An American history . without mercy. The chief event of thewar was the storming of the stronghold of the Narragansetttribe, amid December snows, in 1675. The Narragansettswere practically annihilated that day. The death of Philip,the next year, put an end to the hopes of the Indians. Beforelong they had been beaten at all points. Indians takenalive were sent to the West Indies and sold as slaves. ButNew England had paid a great price for her victory. It isestimated that one in every ten of the men of New Englandhad been killed or captured by the Indians. A dozentowns had been burnt to the grou
An American history . without mercy. The chief event of thewar was the storming of the stronghold of the Narragansetttribe, amid December snows, in 1675. The Narragansettswere practically annihilated that day. The death of Philip,the next year, put an end to the hopes of the Indians. Beforelong they had been beaten at all points. Indians takenalive were sent to the West Indies and sold as slaves. ButNew England had paid a great price for her victory. It isestimated that one in every ten of the men of New Englandhad been killed or captured by the Indians. A dozentowns had been burnt to the ground. 126. The Virginian Misery. Fortunately the southernIndians had no such leader as Philip. Nevertheless, Virginiasuffered more than in any Indian trouble since the greatmassacre. Some three hundred whites are said to havebeen killed. All the while terrible repol-ts from New Englandserved as ghastly warnings of what might, at any moment,take place in Virginia. A fever of alarm and discontent took 90 AMERICAN HISTORY. possession of the colony. There were other causes of it besidesthe Indian danger.^ During several years the harvests hadbeen bad, and many people were feeling the pinch of severe winter of 1672-1673 had killed off half the livestock in Virginia. In 1676 wheat and corn had grown soscarce that Governor Berkeley forbade the exportation offood to the Indian fighters of New England whose fields hadbeen ruined. Strange to say, in spite of the greatness of theIndian danger, Berkeley refused to equip an adequate force to protect the motives are a prob-lem to this day. Per-haps he feared thatany force he raisedwould turn againsthim. He had outlivedhis popularity and hisrule was harsh and ex-travagant. The Vir-ginians accused him ofthe basest motives forholding back. Theydeclared that his inter-est in the fur trade carried on by the Indians was what kepthim from vigorous action. Finally a young planter, NathanielBacon, defied the governor and took the le
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