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it was pretty dark, the}' difcovered fome Men, but did not 

 know what or who they were; the Major ordered thofe 

 that were with him all to clap down and cock their Guns, 

 and he call'd and ask'd them, Who they were? and they 

 laid, Indians : he ask'd them, Whofe Men they were ? 

 they faid Capt. Soutlnv or til's,', he ask'd them where they 

 intended to lodge? They faid in thofe little Hutts that the 

 Enemy had made when they took that Garrifon. The 

 Major told them they muft not make any fires; for if they 

 did the Enemy would be upon them before day. They 

 laugh'd, and faid, Our Major was afraid. Having given 

 them their directions, he with Capt. Converfe went on 

 board the Mary Sloop ; deligning to Write home, and 

 fend away in the Morning the two Sloops which had the 

 Small Pox on board, &c. But before day our Indians 

 began to make tires and to Sing and Dance; lb the Major 

 call'd to Capt. Southworth to go a-fhore & look after his 

 Men, for the Enemy would be upon them by'nd by. He 

 order'd the Boat to be hall'd up to carry him a-fhore, and 

 call'd Capt. Converfe to go with him, and juft as the day 

 began to appear, as the Major was getting into the Boat to 

 go a-lhore, the Enemy fired upon our Men the Indians, 

 notwithftanding that one Philip an Indian of ours, who 

 was out upon the Watch, heard a man cough, and the 

 fticks crack; who gave the reft an account, that he law 

 Indians', which they would not believe; but faid to him, 

 You are afraid: his anfwer was, that they might fee them 



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