most of them too large for their use, which had like to have been the overthrow of their whole army. He finding some small bullets, and what slugs were made, and three knapsacks of powder, went immediately to the army, which was very hotly engaged. But coming to the river the tide was up; he called to his men that were engaged, encouraging them, and told them [that] he had brought more ammunition for them. An Indian, called Captain Lightfoot,* laid down his gun, and came over the river, taking the powder upon his head, and a kettle of bullets in each hand, and got safe to his fellow soldiers.

He perceiving great firing upon that side he was of, went to see who they were, and found them to be two of Major Church's companies, one of English and the other of Indians, being in all about four score men, that had not got over the river, but lay firing over our men's heads at the enemy. He presently ordered them to rally, and come all together, and gave the word for a Casco man. So one Swarton, a "Jersey man,† appearing, whom he could hardly understand. He asked him how far it was to the head of the river, or whether there were any place to get over? He said [that] there was a bridge about three quarters of a mile up, where they might get over. So he calling to his soldiers, engaged on the other side, that he would soon be with them over the bridge, and come upon the backs of the enemy, which put new courage into them. So they immediately moved up towards the bridge, marching very thin; being willing to make what show they could; shouting as they marched. They saw the enemy running from the river side, where they had made stands with wood to prevent any body from coming over the river; and coming to the bridge, they saw on the other side, that the enemy had laid logs, and

See note 2 on page 100. † An Irishman.

stuck birch brush along to hide themselves from our

view.

He ordered the company to come altogether, bidding them all to run after him, who would go first; and that as soon as they got over the bridge, to scatter; that so they might not be all shot down together; expecting he enemy to be at their stands. So running up to the stands, found none there, but were just gone; the ground being much tumbled with them behind the said stands. He ordered the Captain with his company of English to march down to our men, engaged, and that they should keep along upon the edge of the marsh, and himself, with his Indian soldiers would march down through the brush. And coming to a parcel of low ground, which had been formerly burnt, the old brush being fallen down, lay very thick, and the young brush being grown up, made it bad travelling. But coming near the back of the enemy, one of his men called unto him, (their commander) and said, "The ene my run westward to get between us and the bridge." And he looking that way, saw men running; and making a small stop, heard no firing, but a great chopping with hatchets; so concluding the fight was over, made the best of their way to the bridge again; lest the enemy should get over the bridge into the

town.

The men being most of them out, (our ammunition lay exposed) [and] coming to the bridge where he left six Indians for an ambuscade on the other side of the river, that if any enemy offered to come over, they should fire at them, which would give him notice; so would come to their assistance. (But in the way, having heard no firing, nor shouting, concluded the enemy were drawn off.) He asked the ambuscade whether they saw any Indians? they said "Yes, abundance." He asked them where? They answered, that they ran over the head of the river by the

cedar swamp, and were running into the neck towards the town.

There being but one Englishman with him, he bid his Indian soldiers scatter, [and] run very thin, to preserve themselves and be the better able to make a discovery of the enemy. And soon coming to Lieutenant Clark's* field, on the south side of the neck, and seeing the cattle feeding quietly, and perceiving no track, concluded the ambuscade had told them a falsehood. They hastily returned back to the said bridge, perceiving [that] there was no noise of the enemy.

He hearing several great guns fire at the town, concluded that they were either assaulted, or that they had discovered the enemy; [-] having ordered that in case such should be, that they should fire some of their great guns to give him notice. He being a stranger to the country, concluded [that] the enemy had, by some other way, got to the town; whereupon he sent his men to the town, and himself going to the river, near where the fight had been, asked them how they did, and what was become of the enemy? [They] informed him that the enemy drew off in less than an hour after he left them, and had not fired a gun at them since. He told them [that] he had been within little more than a gun shot of the back of the enemy, and had been upon them, had it not been for thick brushy ground, &c.

Now some of his men returning from the town, gave him the account, that they went while they saw 2 [Who]

1 [He]

The name of Clark occurs early among the first claimers of the soil in this part of the country. To Thomas Clark and Roger Spencer, was sold the island of Arrowseag, as the Indians called it, but the English, Arrowsike. It appears also that Clark possessed lands on the main, from whence he was driven in 1675. Sullivan, 145, 169, 173. This if not the same may be a relative. Mather, Mag., 524, informs us, that one Lieut. Clark was killed here in a sally in May, 1690.

the colours standing, and men walking about as not molested. He presently ordered that all his army* should pursue the enemy, but they told him that most of them had spent their ammunition; and that if the enemy had engaged them a little longer, they might have come and knocked them on the head; and that some of their bullets were so unsizeable, that some of them were forced to make slugs while they were engaged.

He then ordered them to get over all the wounded and dead men, and to leave none-behind, which was done by some canoes they had got. Captain Hall† and his men being first engaged, did great service, and suffered the greatest loss in his men. But Captain Southworth, with his company, and Captain Numposh with the Seconet Indians, and the most of the men belonging to the town all coming suddenly to his relief, prevented him and his whole company from being cut off, &c.

By this time the day was far spent, and marching into town about sunset, carrying in all their wounded and dead men; being all sensible of God's goodness to them, in giving them the victory, and causing the enemy to fly with shame; who never gave one shout at their drawing off. The poor inhabitants wonderfully rejoiced that the Almighty had favoured them so much; saying, that if Major Church with his forces had not come at that juncture, they had been all cut off; and said further, that it was the first time, that ever the eastward Indians had been put to flight.

* How numerous this army was is not told us, but it probaply consisted of near 400 men, as his own volunteers numbered 250, and these men were joined by two other companies as mentioned in his commission from the Massachusetts gov

ernment.

† Captain Nathaniel Hall was of the Massachusetts where the name is very common at this day. Mather, Mag. II, 515, says, "he had been a valiant captain in the former war.

Captain Nathaniel Southworth of Plymouth colony, I find no particulars of him.

The said Church with his volunteers were wonderfully preserved, having never a man killed outright, and but one Indian mortally wounded, who died; several more being badly wounded, but recovered.*

After this engagement Major Church, with his forces, ranging all the country thereabout, in pursuit of the enemy and visiting all the garrisons at Black point,† Spurwink,‡ and Blue point, and went up Kennebeck river, but to little effect. And now

winter drawing near, he received orders from the government of Massachusetts bay, to settle all the garrisons, and put in suitable officers according to his best discretion, and to send home all his soldiers,volunteers and transports, which orders he presently obeyed. Being obliged to buy him a horse to go home by land, that so he might the better comply with his orders.

*The killed and wounded spoken of above as being brought over in canoes, were Captain Hall's men. By this statement reference is only made to the Plymouth forces. Mather says, that 10 or 12 were killed. Magnalia, II, 515. † A short distance to the west of Cape Elizabeth, in the town of Scarborough, and was called the east parish.

"On the west line of Cape Elizabeth [town] or on the east line of Scarborough." A small river meets the sea here of the same name. Sullivan, 26, 115.

§ A little to the west of Black point and was the west parish of Scarborough. Ib. 213.

|| Sullivan, 31, tells us, that this name, "no doubt," is derived "from a race of Sagamores of the name of Kenebis." This noble and beautiful river enters the ocean to the east of Casco bay, in about 33 d. 42 min., north latitude. It is the ancient Sagadahock, and is celebrated as the place where the first settlement was made in Newengland. It was on an island at the mouth of said river, called Stage island, in 1607, by a colony of 100 persons in two ships under the direction of Sir John Popham. But the next year, their chief men being dead, the colony returned to England. An earlier date is assigned to the discovery of the river by the French, namely, in 1604. See an anecdote of this settlement in the Appendix, No. XII, 4.

¶ At this time, the whole eastern country was saved by this expedition. Sullivan, 202.