. American history:. ed above, is a short distance S. the village of Kingston, in the to^vn ofSouth Kingston, Washington county, RhodeIsland. The Fort was on an island containing fouror five , in the part of the swamp. a. The place where the English formed,whence they marched upon the fort. b. A place at wliich resided an Englishfamily, of the name of Babcock, at tlie timeof the fight. Descendants of that family haveresided on or near the spot ever since. c. The present residence (1845) of J. , Esq., whose father pxirchased theisland on which the fort stood, in the ye
. American history:. ed above, is a short distance S. the village of Kingston, in the to^vn ofSouth Kingston, Washington county, RhodeIsland. The Fort was on an island containing fouror five , in the part of the swamp. a. The place where the English formed,whence they marched upon the fort. b. A place at wliich resided an Englishfamily, of the name of Babcock, at tlie timeof the fight. Descendants of that family haveresided on or near the spot ever since. c. The present residence (1845) of J. , Esq., whose father pxirchased theisland on which the fort stood, in the year1775, one hundred years after the battle. Onploughing the land soon after, besides bul-lets, bones, and various Indian utensils, seve-ral bushels of burnt com were found,—the reliques of the conflagration. It is said the Indianshad 500 bushels of corn in the stack. tl. A piece of upland of about 200 acres. e The depot of the Stonington and Providence Rail Road. The Rail Road crosses the swampin a S. W. 196 COLONIAL HISTORY. [Book n, ANALYSIS, wounded; and several hundred were taken prisoners. 1. The Ens- *0f the English, eighty were killed in the fight, and oneiwhioss. hundred and fifty were wounded. °The power of the 2. Remnant ^^ i i i i /• i oftheNarra- J\ arragausetts was broken, but the remnant oi the nationeanseus. j-gp^ired, with Philip, to the country of the Nipmucks, and still continued the 14. ^It is said that Philip soon after repaired to themrmigfhe Country of the Mohawks, whom he solicited to aid himMohawks, agaiust the English, but without success. *His influence*■ ^^ was felt, however, among the tribes of Maine and NewHampshire, and a general Indian war opened upon all thecTofthe. ^^^ England settlements. ^The unequal contest con-eontest. tinned, with the ordinary details of savage warfare, andwith increasing losses to the Indians, until August of thefollowing year, when the finishing stroke was given to itin the United Colonies by
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