The history and antiquities of Boston .. . le circumstances, as it was gener- which the English then retreated, only one, ally believed. — Journal, i. 225. 27 210 HISTORY OF BOSTON. [1637. CHAPTER XXIII. Pequot Wai- continued. — Negotiations with Plymouth. — Letter of Edward Winslow upon the Sub-ject. — Winslow comes to Boston. — States the Reasons why Plymouth should not engage in theWar. — Election. — Great Excitement. — Seat of Government removed from Boston to Newtown. —Preparations for the War. — March of Capt. Patrick. — Other Forces raised. — Thanksgiving. —March of Capt. Stoughton. — L
The history and antiquities of Boston .. . le circumstances, as it was gener- which the English then retreated, only one, ally believed. — Journal, i. 225. 27 210 HISTORY OF BOSTON. [1637. CHAPTER XXIII. Pequot Wai- continued. — Negotiations with Plymouth. — Letter of Edward Winslow upon the Sub-ject. — Winslow comes to Boston. — States the Reasons why Plymouth should not engage in theWar. — Election. — Great Excitement. — Seat of Government removed from Boston to Newtown. —Preparations for the War. — March of Capt. Patrick. — Other Forces raised. — Thanksgiving. —March of Capt. Stoughton. — Letter of John Ilumfrey. — Stoughton arrives at Pequot. — Pursuesthe Indians. — His Dispatches. — Surprises a large Number. — Puts many of them to Death. —Some protected by the Nianticks, whose Chief is cited to Boston.—Appears and gives Satisfac-tion.— Death of Pequot Chiefs, Sassacus, Mononotto.—Swamp Fight. — Many Prisoners taken.—Stoughton proceeds to Block Island. — Close of the April 17 -^ ^ ^.j J ABOUT the first of April, Mr. Winthrop ^^1^ ^ ? wrote to the Governor of Plymouth for ad- minmtmr> _ vice respectmg proceedings against the Pequots, andprobably hinting something about the propriety ofthat Colonys taking a part in the war, by furnishingmen or means, or both. This letter was answered onthe seventeenth following, by Mr. Winslow, bydirection of the Governor. In this he says,Concerning your present busnies, we conceive itwill be simply necessary for you to proceed in thewar begun with the Pequots, otherwise, the natives we feare will growinto a stronger confederacy, to the further prejudice of the whole Eng-lish. We are very glad to heare that the Munheges are fallen from thePequots, and brought to a professed war with them, knowing their in-veterate hatred ; and, desire it may be nourished by all good meanes.— But there is one thing of ill consequence, which we heare fromConnecticut, viz., that there are
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