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South-Weft of the Mattacbufets, were difcover'd upon their March within fome few 

 Miles of Hartford : Their coming very much terrifi'd all that inhabited therea- 

 bouts . but they took onely three Women and return'd . one of whom making u 

 violent rcfiftance, bad her Brains beaten out . the other two they carried away with 

 them, without abufing their Perfons, as it was fuppos'd they would, for they 

 efteem'd their own ShaVs, being black, beyond our Women. Their chief Defign 

 was to learn to make Gunpowder . which feeing they could not effect, they look'd 

 upon their Prize as nothing fo precious as they imagined. 



A little after another Indian War threatningthe Englifl?, they refolv'd together to 

 fend an AmbaiTador to Cannonkus, chief Sachem of the Karaganfits, endeavoring to 

 prevent him from confederating with the Tequods, who (as they had Intelligence) 

 were about fending to him to joyn with them : Cannonicus being grown old, had re- 

 fign'd the Government to his Nephew Mantinemo, a ftern Man, and of a cruel Na- 

 ture. The Ambaffadors arriving at his Court, which was about eighty Miles from 

 <BoJlon } the Indian Prince aifembled his chief Counsellors, and having Entertained 

 the Ambaffadors Magnificently, and Feafted them Royally, gave them Audience in 

 his State-houfe ; where the Sachem, to manifeft his greater State, lay along upon 

 the Ground, with all his Nobility fitting about him, with their Legs doubled up, 

 and their Knees touching their Chin; The Englifh Interpreter having made. his 

 Speech in the Name of the reft, both Cannonicm and the young King gave difcrcet 

 Anfwers, fi^nifying their Refolutions to keep a fair Correfpondence with the fiig- 

 lijb, and yet not to fall out with the <Pequods : Who a little after making alfo their 

 AddrefTes to the fame King, he diffwaded them by many Reafons from making War 

 with the Englifh y and to deliver into their hands thofe Perfons that had murther'd 

 any of them. The Pequods ncverthelefs, though they feem'd inclinable to his Coun- 

 fel, yet they acted as Enemies- for when the Englifh fent a Company of Soldiers 

 into their Countrey to treat with them about delivering up the Murthercrs, they 

 made (hew of willingnefs, but fpying their advantage, betook themfelves to 

 their Heels 5 and whomfoever they took ftragling by furprife, they revil'd and in- 

 fulted over in a moft cruel manner, vilifying the Qhriflian Religion, and uttering all 

 the Blafphemies they could invent. Whereupon they rais'd frefh Souldiers for the 

 War, to the number of fourfcore, out of the feveral Towns in the Mattachufets , and 

 with fome Indian Guides came to their Fort, within which they had pitch'd their 

 Wigwams, the Entrance being on two fides, with intricate Meanders to enter - at 

 which were plac'd Indian Bowe-men, who (hot the foremoft of the Englifh . yet they 

 had little to boaft of in the end, for the Englifh rufhing in through the winding 

 Ways, and placing themfelves round the Wtg-frams, made a very profperous Shot, 

 by directing the Muzzles of their Mufquets againft the Indians which lay fleeping 

 on the Ground : In the midft of which rouzing terror and confufion they were 

 defeated with little ado, moft of them being either wounded, killed, or taken. 

 The Englifh thus animated with the firft Victory, fend their Prifoners to the Pinna* 

 ces, and profecute the War in Hand, marching againft the next Body of the Indians 7 

 which lay Encamp'd on a Hill about two Miles diftant, where they gave them a 

 fecond OverthroWjflaying many more than in the firft Engagement 5 the reft flying 

 to a very thick inacceflible Swamp or Bog, were there befieg'd by the Englifli ^ and 

 skulking up and down, as they faw their opportunity they would Shoot at them 

 with their Arrows, and then fuddenly fall flat along in the Water ; at laft the Eng* 

 lift) finding out a Paflage into the Swamp, utterly defeated them, and put an end 

 to the War with the lofs of few Mens Lives, and not many wounded. 



In the Year 1640. there came over a frefh Supply of People into New England, and 



finding 



