The history of King Philip's War

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Woods that the Track lead them through was haunted
much with thofe Snakes, which the little Company feem'd
more to be afraid of than the black Serpents they were in
queft of, and therefore bent their courfe another way; to
a Place where they thought it probable to find fome of the
Enemy. Had they kept the Track to the Pine Swamp
they had been certain of meeting Indians enough; but not
fo certain that any of them fhould have return'd to give
account how many.
Now they pafs'd down into Punkatees m Neck; and in
their March difcocovered a large Wigwam full of Indian
Truck, which the Souldiers were for loading themfelves
with; until Mr. Church forbid it; telling them they might
expert foon to have their hands full, and bufinefs without
caring for Plunder. Then croffing the head of the Creek
into the Neck, they again difcovered frefh, Indian Tracks,
very lately pafs'd before them into the Neck. They then
got privately and undifcovered, unto the Fence of Capt.
Almy\ Peafe-fleld, 81 and divided into two Parties, Mr.
Church keeping the one Party with himfelf, fent the other
with Lake®' that was acquainted with the ground, on the
80 Punkatees neck — fome two miles tion or fignification of the name has
in length and one mile in extreme width not been fuggefted.
— moots out from the main land of 81 See note 4. At leaft four fami-
Tiverton fouthward and weftward, much lies of Almys now own and till many
as Nimnaquohqut neck turns up north- of the fertile acres of this beautiful
ward and weftward. It was alio called promontory.
Pocaffet neck. The entrance to it is
82 David Lake, or Leake, volun-
diredtly weft from the fmall village of teered 10 Aug. 1667, in a troop of
Tiverton Four Corners. The deriva- horfe upon Rhode Illand. If this were
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