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was with laid Paine) They feeing our Forces coming 

 took the opportunity, fired feveral Guns, and fo run all 

 into the Woods, carryed all or molt part of their goods 

 with them. One Jarmcm Bridgway' m came running to- 

 wards our Forces with a Gun in one hand, and his Car- 

 tridg-box in the other, calling to our Forces to flop that 

 he might fpeak with them; but Maj. Church thinking it 

 was that they might have fome advantage, ordered them 

 to run on; when the faid Bridgway faw they would not 

 flop, turn'd and run, but the Major call'd unto him, and 

 bid him flop, or he mould be fhot down; fome of our 

 Forces being near to the faid Bridgway, faid it was the 

 General that call'd to him: he hearing that, ftop'd and 

 turn'd about, laying down his Gun, flood, till the Major 

 came up to him, his defire was that the Commander would 

 make hafte with him to his houfe, left the Salvages 234 

 fhould kill his Father and Mother, who were upward of 

 fourfcore Years of Age, and could not go. The Major 

 ask'd the faid Bridgway whither there was any Indians 

 amongft them.*? and where they liv'd? he fhak'd his head, 

 and faid, he durfl not tell, for if he did they would take an 

 opportunity and kill him and his: fo all that could be got 

 out of him was, that they were run into the Woods with 



233 "The Englifti purfued, and foon 

 met Bourgeois (Church calls him 

 Bridgman) a principal inhabitant, com- 

 ing to afk quarter for himfelf and fam- 

 ily." [Hutchinfon's Hijl. Mafs. ii : 92.] 

 Haliburton calls him "one of the molt 



refpeiftable Acadians." [Hijl. Nov. 

 Scot, i : 77.] 



234 That is, Church's Indians, — 

 among whom probably were ftill fome 

 of thole faithful old Sacouets who had 

 followed him on fo many war-paths. 



