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93 The enimy as is before touched were all retreated onto the west side of the river of Sudbury where also severall English inhabited; Upon the 22th of April early in the morning our 40 Indians having striped themselves & paynted their faces like the enimy they passed over the bridge to the west side of the river without any English man in their company. To make discovery of the enimy (which was generally conceived quartered thereabout But this did not at all discourage our ch[ris]tian Indians from marching out for discovery (and to their great greefe (for som of them wept when) they saw so many English lye dead on the place, among the slayne some they knew viz. those two worthy & pious captaines, Capt Brocklebank, of Rowly & Capt Wadsworth of Milton, who with about thirty two private souldiers were slaine the day before For Capt Wadsworth lying with his company at -- Marlborough being left there to strengthen the frontier upon the return of the Army,: words crossed outthat hee - understanding that the enimy had Attacked Sudbury took a ply of his men about six files and marched for their relief with whom Capt Brocklebank (who kept quarters at Marlborough) went taking this opertunity as a good convoy to goe to Boston, to speake with the councill Capt wadsworth being a valient & active man & being very desirous to rescue his friends at Sudbury marched in the night with all the speed hee could & his souldiers being spent & weary with travel & want of rest fell into the enimies ambushment in the morning & the enimy being numerous encompassed him round so that they were Generally cut off: except a few that escaped to a mill which was fortified but the people