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41 The english so taken, informed the captain that those seavn indians with whom he was taken], had seased him at peter Bents mill, in marlborough. The day before, & had also sensed and scalped a youth of about 9 years old That was (his master peter Bents sonne & left the lad at the mil as dead; Another Good service that onf of these chtian indians did in this expedition, namely Thomas Quannaxohit (Brother to James above mentioned) this man had but the use of his left hand only for he lost the use of the other hand by gun shot in the begining of the warre at mount hope, as is befor unclear This fellow was witty & courageous, as may appeare in the storie following, After the former service done at Hassanamesit the two English companies joyned with Capt Daniel Henchman, & Capt Joseph Syll, And after their conjunction they marched to a place called Pakachooge about 10 miles distant from Hassanemesitt towards the Norwest, where was great plenty of good indian corne & in the place hoped to meet some of the enimy, coming to this place they saw signes of Indians that had been latly there; but it seemed were withdrawne upon the aproch of the English: At this place our forces tooke up their quarters, one night there being two wigwams, which was good shelter for the souldiers, the weather beeing wet & stormy. the next mourne our forces searched about the corne feilds to find the enimy but could not discover them; though in all probability the enimy saw them in all their motions & conceald themselves for this is their ordinary way to be hidd in thick swamps & other secret places & to move as our men do scatter themselves in smaull parties & lie close observing all the mens motions, the English in their serch found about 100 bushells of Indian corne newly gathered & a great quantity of corne standing. About 10 a clock in the forenoone the English captiness & their souldiers: marched Backe to Hassanamesit being gon about two mile on theirway, Capt Henchman