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Thomas Treadwell was an early inhabitant of Dorchester, and had a division of lands beyond the " Blew Hills." He removed to Ipswich. Sells to E. Breck, 1638.
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Nathaniel Wales came over in the ship James, with the Rev. Richard Mather, in 1635, and is mentioned in Mather's Journal. Was a church member and grantee of land in 1637, and made free- man the same year. He was a ship-wright by trade. He lived in Dorchester nearly twenty years, and then removed to Boston. Nathaniel (junior) re- moved to Boston with his father, and died there Dec. 4, 1661. His son Nathaniel (3d) settled in Braintree, and was a Ruling Elder in the Braintree church. He died March 23, 1717-18. Nathaniel, 3d, had fifteen children. Nathaniel's (senior) sons Timothy and John settled in Dorchester. Timothy had a son Eleazer, born 25 (10) 1657. John was bailiff in Dorchester in 1653 ; had a daughter Con- tent, born 14 (3) 1659. Mr. Wales's wife was Susan. He died in Boston, Dec. 4, 1661.
George Weeks came, it is supposed, about the same time as Mr. Mather, which was in 1635. His wife was Jane Clap, sister of Capt. Roger Clap, through whose influence Mr. Weeks came. He ap- pears to have been a man in high estimation, and Blake says he was of a religious family. Amiel, Joseph and William were his sons. Mr. Weeks died in Dorchester, 27 (8) 1659. His widow Jane married Jonas Humphrey, and died in 1668.
John Wiswall was a member and the deacon of the church at Dorchester in 1636. He was a Ruling Elder, and for many years kept the Church Records. He was a Selectman at various times between 1639 and 1655; Deputy in 1646; went to England in 1652, returned to Dorchester, removed from thence 12*
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to Boston in 1659-60, and was chosen Elder of the first church there, July 20, 1664. The latter part of the time that he was in Dorchester, he lived in that part of it now called Canton, "beyond ye Blue Hills," near Dedham. He died August 17, 1687, aged 86 years. His wife was Margaret. His son John lived in his father's house in Dorchester in 1660. His daughter Ruth married Henry Mount- ford; Hannah married - Overman ; Mary married
Edmands; Lydia married - Ballard ; Debo- rah married Cutter; Esther married Daniel Fisher ; and Rebecca married Matthew Johnson. By a letter dated in 1660, signed by Thomas and Ann Smith, and published in the Genealogical Register of July, 1853, it appears that John Wiswall's wife was their daughter. Mahaleel Munnings is also called John Wiswall's son, and therefore must have married one of his daughters. Brothers Abiel, Adam and Jonathan, in England, and Smith's "brother Withington," are also named in Smith's letter.
Thomas Wiswall, brother of John, came to Dor- chester about 1635. He joined the church in 1636, was grantee of land in 1637, Selectman in 1644, removed to Newton about 1656, and was ordained Ruling Elder of the church there, July 20, 1664. He died Dec. 6, 1683. He had a son Enoch, born in 1633, who married Elizabeth, daughter of John Oliver 25 (9) 1657, and died Nov. 28, 1706, aged 73 years. He inherited his father's house, and lived in it at the time of his death. Ebenezer, born at Dorchester, 1646, died at Newton, June 21, 1691. Noah, born in 1640, married Theodosia Jackson, of
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Newton, in 1664 ; was a military man, and was in command in the desperate battle with the Indians near Wheelwright's Pond, in Lee, N. H., where he and his son John were killed, July 6, 1690. Icha- bod, born 1637, minister of Duxbury, died July 23, 1700; and Thomas, who probably died young. Enoch came in possession of the house which was Mr. Maverick's, also the house formerly Abraham Dyke's. Mary married Samuel Payson, of Dorches- ter ; Hester, baptized 1635, married Major William Johnson, of Woburn, 1655 ; Sarah, baptized 1643, married Nathaniel Holmes, Jr., of Dorchester.
Henry Withington probably came over in 1636. He was one of the six that signed the church cove- nant with the Rev. Richard Mather, 23 (6) 1636, and was soon after chosen Ruling Elder, which place he filled twenty-nine years. His first wife was Eli- zabeth, his second was Margarie. He was a Select- man in 1636, and grantee in 1627. He died Feb- ruary 2, 1666-7, aged 79 years. Deacon Richard Withington, who died Dec. 22, 1701, aged 84 years, was a son of his. His daughters were - Faith, who married Richard Baker; Mary, who married Deputy Governor Thomas Danforth ; and Ann, who married James Bates, Jr.
John Whitcomb came to Dorchester early, pro- bably in 1635 - supposed to have come from Dor- chester, in England, and probably a son of Simon, who was chosen one of the Assistants in England, but never came over. John removed to Scituate as early as 1640, and owned a large farm near North River, which he sold to Thomas Hicks. He remov-
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ed to Lancaster, and died there, Sept. 24, 1662. His daughter Katharine married Rodolphus Ellms, of Scituate, in 1644. His sons were - John, who re- moved to Lancaster with his father; Robert remain- ed at Scituate ; James settled in Boston, and owned the land where the Tremont House now stands. It is supposed that James favored the cause of Gover- nor Sir Edmund Andros, when he was at the head of the government, and subsequently left the coun- try for England.
John Whipple was a grantee of land at Dorches- ter Neck in 1637, and joined the church in 1641. He lived near what is now called Neponset Village. He was a carpenter by trade, and owned a house and 40 or 50 acres of land, which he sold in 1658 to George Minott, for his son John Minott. His chil- dren born in Dorchester were - Sarah, baptized August 12, 1641, and married a Mr. Smith, of Pro- vidence; Lemuel, baptized in 1643; William, bap- tized 16 (3) 1652; Benjamin, baptized 4 (4) 1654; David; John, baptized March 9, 1641; Eleazer, baptized 8 (1) 1646; Mary, baptized April 9, 1648. Mr. Whipple removed to Providence.
Michael Willis, or Willies, or Wyllyes, was in Dorchester as early as 1638 ; was freeman the same year ; was a grantee of land in 1640 and 1647. He removed to Boston about 1659, and was one of the founders of the second church there. He sold some of his common land in Dorchester to Richard Leeds, in 1656. He was a blacksmith by trade, and died in Boston in 1669. He had two sons - Roger, who lived in Dorchester in 1677; and Joseph, baptized 3 (12) 1639. He had several daughters.
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Theophilus Wilson, it is supposed, was not long in the town.
Henry Woodward came over in the ship James, Capt. Taylor, in the summer of 1635. He was a physician. He removed to Northampton about 1658, and was accidentally killed there by a mill wheel.
Richard Wright appears to have come to New England early, and to have been in Lynn and Bos- ton before he came to Dorchester. He was there, however, soon enough to have a division in the Neck lands in 1636. He was one of the committee sent to Mt. Wollaston to bound out farms for William Coddington and Edmund Quincy.
Mr. Thomas Waterhouse and his wife joined the church at Dorchester, 4 (12) 1639, and taught a school that year. He was married, before he came to New England, to Anna, the daughter of John and Ann Mahew. He was a minister and curate under Mr. Candler, at Codenham, England. He did not remain long in Dorchester, but returned to England. He was ejected at Ashrocking, by the Act of Uniformity. He died in 1679 or 1680, near- ly 80 years of age. His children were - Anna, baptized at Dorchester, March 5, 1640; Thomas, Conquest, John, Edward, David and Elizabeth.
Nicholas Wood was in Dorchester as early as 1640, from which time he carried on Mr. Glover's farm until the death of Mr. Glover in 1654, during which time Mr. Glover resided in Boston. The farm is now within the bounds of Milton, and was sold by Mr. Glover's heirs to Robert Vose in 1654,
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and a part of it is now in possession of the heirs of the late Col. Josiah Vose.
It will be perceived that several names appear on pages 101 and 102, which should have been omitted, as they had been given in the previous list.
CHAPTER X.
Privations and Influence of Woman in the Settlement of the Country. - Additional Names of Male Inhabitants of Dorchester prior to 1700.
IT was our intention to have given an outline of the history of all the male inhabitants of Dorches- ter who had arrived at the age of twenty-one years, prior to the year 1700 ; but the space which would be required to do this might, it is thought, be better filled with a more general history. While speak- ing of those among the first emigrants who belonged to the sterner sex, we would by no means forget the female portion of our predecessors, who acted well their part. Our early history abounds with instances which prove, that in performing the duties which peculiarly devolved upon them, and in sharing with the men in the mutual privations incident to the settlement of a new country, the women deserve a full share of the praise which belongs to the early settlers. Their influence also was great and benefi- cial; and from the time when that " faire maide," Mary Chilton, first leaped upon the rock at Ply- mouth, to the present day, that influence has been
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an important element in our national character. In the beautiful language of Mrs. Sigourney - " On the unfloored hut, she who had been nurtured amid the rich carpets and curtains of the mother land, rocked her new-born babe and complained not. She who in the home of her youth had arranged the gorgeous shades of embroidery, or, perchance, had compounded the rich venison pastry as her share in the housekeeping, now pounded the coarse Indian corn for her children's bread, and bade them ask God's blessing ere they took their scanty portion. When the snows sifted through their miserable roof- trees upon her little ones, she gathered them closer to her bosom ; she taught them the Bible, and the catechism, and the holy hymn, though the war- whoop of the Indian rang through the wild. Amid the untold hardships of colonial life, she infused new strength into her husband by her firmness, and solaced his weary hours by her love. She was to him
' An undergoing spirit, to bear up Against whate'er ensued .? ??
The following list comprises the names of those who lived in the town, and who had reached the age of twenty-one years, up to the year 1700, in addition to those in the lists already given.
Consider Atherton Hope Atherton James Atherton John Avery James Atwood Increase Atherton
Joseph Angier Watching Atherton Jonathan Atherton
Peter Aspinwall
Nicholas Allen
Mr. Bellingham
Alexander Bradford
William Brinsmade, Sen.
John Bradley
James Blake
Thomas Breck
George Babcock
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Edmund Brown
William Bradley
John Blackman
Henry Bayley
Gamaliel Beaman
John Clap
Edmund Bowker
Thomas Clap
William Blake, Jr.
Henry Cunliffe
Richard Butt
Richard Curtis
John Burge
Henry Crane
Thomas Bird, Jr.
Samuel Clap
Benjamin Bailey
Samuel Chandler
James Bates, Jr.
Peter Cealey
Thomas Birch
William Chaplin
Edward Barber
Joseph Capen
David Babcock
Nathaniel Clap
Henry Bridgham
Rev. Nathaniel Clap
Nicholas Boulton
Nathaniel Clark
Edward Blake
John Clap, 2d
Rev. Joseph Capen
John Bird
Nehemiah Clap
John Baker
John Capen, Jr.
James Blake, 2d
Samuel Capen
Hugh Batten
Barnard Capen, Jr.
Roger Billings, Jr.
Hopestill Clap
James Barber
Desire Clap
John Blake®
Preserved Capen
Rev. William Brinsmeade
Ammi Ruhamah Corlet
Noah Beaman
Jonathan Clap
Nathan Bradley
Ebenezer Clap, son of Nicholas
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William Betts
Eben Clap, son of Na- thaniel
Joseph Birch
Matthew Ball
Francis Ball
Teague Crehore
James Baker
Arthur Cartwright
Joseph Blake
Samuel Capen, 2d
John Blake
Bernard Capen, 2d
James Bird
Joseph Crosby
John Brown
David Cremin Richard Davis
Ebenezer Billings
Abraham Dickerman
Benjamin Bates
Richard Denton
Mr. Beaumont
Charles Davenport
Giles Burge
Thomas Drake
William Daniell
Edward Breck, son of John
Rev. John Danforth
John Beaman
John Bolton
Ezra Clap
Henry Butler
Jonathan Birch
Noah Clap Chamberlain
John Buck
Augustin Clement, Jr.
James Bacon
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John Deane
Israel Howe
Walter Deane
Obadiah Hawes
Nathaniel Duncan, Jr.
Nathaniel Howard
Peter Duncan Ebenezer Davenport
John Holbrook
Richard Hall, Jr.
William Dyer
John Holmes Eleazer Hawes
John Davenport
Humphrey Davie
Thomas Holman
William Davenport
Goodman Haven
Thomas Davenport, Jr.
Joshua Henshaw
Abraham Dike
Daniel Henshaw
Thomas Danforth
Ralph Hutchinson
Gilbert Endicott
Thomas Hilton
Daniel Elder
Stephen Hoppin
John French
Thomas Holbrook
Edmund Forward
John Holland, Jr.
Timothy Foster
Thomas Holland
Rev. Josiah Flint
Michael Holloway
James Foster
Jonathan Hill
Elisha Foster
Jonathan Hall
John Foster
James Humphrey
Richard Francis
Peter Hix
Anthony Fisher
Samuel Hill
Standfast Foster
Hopestill Humphrey
Hopestill Foster, Jr.
William Howe
Anthony Gulliford or Gulliver
Isaac Howe
John Gurnsey John Gill
Ralph Houghton
Henry Gurnsey
Abraham Howe
Nathaniel Glover
Walter Harris
Nicholas George
Ralph Houghton, Jr.
Thomas Gattliffe
Jeremiah Hawes
Habakkuk Glover
Nathaniel Holmes
John Glover, Jr. Thomas Glover
John Isles
Joshua George
William Ireland
Peletiah Glover
Isaac Jones'
Nathaniel Glover, Jr.
David Jones
Nicholas George, Jr.
Samuel Jones
Thomas Graves
Joseph Jewett
Jacob Hewins
Timothy Jones Jonathan Jones
Joseph Holmes
Henry Kibby
James Hosley
George Kinwright
Samuel Hall
Stephen Kinsley
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Samuel Hix
David Holmes
Samuel Humphrey
Richard Hall
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Enos Kinsley
John Maxfield
John Minot, Jr.
Joseph Mather
Samuel Minot
Thomas Meekins
Ebenezer Moseley
Peter Lyon Nicholas Lawrence
John Marsh
Henry Leadbetter
Joseph Morse
Joseph Long, Sen.
Nicholas Lawrence, Jr.
Rev. Joseph Lord
John Pope, Jr.
Henry Layeland
Peter Pocock
Joseph Leeds
William Pillsberry
Joseph Long, Jr.
Robert Pond
Thomas Loring
John Plumb
John Lewis
Enoch Place
Benjamin Leeds
Thomas Pierce
Nathaniel Lyon
Thomas Pope
Eben'r Lyon
John Payson
Margery Laner
Richard Puffer
John Minot
Oliver Partridge
Mahaleel Munnings
Daniel Preston
Timothy Mather
Stephen Minot
Henry Merrifield
William Pratt
James Minot
Samuel Paul
Thomas Moseley
Samuel Payson
Thomas Millet, Jr.
Ephraim Payson
Samuel Maxfield
William Pigrom
Clement Maxfield
William Peacock
John Moseley, Jr.
John Pelton
Henry Mason
Robert Pond, Jr.
Atherton Mather
Robert Pelton
Henry More
Samuel Pelton
Israel Mead
Francis Price
Rev. Samuel Mather
Rev. Nathaniel Mather
Rev. Eleazer Mather
Rev. Increase Mather
Sampson Mason
John Merrifield
James Robinson
Henry Robie
Cornelius Morgan John Mason
Samuel Robinson
Goodman Moreton
William Royal
John Kinsley, Jr. John Kinsley, 3d Eldad Kinsley Bustian Kern
George Lyon Lee
Anthony Newton
Thomas Narrowmoore
William Osborne
Peter O'Kelly
Edward Payson
John Pratt
Matthew Pimer Joshua Pomroy Jasper Rush Jeremiah Rodgers Robert Redman
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Henry Roberts John Robinson Samuel Robinson, 2d
Rev. William Thomson
Praise Ever Turner
Increase Turner
William Turner
Samuel Topliff
Thomas Tolman, Jr.
Thomas Robinson
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John Tolman James Tucker
Samuel Robinson, Jr.
Increase Robinson
Onisephorus Tileston
Samuel Rigby
Timothy Tileston, Jr.
John Richards
Joseph Twitchell
Edward Rossiter
Thomas Treadwell Mr. Ting
William Row
Thomas 'Trowbridge
Roger Sumner
Peter Talbot
John Smith, Jr.
Thomas Vose
Robert Spur
Edward Vose
Robert Sanders
Ammiel Weeks
Robert Stanton
Timothy Wales
Obadiah Swift
Richard Way
Samuel Sumner
William Weeks
William Salesbury
Enoch Wiswall
Increase Sumner
Thomas Wainwright John Wales
Robert Searl
Richard Withington
Richard Sykes
Ebenezer Williams
Abraham Staple
Joseph Weeks
Hon. William Stoughton
Rev. John Wilson, Jr.
George Sumner
Joseph Wilson
Joseph Shelton
Samuel Wadsworth
William Sumner, Jr.
Richard Williams
William Smede
George Wilkes
Ralph Sammes
William Ware
Thomas Swift, Jr.
James White
Robert Stiles John Stiles
Henry Withington, 2d
Roger Willyes
Mr. Sunderland John Steele
Ebenezer Williams, Jr.
Robert Sharp
Philip Withington
David Sellick
Nicholas White
Edward Savage
Edward Wyatt
Benjamin 'Tuchel
John Wilcocke
Thomas Weeks
Aaron Way
Rev. Ichabod Wiswall
Ralph Tompkins
John Ward
Ebenezer Robinson Rev. John Robinson William Rawson
Thomas Robinson, son of James
John Trescott
Hon. William Tailer
Isaac Royal
Lawrence Smith
Capt. John Withington .
Timothy Tileston James Trowbridge
Samuel Trescott
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Robert Willyes
Smith Woodward
Ebenezer Withington
Elias Wood
Samuel Webb
Ralph Warner
Thomas Wilkinson
Samuel Wales Joseph Withington
Henry Ware
Nathaniel Wyatt
Dr. Smith.
CHAPTER XI.
Removal of part of the Colony to Connecticut-The Pequot War- Orders of the General Court and of the Town.
THE year 1636 was an important era in the his- tory of Dorchester. A large portion of the first inhabitants left the town for a new settlement on the borders of the Connecticut River (Windsor), and their places were filled by the Rev. Richard Mather and most of the one hundred passengers who came with him from England. Many grants of land were made, and many orders passed by ten men chosen by the town for the purpose. Seven of these men were to make the orders, and having been first published on a lecture day, they were not to be " disallowed " by the plantation. This year were also chosen twelve Selectmen ; viz., Mr. Stoughton, Mr. Glover, Henry Withington, Nathaniel Duncan, George. Minot, Richard Collicot, John Holman, Mr. Hill, William Gaylard, Christopher Gibson, John Pierce and Mr. Jones. The Church was likewise re-organized and the following Covenant agreed to.
" Dorchester Church Covenant made ye 23d Day of y 6 Month 1636.
" We whose names are subscribed being called of God to Join ourselues together in Church Communion ; from
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our Hearts acknowledgeing our own unworthiness of such a privilege, or of ye least of Gods mercies ; and likewise acknowledgeing our disability to keep Covenant with God, or to perform any Spiritual Duty which he calleth us unto, unless ye Lord Jesus do enable us thereunto by his Spirit dwelling in us ; Do in ye Name of Christ Jesus our Lord, & in trust and Confidence of his free Grace assisting us, freely Covenant & Bind ourselues, Solemnly in ye presence of God himself, his Holy Angels, and all his servants here present ; That we will by his Grace Assisting, endeavour constantly to walk together as a Right Ordered Congrega- tion of Christ, according to all ye Holy Rules of a Church Body rightly established, so far as we do already know it to be our duty, or shall further understand out of God's Holy Word : Promising first & aboue all to cleaue unto him as our Chief and only Good, and to our Lord Jesus Christ as our only Spiritual Husband & Lord, & our only High Priest & Prophet & King. And for ye furthering of us to keep this blessed communion with God and his Son Jesus Christ, & to grow up more fully herein ; we do likewise promise by his Grace assisting us, to endeavour ye Estab- lishing amongst ourselues all his Holy Ordinances which he hath appointed for his Church here on Earth, and to obserue all & euery of them in such sort as shall be most agreeable to his Will, opposing to ye utmost of our power whatsoever is contrary thereunto, and bewailing from our Hearts our own neglect hereof in former times, and our poluting ourselues therein with any Sinfull Invention of men.
" And lastly, we do hereby Covenant and promise to fur- ther to our utmost power, the best Spiritual good of each other, & of all and every one that may become members of this Congregation, by mutual Instruction, Reprehension, Exhortation, Consolation & Spiritual watchfulness over one another for good. And to be subject in and for ye Lord to all ye Administrations & Censures of ye Congregation, 13*
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so far as ye same shall be Guided according to ye rules of Gods most holy word. Of the integrity of our Hearts herein, we call God ye Searcher of all Hearts to Witness ; Beseeching him so to bless us in this & all our Enterprises, as we shall sincerely endeavor by ye assistance of his Grace to obserue his Holy Covenant in all ye branches of it inviolable for ever ; and where we shall fail, there to wait upon ye Lord Jesus for pardon and acceptance & healing for his Name's sake.
" RICHARD MATHER, NATHA'L DUNCAN,
GEORGE MINOT, HENRY WITHINGTON,
THOMAS JONES, JOHN POPE."
JOHN KINSLEY,
Cattle were at this time very scarce, and as nearly all wished to secure a stock for their own use and comfort, as well as for profit, the prices were very high; cows and oxen being worth from £30 to £40 each. Goats were also in demand, and many of them kept.
This year the trouble, which had been some time brewing, broke out between the settlers of the Bay and the Pequot Indians. This tribe never assimi- lated with their white neighbors-neither with the English on the North East nor the Dutch on the West. About July, of this year, Capt. John Old- ham was murdered by the Indians at Block Island ; and as he was a man universally known both in the Plymouth and Massachusetts colonies, it was resolv- ed to put a stop to such proceedings, and punish the aggressors. For this purpose, four companies were raised, commanded by Capt. John Underhill, Capt. Nathaniel Turner, Ens. William Jennison and Ens. Richard Davenport, and the whole expedition placed
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under the command of Gov. Endicott. This was the first serious warfare that occurred after the set- tlement of the colony, and the whole vicinity were deeply interested in the event. The following ac- count of the death of Oldham, is copied from that excellent work, S. G. Drake's "History of Boston."
" It proved that Captain Oldham was killed by some Narraganset Indians who happened to be at Block Island at the time of his visit. The discovery of the murder and its perpetrators was accidental, and happened in this way. Captain John Gallop, an intrepid mariner of Boston, being upon a trading expedition, put into Block Island to traf- fic with the natives. He had with him his son John, another son not mentioned by name, and a servant, who is described as a 'strong, stout fellow.' As they approached the island, they discovered a vessel making off from the shore, under suspicious circumstances ; for those on board of it managed the sails in an awkward manner. Immedi- ately after, they saw that it was full of Indians. Though his men numbered but four, including himself, Captain Gallop determined to capture the piratical vessel, as he now conceived her to be such. He therefore fired upon her as soon as he was near enough, and then stood off to ascer- tain what effect his fire had upon the pirates; for, owing to their numbers, he was afraid to board them at once, as ' they stood ready armed, with guns, pikes and swords.' To attempt their capture under these circumstances was cer- tainly desperate ; but Gallop had the advantage of being able to manœuvre his vessel, while his enemies were such sorry sailors that they appear to have had little or no con- trol over their craft. Gallop, therefore, having drawn off to a fair distance, made all sail, with the prow of his vessel aimed directly against the quarter of the enemy. There being a good breeze, he struck her with such force that she was almost overset by the collision ; and this so frightened
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the Indians, that six of them jumped into the sea and were drowned; yet the English captain did not dare to board her, but stood off again to prepare for another broadside of the same kind. His success increased. The next time he drove the fluke of his anchor through the bows of the pirate, and remained fast to her. In the mean time he raked her fore-and-aft with his small shot, till every Indian had hid himself below. The English might now have boarded her, but the Captain concluded to continue his successful broadsides, as his anchor had broken its hold, and his bark was drifting from his antagonist. As soon as the Indians saw him hauling off, four or five more of them leaped overboard and were drowned. Seeing this, Gallop came alongside and boarded them. The Indians, by this time, if not before, being satisfied that all was lost, one came out of the hold and surrendered ; and being bound, was put into the hold. Then another came up, and he was bound likewise ; but not daring to put him into the hold with the other, fearing one might unloose the other, they threw him bound into the sea. There were still two left in the hold, and these defended themselves so bravely with swords, that Gallop resolved to secure them there, and to sail away with his prize. He therefore made her fast to his own vessel and proceeded on with her in tow ; but in the night the wind came on to blow, and he was forced to cut her adrift, and thus he lost her. He soon after arrived at Saybrook with the Indian captive, and in due time returned with him to Boston.
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