. The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars. reck-oned with. Unfortunately there was no longer that concert ofaction that had existed under the old confederacy of theNew England colonies, by means of which the forces to befurnished by each in time of war were duly feuds and old dislikes prevented any cordial un-derstanding with Ehode Island. Winthrop, 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 pressing.^But Deerfield seems to ha
. The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars. reck-oned with. Unfortunately there was no longer that concert ofaction that had existed under the old confederacy of theNew England colonies, by means of which the forces to befurnished by each in time of war were duly feuds and old dislikes prevented any cordial un-derstanding with Ehode Island. Winthrop, 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 pressing.^But Deerfield seems to have stirred even his sluggishblood somewhat. In April he sent off sixty troopersto be posted at Hatfield until further orders. As re- 1 See the correspondence in the Winthrop Papers. 188 THE BORDER WARS OF NEW ENGLAND [1704 gards the eastern frontier, Dudley now succeeded inobtaining a hundred Pequots, Mohegans, and Niantics,wards of Connecticut, to serve on that exposed front, onthe theory that Indians could be pitted against 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 1704] ENEMY CUTS OFF BOTH ENDS OP THE LINE 189 were furnished with subsistence by Massachusetts, and ajper diem allowance of twelve pence by Connecticut, butwere actually volunteers, or more accurately speaking,guerrillas. In this employment of those fragments oftribes, whom the English had once crushed with 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 f
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