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them to their Ships, with the Lofs of Capt. Sherhurn 
and feveral Men, who could not get aboard in time. 
They killed feven Perfons at Berwick, twenty-one at 
Sandy -Bear, a Family at Rowly, another at Haverhill, 
both in EJfex County. Thus we find them drawing 
Southward, and extending themfelves into the Majfachu- 
fets, y^hich they had not done before. The Garrifon of 
Cape Nidduck was fo thinned by Draughts from it, that 
the Remainder thought fit to defert it, though a ftrong 
Fort. A Party Indians affaulted the Town of 
Tork, killed fifty EngiijJj, and drove away one hundred 
into Slavery, and the reft fortified themfelves ; and 
though they were but a Handful ; yet the Savages, who 
were feveral Hundreds, durft not attack them. Here 
Mr. Shubaal Dunner, the Minifter, was ftiot at his own 
Door, to the great Joy of the French Papifts. A Ship 
was immediately difpatched to Sagadohook, with a Com- 
miffion, and Effebls to redeem the Captives, and thofe 
Men who remained in the Town were now thinking of 
abandoning it. 
Major Hutchinfon was in June 1692 fent with a ftrong 
Party under Capt. Convers, Capt. Floyd, and Capt. Ihax- 
ter , to alTift them, and other Englijhmen on the Frontiers. 
Capt. Convers was pofted at JHells with only fifteen Men 
in the flight Fort there, and fifteen more in two Sloops in 
the River td be afllfting to the others upon Occafion. 
Againft him came no lefs than four Indian Kings, Moden^ 
kawando, Moxus, Edgerement, Warumho, and ftill two 
greater Men, Monfleur Lahrocree and Monfieur Barniff, 
with fome French Soldiers, and five hundred Hurons. 
Idoxus had not long before attacked Wells with two hun- 
dred Indians, and had been repulfed by Capt. Convers, 
w'ho had not a Quarter of that Number of Men with 
him, which Modenkawando hearing, he faid, my Bro- 
ther Moxus has miffed it now, but I will go myfelf the 
next Year, and have the Dog Convers out of his Hole. 
But he was miftaken, for the Englijhmen in, the Fort, 
and Chiefs in the Sloops, behaved fo gallantly, following 
the Example of their brave Commander Convers, that 
after feveral fruitlefs Attempts of the Indians and French 
to mafter them by I.and and by Water, Monfleur Barniff, 
and the four Indian Confederate Princes, were obliged to 
tetire. But Monfieur Lahrocree did not live to bear the 
Reproach of fo fcandalous a Retreat, being killed in the 
firft of it. The Enemy happened here to take one John 
Diamond Prifoner, whom they ufed fo barbaroufly, that it 
would occafion too much Horror in the Reader to re- 
late it. 
Things continued, however, in this Situation, till Sir 
William Phipps came over in Quality of Governor of 
New England, who immediately began to think of ereft- 
ing a new F'ort at Pemmaquid, to cover the Frontiers, 
which he compleated in fix Months time, though it was 
one of the ftrongeft Places in America •, but the Expence, 
which this occafioned, made the People uneafy j who, 
it feems, never forgave the railing of the Money it coft, 
though they could not but be fenfible, that it was en- 
tirely laid out for their Safety : But it feems in New as 
well as Old England, and indeed in all other Countries, it 
is a much eafier thing to ferve a Society, than to make 
that Society fenfible of one’s Service. In the prefent Cafe 
one might have expeded things fliould have taken ano- 
ther Turn, fince by the Care Sir William Phipps took, 
the Frontiers of the Plantation were better fecured than 
in Times paft, and the Indians more than once defeat- 
ed in general Engagements *, if the Difputes of between 
two and three hundred Men of a fide may be called fo, 
and I fee no Reafon why they fliould not, if we con- 
fider that the Confequences of thefe Engagements were of 
the fame Importance to both Nations as if they had 
been fought by thoufands ; and I conceive, that it is the 
Importance of a War, and not the Number of Men em- 
ployed in it, that renders it worthy of Notice. 
Thefe Succeffes, the building the Forts in the Eaft, 
and the augmenting the Forces there, inclined the Sa- 
vages to think in earneft of Peace, efpecially upon hear- 
ing the Macquas threatened to fall upon them, for kill- 
ing fome of their Squas or Princeffes on Whortle-hury 
Plain. The Indian Sachems had a F7'ench Embaffador 
at their Courts, who was a Friar, toftir them up againft 
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the Englijh, and keep them in Heart. 'This Prieft did- 
his utmoft to perfuade them to continue the War. But 
the French not affifting them with Men, Arms, and 
Ammunition, as they promifed, the Friar could not 
hinder them from begging a Peace, which was concluded 
at Fort Pemmaquid, by thirteen Segamores and the Eng- 
Iff Commiffioners, who fet their Names to the Inftru- 
ment, Augujl ii, 1693. By this Treaty the Indians re- 
nounced their Allegiance with the French, owned them-- 
felves Subjects to the Crown of England, confirmed the 
Englijh in the Poffeffion of all the Lands they had ac- 
quired, and fubmitted the Regulation of their Trade to 
the next General Affembly, which gave great Satisfac- 
tion to the People of New England the rather, becaufe 
hitherto the Indians had very hotieftly kept their Trea- 
ties, but it was not long before it appeared that their 
new Ipiritual Guides the French had taught them other 
Principles. 
4. It was not above a Year before the Jefuits excited 
their new Converts to break this Peace concluded with 
Heretics ; it is true, there was then a War with France, 
fo that as Statefmen and Politicians the Jefuits may be 
juftified, but then they muft lay afide all Pretences to 
Chriftianity ; for it is certain, there is nothing in our 
Religion that countenances a Behaviour of this Kind, 
and therefore we may fafely fay, that all their Labours 
tended to make thefe poor People rather Tools to France 
than Chriftians. The firft breaking out of the new War, 
which happened in the Spring of 1694, was without 
any previous Declaration, or even Complaint that the 
I'ertns had not been kept on the Side of the Englijh, 
nor indeed was this ever fo much as pretended. A Body 
of Indians and French fell fuddenly on Oyjter River Fown, 
and feized near one hundred Perfons, twenty of which 
were of the Trained-Bands. One Blachjord courageoufly 
defended his Houfe againft them, who defpairing to re- 
duce him before Succours came, left him, and going to 
Mrs. C«/j’s Farm near Pijcataway, they murdered her 
and her Family. They made an Incurfion into Middle- 
fex County, and affaulted Groton, but were bravely re- 
pulfed by Lieutenant Lukin, upon which they fell to 
plundering the Plantations thereabouts, killed twenty 
Prifoners, and carried twenty more into Captivity. 
They killed one of the Children of Mr. Grejham Robert, 
the Minifter, and carried off another with them ; they 
murdered three Perfons at work near Spruce-Creek and 
eight more at Kittery, where they barbaroufly ufed a 
Daughter qf Mr. Downmg, The Savages Icalped this 
young Woman and left her for dead, but flie recovered, 
and was living twenty Years after. Mr. JoJeph Pike, of 
Newhurry, Under-Sheriff of EJfex, was murdered by 
them, between A?nejhury and Haverhill in that County. 
To balance thefe Loffes the Englijh feized Bommajeen, 
a famous Segamore, one of thofe that figned the laft 
Treaty. He pretended to be juft come from Canada, 
and that he came on Purpofe to put an End to thefe Hofti- 
lities. But it being proved, that he was a principal 
Acftor in the late Murders, he was fent Prifoner to Bojton. 
The taking of Bommajeen ftunned the Indians a little, and 
they were quiet for fix or feven Months. At laft a Fleet 
of Canoes came to an Hand a I.eague from Pemmaquid, 
and fent Propofals of Peace to the Garrifon. They 
owned their Guilt in breaking the laft Articles, but 
threw the Blame of it on the French. As a Proof of 
their Sincerity now they delivered up eight Captives, 
when they had above oqe hundred ftill in Captivity. 
However, a Truce was granted for thirty Days, and 
Colonel Philips, the gallant Major Convers, and Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Hawthorn, were appointed Commifli- 
oners, to treat with them on the Part of the Indians, 
but becaufe they brought not Bommajeen with them, 
whofe Releafement was all they wanted, the Indian 
Commiffioners broke off the Conference, and went 
away in d'lfguft. They had left the Englijh Planters 
in their Captivity contrary to their Promife to releafe 
them as a Preliminary, which was a plain Indication 
they were not in earneft. Advice was fent immediate- 
ly to all the Englijh Garrifons in the Eaft to be upon 
their Guard : Notwithftanding which. Major Hammond, 
of Kittery, fell into an Ambufcade, and was taken Pri- 
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