that soon after a warm dispute arose between them, relative to the prisoners, each claiming the women for their squaws (or wives) that they at length proceeded to blows, and after beating each other for some time with clubs, it was agreed by both parties (to prevent further altercation) that the women should be put to death, which they, as they supposed, carried immediately into execution; the unfortunate narrator received a severe blow on the head, which brought her senseless to the ground, and while in this situation, was scalped and lelt for dead by her savage enemies!"

The inhabitants of Sudbury, with a company of soldiers under the command of Lieut. JACOBS, of Malborough, alarmed at the near approach of the enemy (who, to the number of about 200 were encamped near that place) resolved to attack them at night; accordingly on the 6th September they marched within view of them, and at night (as they lay extended around a large fire) approached them unperceived within gun shot, when they gave them the contents of their muskets; many of those that remained unhurt, being suddenly aroused from their slumber by the yells of their wounded brethren, and imagining that they were completely surrounded by the English (whom the darkness of the night prevented their seeing) threw themselves into the fire which they had enkindled, and there perished; but few if any escaped-in this attack the English sustained no loss.

On the 25th, a considerable body of the enemy attacked the inhabitants of Marlborough, many of whom they killed, and set fire to their houses-a company of English who had been ordered from Concord for the defence of this place were cut off by the savages and totally destroyed-two other companies despatched from Boston, for the like purpose, met with the same fate-it appeared that the Governor, on learning the situation of the un

fortunate inhabitants of Marlborough, despatched to their relief two companies under the command of Captains WADSWORTH and SMITH, who before they arrived at their place of destination, were informed that the sav ages had quit Marlborough, and proceeded for Sudbury (12 miles distant) which induced the English to alter their course and proceed immediately for the latter place -of this, it appeared that the enemy had been apprized by their runners, and had lain a plan to cut them off ere they shohld reach Sudbury, which they in the following manner completely effected-learning the course which the English would take, they within a few rods thereof stationed 50 or 60 of their number in an open field, who were ordered to retreat into a neighboring thicket as soon as discovered and pursued by the English; in this thicket the remainder of the Indians, to the number of about 300, concealed themselves by lying prostrate on their bellies-the English on their arrival, espying the Indians in the field, and presuming them to be but few in number, pursued and attacked them, who very soon retreated to the fatal spot where their treacherous brethren lay concealed and prepared to give their pursuers a warm if not a fatal reception; here they were closely pursued by the English, who too late discovered the fatal snare which had been laid for them; in an instant they were completely surrounded and attacked on all sides by the savages; the English for several hours bravely defended themselves, but at length were borne down by numbers far superior to their own-thus fell the brave Captain WADSWORTH, and Captain SMITH, as well as most of the troops under their command.

The Indians bordering on the river Merrimack, feeling themselves injured by the encroachments of the Eng lish once more reassumed the bloody tomahawk, which had been buried for a number of years.-On the 1st No:

vember they in a considerable body entered the villages of Chelmsford and Woburn, and indiscriminately put to death every inhabitant they contained, not sparing the infant at the breast. On the 9th they burnt the house of a Mr. EAMES, near Concord, killed his wife and threw her body into the flames, and made captives of his children. On the 15th they took prisoner a young woman (sixteen years of age) who, by the family with whom she resided, had been placed on a hill in the neighborhood of their dwelling to watch the motions of the ene my-the account which the young woman gave of her capture and escape was as follows :-that" on the morning of her capture, the family having been informed that a party of Indians had the day previous been discovered in a neighboring wood, she (by their request) ascended a hill near the house to watch their motions, and alarm the family if seen approaching the house; that about noon she discovered a number of them ascending the hill in great haste, that she immediately thereupon attempted to evade them by retireing into a thicket, but that the Indians (who it appeared had before observed her) found her after a few moments search, and compelled her to accompany them to their settlement, about 40 miles distant-it was here they gave her to understand she must remain and become their squaw, and dress and cook their victuals-that she remained with them about three weeks, during which time they made several expeditions against the English, and returned with a great number of human scalps-that on the night of the 6th December, they returned with six horses, which they had stolen from the English, which having turned into a small enclosure they set out on a new expeditionthat she viewed this as a favorable opportunity to escape, to effect which, she caught and mounted one of the horges, and making use of a strip of bark as a bridle, she

penetrated a wild and parthless wood, and arrived at Concord at seven o'clock the morning proceeding, having tvavelled all the preceding night to evade the pursuit of the enemy!"-In like manner did one of the children of Mr. EAMES (of whose capture mention is made in the preceding page) escape from the Indians, although but ten years of age, he travelled sixty miles through an uninhabited wood, subsisting on acrons!

On the 12th December a party of Indians attasked and killed several of the inhabitants of Bradford. The Governor of Massachusetts colony, for the protection of the defenceless inhabitants of the Merrimack, ordered the raising and equipping of four companies of cavalry, to the command of which were appointed captains SILL, HOLYOKE, CUTLER and PRENTICE.

On the 23d the above troops proceeded for the borders of the Merrimack, and on the 26th fell in with a considerable body of the enemy whom they engaged and completely defeated.On the 4th January, 1679, Capt. PRENTICE, detached from the main body, fell in with and engaged about 100 of the enemy in the neighborhood of Amherst, whom he likewise defeated, but with con siderable loss on his part.

On the 6th, a son of the brave Captain HOLYOKE, of Springfield, receiving information that a number of the enemy in small bodies were skulking about in the woods bordering on that town, with twenty resolute young men marched out to attack them-falling in with a considerable body of them, an engagement ensued, which though severe terminated at length in favor of the Englishthe Indians being furnished with muskets, were unwil ling to give ground, and would probably have remained masters of the field had not the English received a reinforcement which put them to flight-the loss of the English in the engagement was 5 killed and 9 wounded, and

that of the enemy 23 killed, and between 30 and 40 wounded.

The savages were no longer confined to any particular tribe or place, but in parties from 50 to 300, were scattered all over the thinly inhabited parts of New-England

a considerable body of them were yet in the neighborhood of Hadley, Deerfield and Northampton, where they were continually commiting their wanton acts of barbarity. Several of the inhabitants of the towns above mentioned, daly reflecting on the danger to which they and their families were daily exposed, formed themselves into several companies and made choice of their com manders. On the 4th February, receiving information that there were near 200 Indians embodied in a swamp in the neighborhood of Deerfield, the above mentioned force marched to attack them; arriving within view of them about day-break, they discovered them in a profound sleep stretched out upon the ground around their fire-the cavalry immediately thereupon alighted, and after forming themselves, approached them within pistol shot before they were discovered by the enemy; who, being suddenly aroused from their slumber, and astonished at the unexpected appearance of so many of their enemies, fell an easy prey to the English, who, without the loss of a man, killed 120 of them; the remainder, as the only means of escape, having plunged into a rivers where probably many of them perished.

Although the English atchieved this action without any loss on their part, they were on their return unhappily ambushed by about 400 of the enemy-the English hav ing expended all their ammunition in the late engagement, and being much fatigued, were now in turn likely to fall an easy prey to their enemies, who, with their bloody knives and tomahawks, for the space of an hour, attacked them with the greatest success-not one of the