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then the other Indians, who had lain all the night 

 stark naked in the bottom, attacked them with 

 their loaded pieces, which so surprised them, that 

 every man was taken prisoner, and brought in 

 bound to their town. 



Another instance was betwixt the Machapunga 

 Indians and the Coralline's on the sand banks ; 

 which was as follows. The Machapungas - were 

 invited to a feast, by the Coranines ; (which two 

 nations had been a long time at war together, 

 and had lately concluded a peace.) Thereupon, 

 the Machapunga Indians took the advantage of 

 coming to the Coranines' feast, which was to avoid 

 all suspicion, and their king, who, of a savage, is 

 a great politician and very stout, ordered all his 

 men to carry their toniakawks along with them, 

 hidden under their match coats, which they did ; 

 and being acquainted when to fall on, by the word 

 given, they all (upon this design) set forward for 

 the feast, and came to the Coranine town, where 

 they had gotten victuals, fruit, and such things as 

 make an Indian entertainment, all ready to make 

 these new friends welcome, which they did ; and, 

 after dinner, towards the evening, (as it is custo- 

 mary amongst them) they went to dancing, all to- 

 gether ; so when the Machapunga king saw the 

 best opportunity offer, he gave the word, and his 

 men pulled their tomahawks or hatchets from un- 

 der, their match coats, and killed several, and took 

 the rest prisoners, except some few that were not 

 present, and about four or five that escaped. The 



