106 BLOODY BROOK. »T. II. among other things, to give forty coats to any of the PD. I. Narragansetts, who should bring Philip alive, twenty CH. VI. for his head and two for each of his subjects delivered as prisoners. attacked 8. The Indian king retreated, with his warriors, to a swamp at Pocasset, near Montaup. There, on the 18th, the colonists attacked them, but gained no deciPhilip sive advantage. Philip then went to the vicinity of at Pocas Connecticut river; but to the inhabitants, every where set. in danger, and in fear, he seemed to be every where present. Captain Hutchinson, with a company of horse, was drawn into an ambush, near Brookfield, Battle at where he was mortally wounded, and sixteen of his field. Company were killed. The Indians then burned the Brook town. 9. Intending to collect a magazine and garrison at Hadley, Captain Lathrop, with a corps of the choicest Sept. 18. young men, selected from the vicinity of Boston, was Battle of sent to transport a quantity of corn from Deerfield, to Bloody that place. They were suddenly attacked by the Indians, and though they fought with great bravery, they were almost all cut off. The brook, by which they fought, flowed red, and to this day is called "Bloody Brook." Brook. October. 10. In October, the Springfield Indians, who had Spring previously been friendly, concerted with the hostile burned. tribes, and set fire to that town. While its flames field Conan were raging, they attacked Hadley. 11. Conanchet now violated the treaty, and not only received Philip's warriors, but aided their operations against the English. On the 18th of December, one chet vio- thousand troops were collected from the different colonies, under the command of Josiah Winslow, of Plymouth. After a stormy night passed in the open air, they waded through the snow sixteen miles; and about ates the treat. 7. What was stipulated?-8. Give an account of King Philip s movements? What was the condition of the inhabitants? What befel Capt. Hutchinson ?-9. Give an account of Capt. Lathrop, and his company? 10. What treachery was practised by the Springfield Indians?-11. What was now the conduct of Conanchet? What number of troops went to attack him? At what time, and under what circumstances did they march? A NATION DESTROYED. 107 one o'clock, on the afternoon of the 19th, they arrived PT. 11. near the enemy's fortress. P'D. I. CH. VL. 12. It was on a rising ground, in the midst of a swamp; and was so fortified with palisades, and thick hedges, that only by crossing a log, which lay over a ravine, could it be approached. The officers led the men directly across the narrow and dangerous bridge. The first were killed, but others pressed on, and the fort was entered. Conanchet and his warriors forced Dec. 19. the English to retire; but they continued the fight, The fort defeated the savages, and again entering the fort, they Nar. deset fire to the Indian dwellings. One thousand war- stroyed. riors were killed; three hundred, and as many women and children, were made prisoners. About six hundred of their wigwams were burnt, and many helpless sufferers perished in the flames. of the Famine 13. The wretched remains of the tribe took shelter in the recesses of a cedar swamp,-covering themselves with boughs, or burrowing in the ground, and feeding and cold. on acorns or nuts, dug out with their hands from the snow. Many who escaped a sudden, thus died a lin- Conan gering death. Conanchet was made prisoner in April, chet's and was offered his freedom if he would enter into a treaty of peace. The chieftain indignantly refused, and was put to death. death. attempts 14. In the spring of 1676, the colonial troops were almost universally victorious. Jealousies arose among the different tribes of savages, and while great num- 1676 bers were slain, many deserted the common cause. Philip Philip had attempted to rouse the Mohawks against the English, and had, for this purpose, killed a number the Mo of the tribe, and attributed their death to the whites. His perfidy was detected, and he fled to Montaup, whither he was pursued. 15 In the midst of these reverses, Philip remained unshaken in his enmity. His chief men, as also his wife and family, were killed or made prisoners; and, 12. Describe the fort-the approach of the troops-the second attack-the destruction of the Indians. 13. What happened to the remains of the tribe? To Conanchet? 14. How did the colonial troops succeed in 1676? Where was Philip ?-15 How did he bear his adversity? to gain hawki 108 P'D. I. PT. II. while he wept bitterly, for these domestic bereavements, he shot one of his men, who proposed submission. CH. VII. After being driven from swamp to swamp, he was at last shot near Montaup, by the brother of the Indian 1676. Philip is whom he had thus killed. killed. 16. Of the scattered parties which remained, many were captured. Some sought refuge at the north. These afterwards served as guides, to those parties of hostile French and Indians, who came down and desolated the provinces. In this dreadful contest, New England lost six hundred inhabitants, and a great amount In Philip's of property. Fourteen towns had been destroyed, N. Eng- and a heavy debt incurred. Yet the colonies received land loses no assistance from England; and they asked none. The humane Irish sent the sufferers some relief. war 600. The 17. If Philip's war was to the whites disastrous, to the savage tribes it was ruinous. The Pokanokets and the Narragansetts henceforth disappear from history. The "praying Indians" were mostly of the Massachusetts confederacy; and although they suffered Indian much, being suspected by the red men because they Nations were Christians, and by the whites because they were ed. Indians, they yet had a remnant left. Elliot watched his scattered flocks, and exposed himself to many dangers on their account. The wreck of four towns remained from the fourteen, which the converts numbered before the war. destroy CHAPTER VII. The Regicides.-New Hampshire and Maine.-Charter of Massachusetts annulled. 1. THE regicides, a term, which in English and American history, refers especially to those men, who signed the death warrant of Charles I., were, after the 15. How did he come to his end?-16. What became of his followers? How many inhabitants of New England were destroyed during this bloody war? Who sent relief?-17. What were the consequences of the war to the Indians? How did it affect the praying Indians? CHAPTER VII-1. Who were the regicides? THE SUPPOSED APPARITION. 109 estoration of his son, proscribed. Three of their PT. II. number, Goffe, Whalley, and Dixwell, came to Ameri- P'D. I. ca. They were at Boston and Cambridge, and under CH. VII. romantic circumstances, were shielded from their pur- The suers at New Haven. At length, Whalley and Goffe three re found refuge in the house of Mr. Russel, minister of gicides Hadley, where they lived in profound concealment. 1675. 2. Goffe had been a military commander. Looking from the window of his hiding place, he saw, on a Sabbath day, as the people were collecting for public worship, a body of ambushed Indians stealing upon them. Suddenly he left his confinement, and appeared 1. among the gathering worshippers, his white hair and Oct. 1 beard, and loose garments streaming to the winds. He Goffe gives the alarm, and the word of command; and the Hadley. men, already armed, are at once formed, and bearing down upon the foe. When they had conquered, they looked around for their preserver. He had vanished during the fray; and they fully believed that he had been an angel, sent from heaven for their deliverance. gicides 3. Of the three judges, who cast themselves upon the Americans, not one was betrayed. The meanest The reof the people could not be induced, by the price set not beupon their heads, to give them up; and they now rest, trayed. in peaceful graves, upon our soil. Mass. 4. MAINE. In 1677, a controversy, which had existed for some time, between the government of Massachusetts, and the heirs of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, 1677. relative to the district of Maine, was settled in Eng- buys land, and the territory assigned to the latter. Upon Maine. this, Massachusetts purchased the title, and Maine became a province of that colony. 1679. 5. NEW HAMPSHIRE. In 1679, a commission was nade out by order of Charles II., for the separation N. H. a of New Hampshire from the jurisdiction of Massa- royal chusetts, and its erection into a royal province. The province 1. Which of them came to America? Where were they? 2. During King Philip's war, what were the circumstances of Goffe's appearing at Hadley?-3. Were either of the three judges betrayed? 4. How did Massachusetts acquire a title to Maine? 5. What happened to New Hampshire in 1679 ? P'D. I. A TYRANT SENDS A TYRANT. PT. II. assembly was to be chosen by the people, the president and council to be appointed by the crown. CH. VII. This colony now manifested, that stability of character, for which, no less, than for its sublime piles of Shows a mountains, it is called "the Granite State." The spirit. people first thanked Massachusetts for the care she free 1682. Cranfield had taken of their infant condition; and next determined "that no law should be valid, unless made by the assembly, and approved by the people. 6. Edward Cranfield, a needy speculator, was selected by Mason, and sent from England, to be the governor of New Hampshire. But he could neither outMason Wit, nor over-awe the rugged patriots; nor with all sel.ds the advantages of law, eject them from their lands; to rule. though for many years he gave them great annoyance. 7. Charles II. made additional navigation acts, by which he would have entirely destroyed the commerce 1679. of the colonies, had they been observed. But they were evaded, and opposed, especially in Massachusetts. dolph. Edward Randolph was sent over by the king, to see that these oppressive laws were executed. Ran Charles II. suc These 8. James II., who declared, that there should be no free governments in his dominions, issued writs against the charters of Connecticut and Rhode Island. ceeded colonies presented letters and addresses, which, conII. tained expressions of humble duty. The king con1685. strued them into an actual surrender of their charters; by James and, proceeded to establish a temporary government over New England. Sir Edmund Andros was appointed governor general. 9. Sir Edmund began his career with the most flattering professions of his regard to the public safety and happiness. It was, however, well observed, that "Nero concealed his tyrannical disposition more years than Sir Edmund did months." Soon after his arrival 5. Why is New Hampshire called the granite state?-6. Who was selected by Mason as governor? What was beyond his power to do? -7. How did King Charles proceed in regard to navigation laws? How did the colonists? Whom did the king send over? For what purpose?-8. What writs did James II. issue? What did R. I. and Conn.? How did the king next proceed? Who did he send over as governor general ? 9. How did Sir Edmund begin? |