The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars . y there was no longer that concert ofaction that had existed under the old confederacy of theNew England colonies, by nieans of which the forces to befurnished by each in time of war were duly app(^ feuds and old dislikes prevented any cordial un-dei-standing with Rhode Island. AVinthrop, of Con-necticut, seems to have made up his mind to do justenough to save himself from the charge of indifference,and no more, let the demand be ever so Deerfield seems to have stirred even his sluggi
The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars . y there was no longer that concert ofaction that had existed under the old confederacy of theNew England colonies, by nieans of which the forces to befurnished by each in time of war were duly app(^ feuds and old dislikes prevented any cordial un-dei-standing with Rhode Island. AVinthrop, of Con-necticut, seems to have made up his mind to do justenough to save himself from the charge of indifference,and no more, let the demand be ever so Deerfield seems to have stirred even his sluggishblood somewhat. In April he sent oflf sixty trooperato be posted at Hatfield until further orders. As re- > See the corrcsiwndencc in the Winthrop Papert. 188 Till-: iu)udi:r wars op nkw England [1704 gards the casttiii iloiitiii, ])u(llty now succeeded inobtaining; a Iniiulrod PcHiuots, Moliogans, and Niautics,wards of Connecticut, to serve on tliat exposcnl front, onthe theory that Indians could be i)itted a<4ainst Indianswith advantage. He had first meant to post them at. GLIMPSE OF LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE. the foot of Lake Winnipesaukee, as a cover to the NewHampshire settlements, but had finally yielded to theirfears of being cut off there, and had left them posted atBerwick instead. These Indians were under the com-mand of Major Samuel Mason, of Stonington. They ITOJJ ENEMV CUTS OFF BOTH ENDS OF THE LINE 189 were furnished witli subsistence by Massachusetts, and aper diem allowance of twelve pence by Connecticut, butwere actually volunteers, or more accurately sj^eaking,guerrillas. In this employment of those fragments oftribes, whom the English had once crushed Avith ironhand, against their own race, the moralist of to-daymight find food for reflection, but the exigencies ofthose times were such as to require the prompt use ofevery available weapon within reach, regardless of whatposterity might say. These arrangements enabled Dudley to withdraw anequal number of men
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