The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-07-14
JULY II, 1926.


tribe that the Indian aborigines ever produc-
ed. He strove to unite the different nations
in defence of their country, against the
white invaders. Many were the battles he
fought; many the defeats which he sustain
ed; and numerous were the scalps of the en-
emes that ornamented his wigwam, as the
trophies Of his skill and prowess. But at
length his warriors were slain; his allies
were seduced and deserted him; his tribe
was scattered, and almost destroyed; and
his country in the possession of the invaders.
Yet did his unsuodued courage, his skill in
willy warfare, and his ceascless activity, rem
der him an object of dread to the settlers.
A reward was offered for his head, and PHIL
Up had many hair-breadth escapes. One
time, when Captain Church was pursuing
him, he and his company came to Taunton
River, near Bridgewater, where they silent
ly approached great tree, which the In
dians had felled across the river The Cap
tain espied an Inuian setting on the stump
on the other sile; he presented his gun,
when one of his own Indians called out to
him hastily, "It is friend" On hearing
his voice the Indian on the stump looked up,
when the other knew it was Philip, and in
stantly fired. Bnt it was too late; tor Philip
! sp1ang from the stump. leapcd down the
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escape.
| One thing Which cmboldened King Philip,
This enemies say,) was the assurance which
his magicians gave him, that no English
man should ever kill him. "And indeed ii
any Englishman had succeeded in this, he
must have had good measure OF grace to
rcpress the vanity of mind whereto he would
have been tempted. But this.will not ex-
tend the life of that bloody and crafty enc
my above half his days"
The Indian Conjurer, is partner with
the Priest, not only in the cheat but in the
advantages of it; and sometimes they
officiate for one another. When this artist
is in the act of conjuraton, or Pau7uazpiny,
as they term it, he always appears with an
air of haste, or else in some convusive pos
turc. that seems to strain all his faculties,
like the Svbils when they pretend to be un-
der the power of inspiration.-The habit CT
/ an Indian priest is q cloak made OF skins, IN
the form OF woman's petticoat; but instead
o, tying about their middle, they place the
gatherings about their neck and fastcn 1T up
on the right shoulder; always keeping one
arm at liberty to use upon occasion. "Ot all
the sights | ever saw among them," says
Braincrd, ''none appeared so near AKIN TO
t what is usually imagined OF Internal powers,
cr Of what lie supposed was the ancient re-
: lieion of the Indians. He made his appear
i ance in his pontiical gavb, which was a
coat of bear skins, dressed with the hair on,
} and hanging down TO his toes, pair of bear
| skin stockings, and a great wooden face.
| Philip is said to have seen the Devil in a
dream, the night before he was killed. Ma
5 thcr saws, sit semced that night, Philip,
9 like the man in the host Of Midian, dream
' ed that he was fallen into the hands OF the
o English and Just as he was saying to his few
: followers, 'hy for your livcs;' our soldiers
!, came upon him"
( The eastern side of the hill is very steer
0 towards the Bay Captain Church having
= received information thatPhilip was at home
4 ordered his men to advance silently, ant
S rush upon him, but he evaded their attack
G by springing from his wigwam as they enter
Y ed it, and rolling down the precipice tha
). looks towards the Bay. Having reached the
r bottom Of this frightful ledge of rocks, he
t rose upon his feet, and ran along the shore
c in a north. easterly direction to scrcer
c himself in swamp, where an Ensilshmal
n and an Indian were placed in ambush The,
n took deliberate aim as he approached; bu
c the Englishman's musket missed hre. I'm
), lin now saw his danger, ,brandshed his toma
G hawk, and prepared to lodge it in the skui
: Of his foe: at this juncture the Indian tlretl
d and shot him through the heart. Thus tel
: the chief of Mount Hope, long the " Ma
iornissabib'' of the New England Colonlsts
.rhc Captain called his old Indian cxecu
n TONER. and ordered him to cut oif his mead
y and to quarter him. Having first address
II cd speech to the fallen Chief, with hatch
e ct in hand, he obeyed the commander.
/ One of Philips hands had been lacerate
'e IN former occasion, by the bursting OF
/ nistol. and still bore the deep scars OF TN
! terrible accident. This hand and his head
the captain gave to the Indian who shot hin1
s.to show to such gentlemen as would be
stow gratuities upon him, and he got man
a penny by it.''-The death of Philip draw
from Captain Church no other reflection:
than that his Company got but four shilling
and sixpencc piece for their trouble. he
shot but few Indians, and Philips head Waf
with the rest at sos. each,
The ledge of rocks from the preclpic
above mentioned, extends to diatant par
allel. with the shore ofthe Bay In this sol
id mass of quartz, which forms the basis
Mount Hope, and which is forty or f,ttyte
high. there is natural excavation, ,sufiicleht
ly large for convenient seat. IT Is nv
a or six feet from the ground, and is know
- bv the name OF Philips Throne. A hand
of some erass-plot of small extent lies before II
a at the foot Of the throne is iine spring
d. water, which is called, "Philip,s spring.
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