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come creepping: they laugh'd and faid, they were Hogs: 

 Ay, (faid he) and they [75] will bite you by'nd by. So 

 prefently they did fire upon our Men ; but the Morning 

 being mifty their Guns did not go off quick, fo that our 

 Men had all time to fall down before their Guns went off, 

 and faved themfelves from that Volley, except one man, 

 who was kill'd. This fudden firing upon our Indian Soul- 

 diers furprized them that they left their Arms, but foon 

 recover'd them again, and got down the bank which was 

 but low: the Major with all the Forces on board landed 

 as faft as they could; the Enemy firing fmartly at them; 

 however all got fafe a-fhore. The Enemy had a great 

 advantage of our Forces, who were between the Sun rif- 

 ing & the Enemy, fo that if a man put up his head or hand 

 they could lee it, and would fire at it: However fome 

 with the Major got up the bank behind ftumps and rocks, 

 to have the advantage of firing at the Enemy; but when 

 the Sun was rifen the Major flip'd down the bank again 

 where all the Forces were order'd to obferve his Motion, 

 viz. That he would give three fhouts and then all of them 

 lhould run with him up the bank: fo when he had given 

 the third fhout, ran up the bank, and Capt. Converfe with 

 him. but when the faid Converfe perceived that the Forces 

 did not follow as commanded, call'd to the Major and told 

 him the Forces did not follow; who notwithstanding the 

 Enemy fired fmartly at, yet got fafe down the bank again, 

 and Rallying the Forces up the bank, foon put the Enemy 



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