III-42 The town of Dedham makes the same claim. The Dedham man was found dead in the woods. He had been shot through the body, which act was charged upon the Indians. One Indian was arrested on suspicion of killing the man, but probably could not be convicted, as there the matter seems to have dropped.

III-43 The spot where this occurred must have been within the limits of that tract of country detached from the town of Tiverton, about eighteen years since, and annexed to the city of Fall River.

III-44 Church's History says: - "Hunter wounded one of them in his knee, whom when he (Hunter) came up he discovered to be his near kinsman; the captive desired favour for his squaw if she should fall into their hands but asked none for himself excepting the liberty of taking a whiff of tobacco, and while he was taking his whiff his kinsman with one blow of his hatchet dispatched him."

III-45 Rev. Noah Newman was a son of the Rev. Samuel Newman. Rev. Noah Newman was ordained at Rehoboth in March, 1668. He preached there till his death, April 16, 1678.

III-46 This information was contained in a marginal note. Rev. Nathan Fisk, to whom we are indebted for the transmission of the knowledge of these facts, was ordained at Brookfield in 1758; succeeded by Rev. Micah Stowe in 1801. Near the south-west end of Wickaboag Pond stood a fortified house called "Mark's garrison," and there was another in town called "Gilbert's Fort."

III-47 The Colonial Court had before taken action concerning the misconduct of the people of Dartmouth, and by that action thus referred to "carelessness to obtain and attend unto the public worship of God and ministry of the word." etc: "June 6th 1671. In reference vnto the towne of Dartmouth, it is ordered by the Court: "That whereas a neglect the last yeare of the gathering in of the sume of fifteen pounds, according to order of Court to be kept in stock towards the support of such as may dispence the word of God vnto them it is againe ordered by this Court, that the sume of fifteen pound be this yeare leuied to be as a stock for the vse aforesaid to be deliuered vnto Arther Hatheway and Sarjeant Shaw to be by them improued as oppertunity may p'sent for the ends aforesaid." This failed to be obeyed, and hence the court repeated the order July 1, 1672.

III-48 On the occasion of the bi-centennial celebration at Middleborough, in October, 1869, the writer of this book was shown a port hole in an ancient house standing in the Four Corners Village, which house was once owned and occupied by Abner Barrows, Jr.; but I cannot believe this was used in King Philip's war, as Middleborough was then abandoned by its English inhabitants, and houses burned by the Indians.

III-49 William Makepeace, of Boston, purchased land in what is now Freetown, and settled on his purchase in or about 1661. He was drowned in Taunton River, in August, 1681. In that part of Freetown now Fall River, Matthew Boomer had settled in or before 1675. A man named Layton was also there, and one of that name slain there in June, 1675.

III-50 Tradition says that Jacob Hathaway, formerly of Freetown, was born in the garrison house in Taunton where his parents had taken refuge in King Philip's war. He was commissioned ensign in or about 1716. Was selectman at Freetown twenty-five years; assessor, sixteen years. Son of John Hathaway, Jr., of Freetown, and grandson of John Hathaway, of that part of Taunton now Berkley. Jacob Hathaway finally became a Quaker.

III-51 Oneko was the oldest son of Uncas, and his immediate successor as chief of the Mohegans. Father and son were opposed to the christian religion.

III-52 At that date, the cavalry company attached to the Suffolk County Regiment was officered as follows: John Leverett, Captain; William Davis, Lieutenant; both commissioned October 19, 1652; Thomas Brattle, Cornet, commissioned May 31, 1670. October 13, 1675, were commissioned: William Davis, Captain; Thomas Brattle, Lieutenant; Jacob Elliot, Cornet; John Smith, Quartermaster. May 5, 1676, was commissioned Thomas Swift, Quartermaster.

III-53 Northfield was incorporated as a town Feb. 22, 1713. The Indian name was Squakeag.

III-54 Drake, in his book of the Indians, 4th edition, page 27, says this was Richard Beers, of Watertown; and if so, is identical with the lieutenant of the company of local militia of that town immediately preceding King Philip's war. (See roster of commissioned officers in Middlesex Regiment, page 69 of this book.)

III-55 Robert Pepper, one of Capt. Beers's men, was taken captive by the Indians. A cart containing ammunition, as well as carts containing provisions, fell into the hands of the Indians while the battle was going on, and thus, while the Englishmen's ammunition was giving out, that of the Indians was increased. Probably all the English baggage, being transported to Northfield, was loaded on carts - vehicles of two wheels each. Waggons did not come into general use until many years later.

III-56 Of the first company in Salem, Thomas Lothrop was commissioned lieutenant May 6, 1646. Salem was divided, and a part set off and incorporated as a new and distinct town, under the name of Beverly, October 14, 1668. Lothrop's residence was probably in that part of Salem that then became Beverly.

III-57 Incorporated as a town, and called Deerfield, May 24, 1682. Indian name, Pancomtock.

III-58 One early authority says that some of Lothrop's soldiers had lain down their arms, and were engaged in gathering grapes, when first fired upon by the Indians. That the affair was conducted badly we have good proof, without the addition of this unmilitary act.

III-59 Different authorities disagree as to the whole number slain on the part of the English, some making it ninety. It is hard to determine which is correct.

III-60 At the laying of the corner stone of this monument, Major General Epaphras Hoyt, of Deerfield (Author of "Hoyt's Indian Wars"), made the address. An oration was delivered by Edward Everett, then governor of Massachusetts. The inscription on the monument is as follows:
"On this ground Capt. Thomas Lothrop and eighty-four men under his command, including eighteen teamsters from Deerfield conveying stores from that town to Hadley, were ambuscaded by about 700 Indians, and the Captain and seventy-six men slain, Sept. 18th, 1675 (old style). The soldiers who fell are described by a contemporary historian as "a choice company of young men, the very flower of the County of Essex, none of whom were ashamed to speak with the enemy in the gate."
"'And Sanguinetto tells you where the dead
Made the earth wet, and turn'd the unwilling waters red.'
"This monument erected August, 1838."
An artist has endeavored, in a large oil painting, to reproduce the scenes of the battle at "Muddy Brook." This painting, when the writer of this book visited that locality, was to be seen in the hotel at South Deerfield.

III-61 Hatfield was incorporated as a town May 11, 1670. Formerly a part of Hadley, Hatfield was the residence of Brigadier General Isaac Maltby, author of a work entitled "Elements of War," also of "Maltby on Courts Martial."

III-62 One of the scouting parties, cut off by the Indians when approaching Hatfield, consisted of Thomas Mekins, Nathaniel Collins, Richard Stone, Samuel Clarke, John Pocock, Thomas Warner, Abraham Quiddington, William Olverton and John Petts. These were all slain.

III-63 He was identical with the Jonathan Poole commissioned captain of the local militia in Reading, June 1, 1677.