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An earnest exhortation to the inhabitants of New-England, to hearken to the voice of…
An earnest exhortation to the inhabitants of New-England, to hearken to the voice of God in his late and present dispensations as ever they desire to escape another judgement, seven times greater that any thing which as yet hath been. / By Increase Mather; teacher of a church in Boston in New-England. ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by John Foster, 1676
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
May, 23. Some of our Troopers fell upon a party of Indians (about fifty in number) not far from Rehoboth, and flew ten or twelve of them, with the loss of only one English-man. The Indians betook themselves to a River, and had not some Foot-Soldiers on the other side of the River, too suddenly discovered themselves, probably there had been a greater slaughter of the enemy, who hasted out of the river again, and fled into a Swamp where there was no pursuing of them.
May, 23. Some of our Troopers fell upon a party of Indians (about fifty in number) not far from Rehoboth, and flew ten or twelve of them, with the loss of onely one English-man. The Indians betook themselves to a River, and had not some Foot-Souldiers on the other side of the River, too suddenly discovered themselves, probably there had been a greater slaughter of the enemy, who hasted out of the river again, and fled into a Swamp where there was no pursuing of them.
May 30th. The enemy appeared at Hatfield, fired about twelve houses and barns without the Fortification, killed many of their Cattle, drave away almost all their sheep, spread themselves in the meadow between Hatfield & Hadly. When upon twenty five active and resolute men went from Hadly to relieve their distressed Brethren. The Indians shot at them ere they could get out of the Bout & wounded one of them. Ours nevertheless charged on the enemy, shut down five of six at the first volley near the River. Then they made hast toward the town fighting with a great number of the enemy, many falling before them. And though encompassed with a numerous swarm of Indians, who also lay in Ambush behind almost every Tree, and place of advantage, yet the English lost not one man, till within about an hundred Rod of the Town, when five of ours were slain; among whom was a precious young man, whose name was Smith, that place having lost many in losing that one man. It speaketh sadly to the rising Generation when such are taken away. After this the Enemy fled, having lost five and twenty in this fight.