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A trew Relation given by Robart Wattson Captive before the Comandrs att wells the 25th of May 1690: Concerning the taking and destroying Cas'co bay That on friday morning being the 16th day of May ^now last past one Robart Wattson being wanting there isued out of severall garrisons 26 men in search, of him of which 20 ware killed in a very little time emediately the enemy fought with the Garrison Mr Ingerson and they stoutly resisted untill Evening, at which time the ammunition being done they of St Garrison issued out & gott to the forth with only the dammage of one man wounded att which fort the Enemy assalted all night the 17th day in the morning Mr Lawrance sent to Captt Davis for supply of men which was Refused with advice given to said Lawrence that he should come to the fort which hee did wth out the loss of a man where the Enemy Continued there assalt until munday morning at which time they fired two houses which stood very neare the fort and Continued there assault until ^Tuseday one a Clock at which time they brought to perfection trenches, out of which they putt [crossed out: ??] to burtch Rines with fier Arrows to the fort with such fury and diligence, that they within weare not able to Resist, and seing noe ~ other way but either yeild or End in the dredfull flames treated with the Enemy and upon sollem protestations that they made that all the English there should be safely conducted with out [hole in paper?] any want of provision to pascatawny (the unclear all was unclear the fort was sur- rendered about three [??] before sun sett, unclear being done there pro- mises Immediately Captivated all, and Carring them a little way where they did after a strange Cruell manor bind them to stakes in the ground stretched as tho : on Rack the Caus of which was supposed to be the approch of some vessels upon which they lay all along the shore except the gard on the Captives the whole being then about 300 Indians of which Ropohood was Generall & about 200 french of which one puxnuff was Commander. The number of canooes had about 200 in some of which the said Wattson saw four in some three the least two Indians besides the squawes, the [??] Wattson gives account of about 40 psons killed and 68 captivated, of which captives there are 38 men who ware in the fort when surrendered 9 women and 21 children

[column 1] The Enemy ^doth yett Reside in wells make what haste you can

for [crossed out text] our Incouridgment 

yours to serve in what wee may Samuel Whelewright John Littlefield

[column 2] Samuel Sherborne: Captt Sira'h Walton Joseph Storey Icabod P*stor Richard P*rier ~