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pie of 'New England^ of which, as it is a Matter of great 
Importance, we will give as full and clear an Account of 
it as we can % for tho* their Intrigues began fomewhat 
earlier than the Period afligned for this Se6lion, yet as our 
Expedition was ‘not made till after the Revolution, it 
comes in very properly here. 
2. The French^ in a Time of full Peace, and when, as 
we have obferved, they were folliciting and obtaining 
Favours from. King Ja?nes, excited the Indians on the Fron- 
tiers of New England^ to furprife feveral Out-fettlements, 
'where they committed feveral great Barbarities : Of this 
Complaints were made to the French Governor at ^ebec, 
who gave very good Words, pretending that he knew no- 
thing of what had happened ; but promifed to interpofe, 
and check the Defigns of the Indians as far as was in his 
Power, which Promife was very indifferently performed. 
The Englijh thereupon tried what fair Means, and a 
peaceable Negociation with the Indians would do ; in this 
likewife they were deceived and amufed, while their Ene- 
mies ftill perfifled in their Depredations, though they con- 
tinued to treat, and pretended that all Difputes fliould be 
amicably fettled, well knowing that the Colony would 
take any Meafures rather than engage in an Indian W ar. 
During thefeTranfadtions, the French and Indians entered 
into farther Engagements againft the Englijh^ who did 
what they could with Honour and Juftice, to bring 
Matters to a peaceable Iffue, which was rendered very 
difEcult by the Intrigues of the French, who upon King 
James'e, withdrawing to France, reprefented the Englijh 
Nation as in a rebellious and perilous Condition, which was 
fufficient Encouragement for the Indians to continue the 
War, having the Promife of powerful AlTiftance from 
^lehec. 
They furprifed the Garrifon of ^Mchecho, by the 
Treachery of Mefandonit, a Sachem, whom Major Waldern, 
who commanded there, had generoufly entertained the 
Night before ; and that Traitor lying in his Houfe, 
opened the Gates in the Morning to a Party of Savages, 
that lay in Ambufh not far off, and rufhing in killed the 
Major and twenty-two Men, burnt four or five of the 
befl Houfes, and carried away twenty-nine Perfons into 
Captivity, killing Mr. Broughton in their Retreat. The 
Government ordered Capt. Noyes, with a ftrong Party, to 
march to Penocoo'k, and clear the Country of the Savages j 
but they cleared it themfelves by running away as foon as 
they heard News of his coming. Captain Noyes purfued 
them, cut down all their Corn, burnt their Wigwams, 
and laid every thing wafte. A Party from Saco was fur- 
rounded by a great Body of Indians, and efcaped with 
Difficulty, having loft fix of their Number *, they after- 
wards mattered Pemmaquid Fort, by Help of Intelligence 
given them by one Mr. Starkey, who falling into their 
Hands thought to get out of them by that Service, and 
told of the weak Condition the Fort was in bytheAbfence 
of Mr. Giles, and Part of the Garrifon ; upon whom they 
fell at Giles’s Farm, and killed him and fourteen Men. 
They then got upon a Rock, when they miferably galled 
the Englijh, and obliged the Governor, Capt. Weems, to 
furrender on Promife of Life and Liberty. But the Sa- 
vages broke the Capitulation, and butchered the greatett 
Part of them, as alfo Capt. Skinner and Capt. Farnham, 
who were coming to the Relief of the Garrifon, and 
Mr. Pedijhall, as he lay in his Sloop in the Barbran. 
Thefe Loffes caufed the Inhabitants of Sheep/cot and Ken- 
nebeck to abandon thofe Places, and return to Falmouth. 
It was time for the Government of New England to look 
about them, and think of oppofmg vigoroufly thofe Murders 
and Depredations of the Indians : They fent Major Swayne 
with five hundred Men from Majfachujet, and Major 
Church, one of their bett Officers, from Plymouth, with 
five hundred more, againtt the Enemy in the Eatt, 
where they had intercepted Lieut. Hutchin, who had 
drawn off a Garrifon he had in thofe Parts, to fet them 
to work in the Field. The Savages coming unexpectedly 
upon them cut them to pieces being feventeen in Number, 
and then came to the Fort, where were only two Boys, 
'and fome Women and Children •, the Boys defended it 
againtt them, wounded feveral ; and when they found 
that the Barbarians were about to fet fire to the Houfe 
that was in the Fort, and to burn them out, they would 
not yield but on Terms of Life j which thefe inhuman 
W retches granted, and afterwards killed three or four of 
the Children, with one of the Boys *, the other made his 
Efcape. Capt, Garner purfued the Enemy, but they were 
too nimble for him. Another Party of them alTaulted 
Cano, killed Capt. Brooks, and had put the whole Town 
to the Sword, had not Capt. Hall come opportunely with 
Relief. The Defigns of Major Swayne and Major Church 
were fruftrated by the Treachery of fome Indian Confede- 
rates, who being fent out as Scouts, difcovered all that 
they knew to the Enemy •, who underftanding theNumber 
of the Englijh fled to their inacceffible Woods and Swamps : 
So Major Swayne, having garrifoned Blew Point, retired 
to Winter-Quarters. I enter not into the Particulars of the 
barbarous Treatment the Englijh Captiyes met with from 
the Savages, there being nothing in it but wffiat might 
be expedted from their Rage and Cruelty, and there was 
no likelihood of their learning Humanity towards the 
Englijh, by Leffons from their new Allies the French, who 
were very adlive in inftrudfing and difeiplining them for 
the better Management of the War. 
It is plain they had improved in it, both in Arms and 
in Adfion, and had continual Affiftance from Ejuehec, 
without which the Englijh would foon have chattifed them 
for their Infolence, and taught them to be quiet. To 
make the French fome Returns for the many Mifehiefs 
the Englijh had fuffered by their Means, it was refolved 
in New England to carry the War home to them. In 
purfuance of this Refolution Sir William Phipps, who 
commanded the Fleet and Forces, failed from New Eng- 
land the 28th of April, 1690, and on the nth of May 
following arrived before Port Royal. The French had then 
a very flourifliing Colony in Acadia, or, as we call it. 
New Scotland, confifting of no lefs than fix thoufand 
People, who got a Living at leatt by their Trade in 
Lumber, Fifh, and Skins ; but for all that the Place was 
fo miferably provided for Defence, the Town being co- 
vered only by a flight Pallifade, and a little Fort of no 
Force, that it was very foon reduced and Sir William 
Phipps had the Honour of recovering this Country to the 
Crown of Britain. The People in Nova Scotia had Leave 
by the Capitulation, either to retire to Canada, or remain 
in the Country *, and about two thoufand chofe the 
latter ; So that Sir William not only acquired a Country, 
but a People ; yet we did not keep the Poffeffion of 
either, for any Length of Time. To revenge thefe Loffes, 
Monfieur Artel, a French Officer from Canada, and one 
Hoophood a Leader among the Huron Indians, Confede- 
rates with xht French, with Men of both Nations, affaulted 
Salmon Falls, killed thirty Perfons, and carried away 
fifty into Captivity *, which terribly alarmed all New 
England, it being the firtt time that the French had adted 
openly with the Barbarians. And as Ejuebec w^as thought 
to be the Source of all their Calamities in this War, it 
was therefore refolved to attack that Place, which being 
reduced, the French would have no City to reft: in, and 
carry on their ill Defigns againft their Chriftian Neigh- 
bours. 
3. The Succefs Sir William Phipps fo lately had, recom- . 
mended him to the chief Command in this Expedition ; 
but it feems to have been as ill laid and managed as the 
other was well contrived ; for it is certain, he had a 
Strength with him fufficient to have driven the French 
out of Canada, had it been well ufed : He had thirty-two 
Sail of Ships, and they had aboard two thoufand Men, a 
prodigious Armament for fuch a Colony, and failed from 
Hull near Bojion the 9 th of Auguji ; but came not within 
Sight of ^ebec till the 5th of Oliober. Thus they were 
eight Weeks in a Voyage, that with good Winds and 
Weather, might have been made in two or three. TheE;^- 
glijh were fo long making up the River of St. Laurence, 
that the Governor, Count de Fontenac, had time enough 
to prepare for his Defence by drawing all the Strength of 
the Colony to ^ebec, which Sir William expedled would 
have been divided by an Army marching over Land, 
and attacking Mount Royal Fort on the Frontiers of 
Canada, while he fell upon the Capital. 
This Army was to confift of two thoufand Men from 
New 
