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Directed to the Hon ble Josia Winslow Gov'
of his maj sty Colony at New Plymouth. (Mass. Arch., Vol. 68, p. 220.)
Petition of Daniel Warren and Joseph Peirce.
To Inform the Honoured Counsel of the Service don at Sudbury by severall
of the Inhabatance of Watertowne as our honoured Captain Mason
hath All ready informed a part thereof in the petion: but we who wear
thear can moer largely inform this honoured Councel : that as it is said in
the petion that We drove two hundred Indians over the River ; wee followed
the enimie over the river and joyned with som others and went to
see if wee could relieve Captain Wadsworth upon the hill and thear we had
a fight with the Indians but they beinge soe many of them and we stayed
soe long that we wear allmost incompassed by them which cased us to retreat
to Captain Goodanous Garrison ; and their we stayed it being ner
night till it was dark and then we went to Mr Noices Mill to see if we
could find any that were escaped to that place all though thear wear noe
persons dwelling there; but thear we found :13: or :14: of Captain Wadsworths
men who wear escaped some of them wounded and brought them
to Sudbury towne ;
On the next day in the morning soe soon as it was light we went to
looke for — Concord men who wear slain in the River middow and thear
we went in the colld water up to the knees where we found five and we
brought them in Conus to the Bridge fut and buried them thear; and then
we joyned ourselves to Captain Hunton with as many others as we could
procuer and went over the River to look for Captain Wadsworth and Captain
Brattlebank and the soldiers that wear slain ; and we gathered them
up and Buried them ; and then it was agreed that we should goe up to
Nobscut to bring the Carts from thence into Sudbury-Towue and soe returned
Horn againe ; to what is above written we whos nanis are subscribed
can testifi:
dated the :6: of march :78: Daniel Warrin
:79: Josep Peirce
Our request is to the much Honoured Counsel that they would be pleased
to consider us in reference to our Request ; their being 2 troops of hors
appointed to bury the dead as we wear informed whos charg was spared
and we as yet not allowed for what we did;
Your most Humb le Servants to Command to the utmost of our poor S
for our selves and in the behalf of the rest Daniel Warrin
Mass. Arch., Vol. 68, p. 198. Josep Peirce
Of other contemporary accounts of the fight and its consequences
there are several from eminently reliable authorities. Treasurer
John Hull wrote a letter on April 29th, 1676, concerning the sad
state of affairs in the colony, giving details of successive casualties,
and says : "On y e 21 st valiant Captains Wadsworth and Brocklebank
w th about 50 valiant souldiers were slain by y c Indians."
The letters of the "Anonymous writer," published in London,
which have been several times referred to above, give a very concise
account, as follows : " April 20 th Capt. Wadsworth of Dorches-
ter, being designed with an 100 men to repair to Marlborough to