Show where fought and died it was bitter cold that winter morning in 1075 1675 and the snow lay deep ou on the ground hut but in the indian f fort ort of sunke squaw the lie hearts of ill the to red maa men were warm warin for in its security they felt little fear of an attack attack k by the he white men who had driven king philip the leader out of massachusetts to seek a refuge among elliff chief fierce barragan they did not know that the of massachusetts bay plymouth lind and connecticut were sending gov chislow of ab plymouth mouth with a force of nearly a thousand men inez against anem this fort which stood near what Is no now w south kingston it I 1 L t evered t ered several acres 1 of ground and was wab built on hlf high 1 l i glomd groo ild surrounded b 03 a treacherous swa it was prote et ed cd on till all sides aides by heavy palisades driven deep into the file ground and its only entrance was over a narrow log bridge it wa was s probably the lie finest stronghold ever built by indians Ind luns and in it were red men Win winslows slows aminy arrived late in the afternoon of december 10 19 and de spite the fact that ali file colonists were 1 aeiry e 1 rv froin their tou ions march through he now enow an attack wim was launched immediately again and again they were driven back as it they ev tried tiled to gain an ent entrance batice over tit th log ing arld bridge six of their captains and it large number dumber of goldrei sold fers vere killed then capt ben janian Jui ili church the lie most fanous new nev angland indian fighter fiKh ter tile i far e of tip the fort othere I 1 it t was least prid although he was shot three times he eded in leading its his men over the walls ivales inside tile the string stronghold hold the battle raged more fiercely ili alian an ever for the put up tip a stubborn defense from froin within their wigwams made hill bill let proof hv by the great stores or of rand food plied jilted in hi them finally church kave gave I 1 tie the order tu to tre atre lip lie rind and as the file lodges burst into lift roes the in were forced out into tile the olph open but itt afla it ft cosily victory for thi whites fr for their loss waw 80 killed ind and wounded beurl U of tie he indians t llad or died of rold cold and hunger uwin soon ard the power 0 tile HIP narra mr anset nn isetts set was broken kins king philip scaled seti sc aped ped hut tile rapture of sunke anaw was the beginning of 1 I lie IP end |