Identifier: indianhistoryfor00drak (find matches)
Title: Indian history for young folks
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Drake, Francis S. (Francis Samuel), 1828-1885 Dowd, Francis Joseph, 1876-
Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America -- Wars
Publisher: New York London : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ain Turner, with one hundred and eighty men, by a night rideacross the country, surprised and routed them at this place with great loss,but was in turn taken at a disadvantage, and he, with thirty of his men,was slain. This haunt of the enemy was, however, completely brokenup, and all their ammunition and provisions destroyed. This serious re-verse caused Philips allies to fall off from him and to scatter in everydirection, and Philip himself, having lost many of his best warriors, withhis remaining followers returned to Pokanoket. Here, hunted from place to place like a wild beast, hiding in swamps,Ins numbers steadily diminishing, Philip still prolonged the hopeless con-test. Twice within a few weeks he had barely escaped capture or death.At length his able and energetic antagonist, Church, surprised his camp,and made prisoners of his wife and child, Philip, having cut off his hairto disguise himself, narrowly escaping capture. Now I am ready to die ! INDIAN HISTORY FOR YOUNG FOLKS.
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DEATH OF KIMi mil.II. exclaimed the heart-broken chief. His son, a boy of nine—the last ofthe race of Massasoit—was sold into slavery. A few days later his last place of refuge at Mount Hope was surrounded by Churchs men, and King Philip, the great and J ° August 12. dreaded foe of the white man, was shot by an Indian 01 Churchs party, whose brother Philip had killed for counselling submission KING PHILIPS WAR. 159 to tlie English. In accordance with the barbarous usage of that day, thedead sachem was beheaded and quartered. His head was set upon a gib-bet at Plymouth, where it was to be seen for twenty years. Such was thejoy caused by the news of his death that it was the occasion of a publicthanksgiving. Meanwhile Nanuntenoo, known to the English as Canonchet, son andsuccessor of Miantonomo, the great sachem of the Narragansets, afterleading his men in the bloody raids on Lancaster and Medtield, April 11 and at the defeat of Captain Peirce, had been captured bythe Connecticut t

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