. Soldiers in King Philip's war; being a critical account of that war, with a concise history of the Indian wars of New England from 1620-1677, official lists of the soldiers of Massachusetts colony serving in Philip's war, and sketches of the principal officers, copies of ancient documents and records relating to the war, also lists of the Narraganset grantees of the united colonies, Massachusetts, Plymouth, and Conneticut; with an appendix, 3d ed., with additional appendix containing corrections and new material . was 527; the numberactually impressed was 540, including troopers, 75. The ret
. Soldiers in King Philip's war; being a critical account of that war, with a concise history of the Indian wars of New England from 1620-1677, official lists of the soldiers of Massachusetts colony serving in Philip's war, and sketches of the principal officers, copies of ancient documents and records relating to the war, also lists of the Narraganset grantees of the united colonies, Massachusetts, Plymouth, and Conneticut; with an appendix, 3d ed., with additional appendix containing corrections and new material . was 527; the numberactually impressed was 540, including troopers, 75. The returnsmade at Dedham Plain give 465 foot, troopers, 73. The Connecti-cut quota was 315, and there were also two companies of Indians,150. Plymouths quota was 158. The scene of the battle is well identified. It is situated inWest Kingston, , and belongs to the estate of the late G. Clark, whose residence was about one mile north-easterlyfrom the old battlefield. Many relics of the battle are in posses-sion of Mr. Clarkes family. Saving the changes incident upon theclearing and cultivation of contiguous land, the place could beeasily identified as the battlefield, even if its location were not putbeyond question by traditions and also by relics found from timeto time upon the place. It is now, as then, an island of four orfive acres, surrounded by swampy land, overflowed except inthe dry est part of the year. The island was cleared and plowedabout 1775, and at that time many bullets were found deeply. THE SWAMP FORT BATTLE. 185 bedded in the large trees; quantities of charred corn were plowedup in different places, and it is said that Dutch spoons and Indianarrow-heads, etc., have been found here at different times. The accompanying map is a section — slightly reduced — of thelarge map of Rhode Island, made from surveys under the directionof H. F. Walling, Esq., and published by him in 1862. It takesin the line of march from Pettisquamscot (Tower-Hill) to theFort. Th
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