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together; and gave the word for a Cafco Man: So one 

 Swarton 44 a Jerfey man 45 appearing, who he could hardly 

 underftand ; he ask'd him, How far it was to the head of 

 the River? or whether there was any place they could 

 get over? He faid, there was a Bridge 40 about three quar- 

 ters of a Mile up where they might get over: So he call- 

 ing to his Souldiers ingag'd on the other fide, that he would 

 foon be with them over the Bridge, and come upon the 

 backs of the Enemy; which put new courage into them; 

 fo they immediately Mov'd up towards the Bridge, March- 

 ing very thin, being willing to make what fhow the} 7 

 could, fhouting as they March'd: they law the Enemy 

 running from the River-fide, where they had made Stands 

 with Wood to prevent any body from coming over the 

 River; and coming to the Bridge, they faw on the other 

 fide that the Enemy had laid logs and ftuck birch brufh 

 along to hide themfelves from our view. He ordered the 



44 Mather \_Magnalia, Book VI. pp. and "Johana Swarton, York" ; while 



10-14] gives a narrative of the captiv- " Mary Swarton, girl, Dover," is named 



ity of Ha7inah Swarton, who was as remaining' ftill in captivity. \_N. E. 



taken by the Indians when Cafco Fort Hiji. <£ Gen. Reg. vi : 87.] 



was taken, in 1690, with four children ; It may, perhaps, be reafonable to 



her hufband being then flain. In No- fuppofe that John Swarton was huf- 



vember, 1695, Ike reached Bolton, leav- band of Hannah, father of thefe chil- 



ing two of her children behind her in drcn, and the informant of Church on 



Canada. She fays ihe lived in Beverly, this occafion. 



Mafs., before going to Cafco; while 45 That is, an emigrant from the Ifle 



Savage \_Gen. Di<%. iv : 237] gives the of Jerfey, — in Englilh poffeffion, but in 



name of John Swarton as of Beverly, French neighborhood. Its native in- 



in 1672. In a lift of Englifh captives habitants fpeak moftly a French patois. 



ranfomed from Quebec by Matthew 16 " In the fame place, probably, 



Carey, in October, 1695, occurs the where one now ftands, on Grove Street." 



name of "Jolh. Swarton, boy, Cafcow," [Willis's Hijl. Port. 278.] 



