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to flight; 123 and following them fo clole, that they took 13 

 Canoo's, 124 and one Lufty Man, who had Jofeph Ram/die's 1 * 5 

 Scalp by his fide, who was taken by two of our Indians, 

 and having his deferts was himfelf Scalp'd. This being a 

 ihort and fmart fight, fome of our Men were kill'd, and 

 feveral wounded. 125 Some time after an Englifh Man who 



12 3 Church's account in his letter 

 varies a little : — 



"I landed the molt part of the men 

 and went on more and ordered them 

 where they mould lodge ; but the In- 

 dians in particular I ordered to fuch a 

 houfe, or elfe to goe on board again ; 

 but they, contrary to my order, took up 

 their lodge on the riuer by Papooducke 

 fide, where the enemie had lately ran- 

 deuouzed. All the reft of the comandes 

 and companies were where I ordered 

 them to be. The enemie difcovered the 

 Indians fires, — came in the night and 

 difcouered where the Companies lay, 

 and ambulbed them at day-light : made 

 a lhot upon our Indians; it being the 

 2 1 st inftant, and the Sabbath day. Our 

 Englifh arofe to the fuccour of the In- 

 dians, friends; being all ready at break 

 of day, pr. my order, and drawing up 

 towards them, many were wounded and 

 (lain : the enemie haveing great advan- 

 tage of ours ; for the light of the day, 

 and ftares reflecting upon the waters 

 gave them advantage to fee us, when as 

 we could not fee them att all, againfl; 

 the dark woods : efpecially we could not 

 fe to distinguilb between our Indians 

 and theirs. Whereupon I ordered to lie 

 ftill under the fea bancks till day-light: 

 I coming on fhore the fecond boat, and 



fee the difficulty : but the enemie fired 

 hard upon the veffells and boats coming 

 on fhore : and when the day was light 

 enough, I ordered the men to arife from 

 the banks, and run all upon them at 

 once; the which we did, and foon put 

 them to the flight, — followed them hard 

 thorrow a fwamp, firing brifkly. They 

 knowing where there cannoos were, got 

 their wounded men into them before we 

 came up, and moll: of them put oft". 

 Our men affirmed but two that they 

 fee killed." [Letter, p. 95.] 



124 "We took 2 guns and many blank- 

 ets and gun-cafes, and 4 cannoos." 

 [Ibid. p. 96 ] 



125 "A company of foldiers from Lynn 

 were impreffed by orderof the Governor, 

 and fent out againft the Indians in the 

 depth of winter. One of the foldiers 

 from Lynn, Mr. Jofeph Ramfdell. was 

 killed by them at Cafco Bay, in 1690." 

 [Lewis's Ilijt. Lynn, 177; Xewhall's 

 Annals of Lynn, 2S9.] 



126 The letter gives a more particular 

 ftatement, as follows : — 



" We went on board fent away two 

 veffells with the captiues and fick and 

 wounded men, and buried our dead, 

 which was 3 Englifh and 4 Indians. 

 The wounded were 17 Englifh and 7 

 Indians. Them that were llain were 



