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Decennium luctuosum An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath…
Decennium luctuosum An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath had with the Indian salvages, from the year, 1688. To the year 1698. Faithfully composed and improved. [One line of quotation in Latin]
printed by B. Green for Samuel Phillips, 1699
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ARTICLE. V. New Forces Raised, and New Actions done.
ARTICLE. V. New Forces Rais'd, and New Actions done.
ON Aug. 28. 1689. Major Swain with Seven or Eight Companies raised by the Massachusett Colony, marched Eastward; and soon after, Major Church with a party of English, and Christian-Indians, raised in Plymouth Colony, followed them. While these were on their March, the Indians, that lay Skulking after the Indian-fashion in the Thick Woods, took notice how ⟨p. 40⟩many men, belonged unto Lieut. Huckins's Garrison: and seeing 'em all go out unto their daily work, nimbly ran so between them and the Garrison, as to kill 'em all (about Eighteen) but one, who being accidentally gone over the River, escaped them. They then Attacked the Garrison, in which there now were only Two Boys, (and one of them Lame) with some Women and Children; but these Two Boys, very Manfully held 'em in play a Considerable while, and wounded several of them, and kept 'em off, till the Assailants had found a way to set the House on a Light Fire over their Heads. They then urging 'em to Surrender, for the sake of the Goods, the Boys, [Brave Boys, truly!] would not, until they had Solemnly promised 'em their Lives: but the perfidious Wretches broke their promise, for they presently killed Three or Four of the Children: however one of these Minutius's, the Day after, very happily got out of thei• Clutches. It was by a particular Accident, that these Indians, were delivered from falling into the Hands of Capt. Garner, who pursued 'em Vigorously. But while the Forces now gone into the East, were Settling of Garrisons in convenient places, a huge Body of Indians, fell upon Casco, where one of their first Exploits, was their killing of Capt. Bracket. Nevertheless, Capt. Hall, (a valiant Soldier in the Former War, and a valiant Commander in This) ⟨p. 41⟩with his Vigorous Lieutenant Dawes, just then arriving with his Company, the English hotly Engaged them for several Hours; and after a deal of true English Valour discovered in this Engagement, and the loss of Ten or a Dozen men, the Indians Ran for it, with What loss on their part, we do not know: that with Some we Do. Presently after this, Major Swain, passing through Extreme Difficulties to get at it, gave some Relief to a Garrison at Blue point, which was beset by the Indians; who still Fled into their Inaccessible Swamps, when our Bullets began to be Hailed upon them.