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King Philip Makers of History By: John S. C. Abbott (1805-1877) |
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King Philip BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT With Engravings New York and London
Harper & Brothers Publishers
1901 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and fifty seven, by
Harper & Brothers,
in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District
of New York. Copyright, 1885, by Susan Abbot Mead.
[Illustration: PLYMOUTH BAY, AS SEEN BY THE INDIANS.]
PREFACE.
Few, even of our most intelligent men, if we except those who are
devoted to literary pursuits, are acquainted with the adventures which
our forefathers encountered in the settlement of New England. The
claims of business are now so exacting, that those whose time is
engrossed by its cares have but little leisure for extensive reading,
and yet there is no American who does not desire to be familiar with
the early history of his own country. The writer, with great labor,
has collected from widely spread materials, and condensed into this
narrative of the career of King Philip, those incidents in our early
history which he has supposed would be most interesting and
instructive to the general reader. He has spared no pains in the
endeavor to be accurate. In the rude annals of those early days there
is often obscurity, and sometimes contradiction, in the dates. Such
dates have been adopted as have appeared, after careful examination,
to be most reliable. The writer can not refrain, in this connection, from acknowledging the
obligations he is under to his friend and neighbor, John M'Keen, Esq.,
to whose extensive and accurate acquaintance with the early history of
this country he is indebted for many of the materials which have aided
him in the preparation of this work. JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. Brunswick, Maine, 1857.
CONTENTS.
Chapter Page I. LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS 13 II. MASSASOIT 46 III. CLOUDS OF WAR 80 IV. THE PEQUOT WAR 110 V. COMMENCEMENT OF THE REIGN OF KING PHILIP 156 VI. COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES 187 VII. AUTUMN AND WINTER CAMPAIGNS 220 VIII. CAPTIVITY OF MRS. ROWLANDSON 254 IX. THE INDIANS VICTORIOUS 292 X. THE VICISSITUDES OF WAR 321 XI. DEATH OF KING PHILIP 353 XII. CONCLUSION OF THE WAR 385
ENGRAVINGS.
Page PLYMOUTH BAY, AS SEEN BY THE PILGRIMS Frontispiece. THE FIRST ENCOUNTER 26 SAMOSET, THE INDIAN VISITOR 48 MASSASOIT AND HIS WARRIORS 57 THE PALACE OF MASSASOIT 68 THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER 169 THE BATTLE IN TIVERTON 210 CAPTURE OF THE INDIAN FORTRESS 247 CAPTIVITY OF MRS. ROWLANDSON 270 THE DESTRUCTION OF SUDBURY 311 THE INDIAN AMBUSH 315 THE DEATH OF PHILIP 360
KING PHILIP.
CHAPTER I. LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS. 1620 1621 Arrival of the Mayflower. Explorations. Captain Weymouth. Indian
captives. Enticing the natives. The seizure. Trophies. Necessity
for caution. Discovery of a wigwam. New enterprises. The return of
the explorers. New expedition. Sight of some Indians. Cheerless
encampment. Discoveries. Quaint description of the huts. Interior
of the hut, and what was found. Good intentions not realized. Another
stormy night. Morning preparations. A fearful attack. Protection of
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