History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . and, engaging themto remain neutral and to surrender any ofPhilips men coming within their jurisdic-tion. This agreement they did not the attacks on Springfield and Hat-field in October, great numbers of thePokanoket braves came to them, evidentlywelcomed. To prevent their becoming acentre of mischief, Connecticut, Massachu-setts, and Plymouth despatched a thousandmen to punish the Narragansets. Theymet the foe at the old Palisade, in the midstof a dense swamp in what is now SouthKingstown, Rho
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . and, engaging themto remain neutral and to surrender any ofPhilips men coming within their jurisdic-tion. This agreement they did not the attacks on Springfield and Hat-field in October, great numbers of thePokanoket braves came to them, evidentlywelcomed. To prevent their becoming acentre of mischief, Connecticut, Massachu-setts, and Plymouth despatched a thousandmen to punish the Narragansets. Theymet the foe at the old Palisade, in the midstof a dense swamp in what is now SouthKingstown, Rhode Island. The terriblecold which rendered this Narraganset cam-paign so severe had turned the marsh intoa Fridge, and at once on their arrival thesoldiers, weary and hungry as they werefrom their long march, and spite of its it>75l KING PHILIPS WAR being Sunday, advanced to the was in front, then Plymouth,then Connecticut. Long and bitter wasthe fight. The Indians, perfect marksmen,took deadly aim at the leaders. Five cap-tains were killed outright and as many. frWfsL-^-- Goffe at Had lev 230 ENGLISH AMERICA [1676 more mortally wounded. The fort wastaken, re-taken, and taken again, the whitesat last, to make sure work, setting fire tothe wigwams. The storming party lost inkilled and wounded one-fifth of its Swamp Fight, as it was called, brokeforever the strength of the Narragansets,the tribe and its allies dispersing in alldirections. In 1676 central Massachusetts was againaflame. Lancaster was sacked and burned,its inhabitants nearly all either carriedcaptive or put to death with indescribableatrocities. Mrs. Rowlandson, wife of theLancaster minister, also her son and twodaughters, were among the captives. Wehave this brave womans story as subse-quently detailed by herself. Her youngest,a little girl of six, wounded by a bullet, shebore in her arms wherever they inarched,till the poor creature died of cold, starva-tion, and lack of care. T
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