The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-06-06

wounded. Of the loss of the Nara.
gansetts il is hard to form any esti-
mate. AT least 700 were killed in the
battle and hundreds more perished in
the fismes and from the exposure
which followed on that awful night.
The position Of the army was now
periious in the extreme. They were
surrounded by their bowling, desper.
ate foes who still outnumbered them
two to one. The light of the blazing
wigwams exposed them to the fire of
the Indians who were hidden by the
darkness end many au Eugiishman
fell after they had gained possession
of the fort. A cold December night
was upon them aud the storm had not
abated.a They we're in the midst
OF an almost pathless swamp, enoum-
bered with 200 wounded. No shelter
or provisions oe any kind were to be
had nearer than Wexford, fifteen
miles away. A hasty consultation
was called and q retreat was decided
upon. Bearing in taeir arms the
dead and wounded they commenced
their march. The horrors of this
march can scarcely be equaled in any
age. With. the storm bowling abou.
them, they struggled through the un-
derbrush, waist deep in snow until
two o'clock in the morning when they
reached Smiths garrison at Wickford*
A vessel which had been dispatched
from Boston arrived the next day with
PROVISIONS fUc the army. Those of
the wounded who survived the terri
bic march were sent over to the is-
land Of Aquidneok whore they were
nursed back to health by the settlers.
Thus ended the most desperate cam
paign ever waged against the rcd men
on tao American continent.
There is some doubt as to the
whereabouts Of the great Wam panoag
chief, .Pomtacom or King Philip, dur
ing the Swamp Fight, but it is known
that his winter quarters were with the
Nsrrsgansetts, 80 it is more than like.
~ that he was present in the fort at
the time Of the assault and personally
conducted the defence. ...-.. .....
The destruction of the Narragan-
setts was o great blow to King Philip.
They were at that time the most pow.
erful tribe in New England, apd with
their aid he had visions of the forma-
tion of great alliance which would
completely exterminate the vhites.
Escaping in the swamp with few of
his followers, he was next heard Of
early in February in another swamp
in the Nipmuo country some twenty
miles north Of Narragansett. Here
he was again attacked and routed by a
party under Capt. Church. =. Il. r..
Hunted like wild beat from tlaoe
TO place, he now ssw his followers
slowly dwindle away either by death or
desertion, until the early summer. It
was thon chat his wife and baby boy
were taken prisoners by the English
and sold as slaves to the Barbados.
This completely broke tho nrena
spirit Of Kim Philip. He we'll knew
the horrors Of slavery in those trcpi-
cal islands. "Now I want To- de-, he
said, "My heart is broken He had
already lived too long. He had lived
to see the broad lands which were
once his pass into the hands Of others
and the once powerful tribe Of Msssa-
soit,: his father, completely blotted
out Of existence. i. ..::.:s
& Early in: August he returned; once
..nere &c NJ. NJ Hope: on Bristol neck for
q last visit to the home Of his fathers.
With the few remaining warriors he
pitched his camp near the now oele,
=brated Cold Spring on the west side
Of the mountain at the head ! Of
Uhuroh's Cove. Here on a fogey
morning Of: August 12th, 1876, he was
surrounded BY Cspt. Church who had
plaued his men in ambush and st break
Of: day made on assault upon the
camp. Philip who was lying asleep
Of the time lesped up, seized his gun
and ran down into the 'SBdi;ery Swamp
'straishs toward q Whit man and an
Indian who were lying in ambush.
The white T man snapped his flint
.asainss his steel but che; 4 fog had
his powder %; that his gun gun.
missed Gre, he} then ordered, shs Tn
dian g Gre. King Philip fell al. the,
.crsok #of tae5r'tie, shot through The
heart; he wa :. dragged QUE of the:
2aWamp, and che iphumanisy ,oR his:
foes was vented uppcn Iii: dad body:
His hssdsW vas out off. and sent 20 Pl7m-:
,,outh and HE body quArtersd and hung