An earnest exhortation to the inhabitants of New-England, to hearken to the voice of…

The news of this Blood-shed came to us at Boston the next day in […] time, in the midst of the Sermon, the Scripture then improved being that Isai.42.24. Who gave Jacob to the spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not […] Lord, He against whom we have sinned?

The news of this Blood-shed came to us at Boston the next day in 〈…〉 time, in the midst of the Sermon, the Scripture then improved being that Isai.42.24. Who gave Jacob to the spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not 〈…〉 Lord, He against whom we have sinned?

As yet Philip kept in the Swamp at Pocassit, but August I. (being the Lords day) he f•ed. The English hearing that Philip was upon flight, pursued him, with a party of Mon•egins, i.e. Unkas (who approved himself faithful to the English almost forty years ago in the time of the Pequod Wars, and now also in this present War) his Indians, They overtook Philips Party and killed about thirty of his men, none of ours being at that time cut off. Had the English pursued the Enemy they might easily have overtaken the Women and Children that were with Philip, yea and himself also, and so have put an end to these tumults: but though Deliverance was according to all Humane probability near, God saw it not good for […] yet. Wherefore Philip escaped and went to the Nipmack […] […] (as hath been intimated) done Acts of Hostility against the […] ⟨image ?⟩mean while endeavours were used to keep those Indians from engaging in this War, and that those persons who had committed the Murder at Mendam might be delivered up to Justice. Captain Hutchinson with a small party was sent to Quabaog where there was a great Rendezvous of N•pnp Indians. They appointed time and place of Treaty to be attended, August. 2. accordingly Captain Hutchinson rode to the Place fixed on to Treat in. But the Indians came not thither according to their Agreement, whereupon Captain Hutchinson resolved to go further to seek after them elsewhere, and as he was riding along, the perfidious Indians lying in Ambuscado in a Swamp, shot at him and wounded him, of which Wounds he after dyed, and eight men that were with him were struck down dead upon the place. Captain Wheeler who was in that Company was shot through the Arm, his dutiful Son alighting to relieve his Father, was himself shot and sorely wounded, willingly hazarding his own life to save the life of his Father. The English were not in a capacity to look after their dead, but those dead bodies were left as meat for the Fowls of Heaven, and their Flesh unto the Beasts of the Earth, and there was none to bury them