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 .. . rder of battle, marched forward in quest of the enemys camp. The Indian fortress stood on a rising ground in the midst of the swamp,and was composed of palisades, which were encompassed by a hedge,nearly a rod thick. It had but one practicable entrance, which wa
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 .. . rder of battle, marched forward in quest of the enemys camp. The Indian fortress stood on a rising ground in the midst of the swamp,and was composed of palisades, which were encompassed by a hedge,nearly a rod thick. It had but one practicable entrance, which was overa log, or tree, four or five feet from the ground; and that aperture wasguarded by a block-house. Falling providentially on this very part of thefort, the English captains entered it, at the head of their companies. Thetwo first, with many of their men, were shot dead at the entrance; fourother captains were also killed. When the troops had effected an entrance,they attacked the Indians, who fought desperately, and compelled theEnglish to retire out of the fort; but after a hard-fought battle of threehours, they became masters of the place, and set fire to the wigwams, to HISTORY. 575 the number of five or six hundred, and in the conflagration many Indianwomen and children perished. The surviving Indians fled into a cedar. Attack on the Indian Fortress. swamp, at a small distance; and the English retired to their the English there were killed and wounded about two hundred andthirty; of the Indians one thousand are supposed to have perished. From this blow, the confederated Indians never recovered; but theystill remained sufficiently strong to harass the settlements by continualinroads. In retaliation, the English sent several detachments into theirterritories, nearly all of which were successful. Captain Church, of Ply-mouth, and captain Dennison, of Connecticut, were conspicuous for theirbravery and success. In the midst of these reverses, Philip remainedfirm
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