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were kill'd, for he faw but one man get over, and he only 

 crept up the bank, and there lay in open fight ; and thofe 

 that ran under the Falls they made no difcovery of, not- 

 withstanding feveral of his men went in under the faid Falls, 

 and was gone fome confiderable time; could not find them; 

 fo leaving a Watch there, return'd up to the Fort, where 

 he found but one Man taken & feveral Women & Children, 

 amongft which was Capt. Hakins 93 Wife & Worumbos\ 100 

 Wife, the Sachem of that Fort, with their Children; the 

 faid Hakins was the Sachem of Pcnnacook, who deftroyed 

 Maj Waldcn and his Family, fome time before, 101 &c. The 

 faid two Women, viz. Hakins and Worumbos''s Wives, re- 

 quefted the faid Church that he would fpare them and their 

 Children's lives, promifing upon that condition, he mould 

 have all the Captives that were taken, and in the Indians 

 hands: He ask'd them, How manyi? they faid about four- 

 fcore: So upon that condition he promis'd them their lives, 

 &c. And in the faid Fort there was feveral EngliJJi Cap- 

 tives, who were in a miferable condition; amongft whom 



99 Kankamagus (alias John HogMns, 

 Hawkins, or Hakins) was a Pennacook 

 Sachem. About 1685 lle wrote Several 

 letters to Gov. Cranfield, of New Hamp- 

 fhire, difclofing his fear of the Mohawks 

 and his defire for Englifh protection. 

 He fubfequently fled to the eaftward, 

 and joined the Androfcoggins, where 

 he became hoftile to the fettlers, and in 

 1689 headed the maffacre of Maj. Wal- 

 dron. His wife and four children were 



here taken captive, and his fifter was 

 among the flain. [Book of the Indians, 

 297-300; Drake's Baylies, Pt. v : 97.] 



100 Worombo (JVoromdos)was a Tar- 

 ratine, and Sachem of Androjcoggin 

 {Amos Coggcn, Church fpells it, in 

 his letter, much as Pitkin wrote it (see 

 note 91, ante)']. He had two children 

 captured here. [Vid. Church's Letter, 

 97-1 



101 See notes 12 and 32, ante. 



