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Excerpt from Leading Manufacturers and Merchants of Eastern Massachusetts: Historical and Descriptive Review of the Industrial Enterprises of Bristol, Plymouth, Norfolk, and Middlesex Counties For nearly two years almost every part of New England was a scene of bloodshed. Though the Indians killed many white people, their own loss was much greater - ih fact, they never recovered from the many reverses which they experienced. Though ten times as numerous as the white people, their power in New Engl ind was finally overthrown. Philip's death Soon brought the war to a close. He was found in a swamp near Mount Hope, with severalother Indians. Captain Church, with a few white men, surrounded the swamp at night. When the morning came, Philip, perceiving that he could not escape, rushed toward the spot where some of the white men lay. An English soldier leveled his gun, but it missed fire. An Indian, who was of the party, took deliberate aim and shot the chief through the heart. Thus fell the most celebrated of all the Indian chiefs. From this time the Indians, finding further resistance vain, began to submit to the English. The struggle was continued for a time in Maine. But that soon ended, and no general effort was ever after made, on the part of the Indians, to subdue the English. This war lasted for three years - from 1675 to 1678. About six hundred white men were killed in the struggle, thirteen towns were destroyed, and six hundred dwelling-houses burned. These were dreadful losses to the poor colonists, but the unhappy Indians suffered still more. Their chiefs and their principal men were nearly all killed; their wigwams were burned; they were driven from their homes; and now, defeated and subdued, their situation was one which may well excite our pity. From that period the Indians rapidly diminished. Most of the tribes are now extinct, and a. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.