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went up forthwith to the Castles and had much adoe to gett through, and the Sachems having sentout three Spyes, after the twenty, to see what the French would have, and before the three werecome to the Lake side (it being about twenty miles from their Castles ) the French Army out ofBarks and Cannoes was landed, they seeing that, called to them and asked what they were intendedto do, A Maquase answered out of the Army. You Blockheads, I’ll tell you what I am come todoe, to warr upon you, and to morrow I will march up with my army to your Castles, and as sooneas hee had spoke they fyred upon the three Ind ns butt they runn home and brought the news to theSachems about the twighlight, The Sachems upon this news concluded to convey their wives andchildren, and old men away, and beeing busy thereabouts all next day, most parte retiring to Cajouge,and the rest to a Lake to the Southward of there Castles in the meantime the French were as goodas there words, and marched up halfe way between the landing place and the Castles and thereencamped that night ; As soon as the women and children were fled, their fired their own Castlesand all the men being gon to convey them away except a hundred in a small Fort who had sent outSpyes and received information that the French were upon their march towards them, they sentforthwith messengers to them that were conveying the Women and Children and desired the assist-ance of as many of their young men as could conveniently bee spared to turn back and face theFrench and give battle : whereupon 350 turned back and joyned with the hundred, butt being allyoung men, were so eager to fall on, that the officers could not bring them in a posture to engage,they went out about halfe a league from the Castle, on a small hill, and there stayed for the French army, but the officers could not persuade them to be in order there neither, all being so fiery toengage, and having scoutts out, brought them intelligence, that they were approaching and how theymarched, viz 1 the Right and left wing being Indians and the Body French, and when they came insight of the Sennekes, the French not seeing them satt down to rest themselves and the Indianslikewise; the Sennekes seeing this advance upon the left wing being Indians, the French seeingthem stood to their arms and gave them first vally, and then the enemy Ind ns that were on the leftwing; whereupon the Sennekes answered them with another, which occasioned soe much smoakthat they could scarce see one another, wherefore they immediately runn in and came to hardyblows and putt the left wing to the flight, some went quite away and some fled to the reareof the French , and when that wing was broake, they charged and fyred upon the French andthe other Indians. The French retired about 150 paces and stood still, the Sennekes continuedthe fight with their Hatchets , butt perceiving at last that the French were too numerous and wouldot give ground, some of the sennekes begun to retreat, whereupon the French Indians cryed out,the Sinnekes run and the rest heareing that followed the first party that gave way and so gott offfrom another and in their retreat were followed about half an English mile, and if the Enemy hadfollowed them further, the Sinnekes would have lost abundance of people because they carried offthere ivounded men and were resolved to stick to them, and not leave them.
The young Indian that was in the engagement relates that after the engagement was over, whenthe Sinnekes were gott upon a Hill, they see a party of Fresh French come up, the French called tothem and bid them stand and fight, but the Sinnekes replyed, come out four hundred to our fourhundred and wee have butt a hundred men and three hundred boyes, and wee will fight you handto fist, The said Boy being asked, whether he see any of the French with Gorges about their necks,it was to hott, they were to numerous,
There was amongst the 450 Sinnekes five w r omen, who engaged as well as the men, and wereresolved not to leave their husbands but live and dye with them
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