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that I should have so much trust and pour commeted to me soe I desire to
leve myself with God and this honored Councell The pore leve themselves
with God
Your humble Seruant
Marlborough this 4 Octo 1675 John Rudduck.
When the army returned from the Narraganset campaign, and
most of the troops were discharged at Boston, Feb. 5, 1675-6, we
learn from Gen. Gookin's "History of the Christian Indians" that
Capt. Wadsworth with his company was left at Marlborough "to
strengthen that frontier." He remained there until early in March,
when the newly levied army was gathered there under the command
of Major Thomas Savage, and was organized under the immediate
personal inspection of Maj. Gen. Daniel Denison. It was at this
time that Capt. Mosely's haughty and unrebuked insubordination,
backed up by the lawless, Indian-hating element of the army, occurred
and gave the commanders so much difficulty ; for when Job
Kattenanit, a friendly Indian, whose fidelity had been proved by
successful and faithful report of the condition of the hostile Indians,
to whom he with James Quannapohit had been sent as a spy, and in
order to keep faith with the English, had left his wife and children
in the hands of the hostiles and returned to our army, bringing information
which, if it had been heeded, would have saved great
destruction and suffering,—when this man had been given a permit
to go and bring in his family, who were to meet him on a certain
day, Capt. Mosely raised such a hue and cry, that the commanders
were obliged to submit, and sent after him at once.
The course of events in the town, including the attack, is shown
in the following letters :
Capt. Brocldebank's Letter to the Council.
Much Honnored sirs. Malborough 28 of : 1 : 1676
After the duty I owe unto your Honnor this may let you understand
that the assault the enemy made upon the towne of Malborough upon
sabbath day did much dammage as the inhabbitants say, to the burning of
16 dwelling houses besides about 13 barues and seemingly did indeaver to
draw out the men out of the garisons but we not knowing ther numbers
and our charge of the Countries ammunition and provission durst not goe
out then on Sabbath day night there came about 20 men from Sudbury and
we out of the severall garrison drew out about twenty more and in the
night they went out to see if they could discover the enemy and give theme
some checke in ther proceeding who found them laid by ther fires and fired
on them and they run away at present but the number being few and not
knowing the number of the enemie but aprehending by ther noyse and fireincr
at them they indeavored to compass them in the returne home without
any losse of any man or wound from the enemie only one of my men by
the breaking of his gun his hand is sorely shattered which for want of helpe
here I have sent to Charlestowne or elsewhere in the bay where your
hounors may thinke best for his helpe : we have great cause to acknowledge
the goodnesse of God toward us for his gracious preservation of us
the enemye is gone at the p'sent as we aprehend by the scouts that went