The history of King Philip's War

INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR.
lands; appearing in the right of Richard Bifhop and
Richard Beare. Sometime in this year his oldeft fon
Thomas was born.
10 April, 1674 [P. R. S.\ the Saconet company met
at Duxbury, and Church drew the lots numbered 19 and
29. He proceeded during the fummer following to clear
and erect buildings upon lot No. 19 (fee note 21 poft}.
2 March, 167I [P. C. R. vii: 195], he was on a trial jury
at Plymouth, mowing that his removal to the very outfkirts
of the Colony was not defigned, by him or by the Colonifts,
to diffociate him from their conftant fervice. Church's
own account of himfelf in connection with the outbreak of
the war which now began to defolate the land feems to
begin about 15 June, 1675 [note 14, pq/t\, but the "Brief!:'
Narrative of the beginning and progreffe of the p r fent
trouble between vs and the Indians," fubmitted to the
Commiffioners of the United Colonies, by the Ply-
mouth Commiilioners, in the November following, and
which bears the marks of having been carefully drawn,
th
fays [P. C. R. x: 363], "on the 7 June, Mr. Benjamine
Church being on Rhod Ifland; Weetamoe and fome of her
Cheiffe men told him that Phillip Intended a warr fpeedily
with the Englifh," &c. It would feem to have been about
15 June that he had an interview with Awafhonks and
Weetamoe, as narrated in his own account, and went to
Plymouth to fee the Governor. The Punkatees fight was