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purpofe, That if he were Commander in Chief of thefe Prov- 

 inces, he would foon put an end to thofe barbarities done 

 by the Barbarous Enemy, by making it his whole bulinefs 

 to fight and deftroy thofe Salvages, as they did our poor 

 Neighbours; which doubtlefs might have been done if 

 rightly managed, and that in a fhort time &c. So that 

 thefe with the late Inhumanities done upon the Inhabitants 

 of Dcerfield, made fuch an Impreffion on his heart as can- 

 not well be exprelfed ; fo that his Bloud boyl'd within him, 

 making fuch Impulfes on his Mind, that he forgot all for- 

 mer treatments, which were enough to hinder any Man 

 efpecially the faid Maj. Church from doing any further 

 Service. Notwithftanding [100] all which, having a mind 

 to take fome Satisfaction on the Enemy, his heart being 

 full. Took his Ilorfe & went from his own Habitation 

 near Seventy Miles, 271 to wait upon his Excellency, and 

 offered his Service to the Queen, his Excellency & the 

 Country; which his Excellency readily accepted of, and 

 defired Maj. Church to draw a Scheme for the infuing 

 action or actions; fo taking leave, went home, and drew 

 it: which is as followeth. 



271 Church was now in the laft year graph, forgot that he had not, at the 



of his refidence at Fall River (then date here referred to, removed, as he 



Tiverton). [Part I. xxxiii.] This is did fo foon after, back to Little Comp- 



by the prefent direct route fcarcely more ton ; or the Governor might have 



than 51 miles from Bofton ; and the been abfent from Bofton fifteen or 



more circuitous roads then exifting twenty miles northward, at that time, 



could hardly bring it up to 70. I think fo as to have lengthened his journey 



Col. Church, when dictating this para- by that much. 



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