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under god, to us as the sequel proved. Besides many of these poor christians lost their lives by war, sickness , & famine, & some were executed that came into us, & chiefly it was a great Scandal to the christn. religion they professd., yet thro' gods favr. soem of them wr. preserved alive, & are reconciled again to the Eng. &
now live among the rest of the chrn. Inds. & in specl.
those of them that lamented & mourned when they were carried away, the Lord spared their lives & bro't them back to the enjoymt. of sanctuary mercies.
Upon this intelligence of the enemies appearance
about Hassanamesit, 2 companies of Eng. solds. wr. dispatched away into those parts one commanded by Cap. Daniel Henchman , the other by cap. Joseph Sil. This last took with him for guides 5 Natck. Inds. when they came to Hassanemesit they found signs of the enemy, but could see no considerable company of them. But Cap. Syll being at Hassanamesit, the 6 of Novr., hearing a noise early in the morning sent forth 2 files of men with 2 Inds., viz James Quanapohit & Eliazor Peqin, they had not gone far, but they discovd. 7 of the enemy, & one of ym. leading an Engm. The enemy discovd. our men fled, but the 2 Inds. James & Eliazor pursued them so close & firing upon the men that led the Eng. youth he was forced to leave his prisoner, & they rescued him & bro't him to their captain *; also James the Ind. [recover'd] a musket from the enemy, at the same time, this Eng. youth whose name was Christopher Muchin was thus delivered from the barbarous enemy by the courage of & activity of our Inds. this English so taken informed ye
- When our army marched to Wachuset, and a soldier was ready to shoot
at 3 Indians, a child with them in the habit of an Indian papoos, the child at the very instant crying out, he was an English boy, the soldier forbore to shoot & so the child ran to the English & escaped." Cobbet, 20.