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fast. AiKuii', ill! \ poll a sudden, we licai'd a {xrcat & strangle 

 (*!-y, wliicli we knew to he the saiiie voycos, tlioiigli tlioy vai'i(Ml 

 tlit'ir notes. One of oiu' ('oiiij)any hoiiifi: al)i'oa(l came niiniiufij 

 iu, and eryod Thoy ar men. Indians, Indians; and withall, 

 tlu'ir airows camo flying amongst vs, onr men ran out witli 

 all sjx'cd to reeovor their amies, as hy tlie good Providence 

 of God they did. In the meane time, Captainc IMiles Standish, 

 liaviiig a snaphanee ready, made a shot, and after liim an- 

 other; after they two had shot, other of vs were ready, but 

 lie wisht vs not to slioot, lill we eonhl take ayme, for we 

 knew not what need we shouki liaue, & there were fourc only 

 of vs, which had their armes there redie, and stood before the 

 open side of our Baricado, which was first assaulted ; they 

 thought it l)est to defend it, least the enemie should take it 

 and our stutt'e, and so haue the more vantage against vs; 

 our care was no lesse for the Shallop, but we hoped all the 

 rest would defent it ; we called vnto them to know how it 

 was with them, and they answered, AVell, AVell, every one, 

 and be of good courage: we heard three of their Peeces goe 

 off, and the rest called for a fire-brand to light their matches ; 

 one tooke a log out of the fire on his shoulder and went and 

 carried it vnto tliem, which was thought did not a little dis- 

 courage our enemies. The cry of our enemies was dreadfull, 

 especially, Avhen our men ran out to recover their Armes, 

 their note was aftei- this manner, Woath woach ha ha hach 

 woach : our men were no sooner come to their Armes, but the 

 enemy were ready to assault them. 



"There was a luslie nmn and no whit lesse valiant, who was 

 thought to bee their Captaine, stood behind a tree within 

 halfe a musket shot of vs, and there let his arrowes fly at vs; 

 he was scene to shoote three arrowes, which were all avoyded, 

 for he at whom the first arrow was aymed, saw it, and stooped 

 downe and it flew over him, the rest were avoyded also: he 

 stood three shots of a IMusket, at length one tooke as he sayd 

 full ayme at him, after which he gaue an extraordinary cry 

 and away they went all ; wee followed them about a quarter 

 of a mile, but wee left sixe to keep our Shallop, for we were 

 carefull of our businesse: then wee shouted all together two 

 severall times, and shot off a couple of muskets and so 

 returned : this wee did that they might see wee were not 

 afra^^d of them nor discouraged. 



"Tims it pleased God to vanquish our Enemies and giue 

 vs deliverance. ' ' ^ 



(January 23, 1697) 



"T attempted, this Day, the Exercises of a secret Fast before 

 the Lord. But so extremely cold was the weather, that in a 



>" Journal of the Pilgrims of Pljonouth," 1620, pp. 44-46. 



