A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ..and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . ;and when they felt it in all its force, the strongest passions were awakenedwhich could animate the savage breast. A leader only was wanting toconcentrate and direct their exertions, and Philip, of Pokanoket, sachemof a tribe residing within the boundaries of P
A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ..and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . ;and when they felt it in all its force, the strongest passions were awakenedwhich could animate the savage breast. A leader only was wanting toconcentrate and direct their exertions, and Philip, of Pokanoket, sachemof a tribe residing within the boundaries of Plymouth and Rhode Island,assumed that station. His father was the friend, but he had ever been theenemy, of the whites ; and he exerted all the arts of intrigue, of which hewas master, to induce the Indians, in all parts of New England, to unitetheir efforts for their destruction. He succeeded in forming a confederacy,able to send into action more than three thousand warriors. The English were apprized of the plots of the Indians, and made prepa-rations to meet their hostilities. They hoped, however, that the threatenedstorm would pass by, as others had, and that peace would be the insolence of Philip, and the number of his adherents, increaseddaily; and, in June, 1675, some of them entered the town of Swanzey, in. Auack on Swanzey. Plymouth, where, after slaughtering the cattle, and plundering the houses,they fired upon the inhabitants, killing and wounding several. The troopsof that colony marched immediately to Swanzey, and were soon joined bya detachment from Massachusetts. The Indians fled, and marked thecourse of their flight by burning the buildings, and fixing on poles by theway side, the hands, scalps, and heads of the whites whom they hadkilled. The troops pursued, but unable to overtake them, returned toSwanzey. The whole country was alarmed, and the number of troopsaugmented. By this array of force, Philip was induced to quit his resi- 574 BOOK OF THE
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