The history of King Philip's War

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his Horfe. Mr. Church told the other two, if they would
take care of the dead Man, he would go and fetch his
Horfe back, which was going off the Calfey 55 toward [6]
the Enemy; but before he got over the CafTey he faw the
Enemy run to the right into the Neck. He brought
back the Horfe, and call'd earneftly and repeatedly to the
Army to come over & fight the Enemy; and while he
ftood calling & perfwading, the skulking Enemy return'd
to their old ftand, and all difcharged their Guns at him at
one clap, tho' every fhot mifs'd him) yet one of the Army
on the other fide of the river received one of the balls in
his foot. Mr. Church now began (no fuccour coming to
him) to think it time to retreat: Saying, The Lord have
Mercy on us, if fuch a handful of Indians fhall thus dare
fuch an Army! 56
Upon this 'twas immediately refolv'd, 57 and orders were
given to March down into the Neck, and having paffed
65 This is a truer fpelling than the weather was fuch, as that nothing could
modern " caufeway," fince the word be done againft the enemy; this man
came into our language from the French was pofieffed with a ftrong conceit, that
chaujfe'e, a way paved with limeftone. God was againft the Englijh ; where-
The road adjacent to the bridge was upon he immediately ran diftracted, and
here evidently banked up to give dry fo was returned home a lamentable
paflage over the marm skirting the Spectacle. " [Brief Hi/lory, 4.] Mr.
ftream. Drake, in his late valuable reprint of
66 Mather fays " a Souldier (a ftout Mather, makes it probable that this
man) who was fent from Water-toxvn, man's name was William Sherman, jr.
feeing the EngliJJi Guide flain, and [p. 58.]
hearing many profane oaths among fome 57 Hubbard fays "the next morn-
of our Souldiers (namely thofe Priva- ing " ; which would be Tuefday, 29
teers, who were alfo Volunteers) and June. [Narrative, 18.]
confidering the unfeafonablenefs of the