston with Governor<br />

Winslow on an expedition against the Narragansetts,<br />

and gets to Rehoboth [to Myles's<br />

Garrison?] 49<br />

186<br />

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