This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ...of Narragansett Bay, east of Mount Hope. He had thirty-six men, and found himself suddenly attacked by three hundred Indians. He retreated to the water-side, piled flat stones one upon another, and built a barricade, and fought till Captain Golding caine to his relief in a sloop. The sloop could not come to the shore, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ...of Narragansett Bay, east of Mount Hope. He had thirty-six men, and found himself suddenly attacked by three hundred Indians. He retreated to the water-side, piled flat stones one upon another, and built a barricade, and fought till Captain Golding caine to his relief in a sloop. The sloop could not come to the shore, and the canoe that plied between the shore and the vessel could only carry two at a time. Church was the last to go. A bullet grazed his hair; another struck a stake in front of him; two passed through the canoe; they riddled the sail of the sloop, but not a man was killed. Philip, having been driven from Mount Hope, began the war in earnest. On the 14th of July he fell upon Mendon, killed five white men, and burnt the houses. There was one tribe that he could not prevail upon to join him--the Mohegans. Uncas was still alive. He was Philip's rival. He had seen Sassacus and the Pequods destroyed; and now in his old age he would renew his alliance with the white men, who would soon vanquish the Wampanoags. He sent his two sons with a party of warriors to Boston, offering to fight against Philip. They were of great service in piloting the white men through the forests. The Indians attacked Brookfield, Massachusetts. Eighty settlers fled to the garrison-house, which was built of logs, and loop-holed. The Indians set the other houses on fire, and then attacked the garrison, shelter ing themselves behind trees and fences. They crept through the grass on their bellies; but there were sudden flashes at the loop-holes, and Indian after Indian was killed. There were six or seven hundred of them, who howled like wolves hungry for their prey. Not to be thwarted, they obtained a cart, piled bundles of flax upou it, sheltered themselves behind it, set the f...
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