Show where tt fought and acl died it was A bill bitter cold that winter let biorn log ing in 1675 and the snow know lay deep on the ground but 1 in the indian india fort feet of at bunke squaw the hearts of the re red men were worth warm for in its security abdy they felt little fear of a an attack by the white whit men who had bad driven king phillp the leader out of massachusetts a to As seek a refuge among aldef sach tat clear C chief a r N ng g as betts ahey ili ey did not at know knon that at th the col circle onlea of if 1 1 bay 10 plymouth ili and ad e connecticut 0 anceli cut were sending gov josiah winslow of plymouth with it force of nearly a thou thousand gand men gilwit them it tills this tort fact which stood blood near what 1 IB no now south kingston Kl neston R 1 I 1 covered several rem acres of ground and was built on cm high ge groina d Bur rounded by ft treacherous lo swamp vinall it woo waa protected OB all aides by heavy palisades palisade driven deep into the ground and it ita only ty entrance ifa was we over alog narrow bridge bride it ea probably the finest stronghold trong hold ever built by indians indiana and ID he it wom were 3 red men man winslow a army arrived late in the afternoon temo of f december Dei Dete ember raber 19 and despite t the he fact that the colonists colonl sta were weary fr from their long march tell through the me wow an attack on nas launched lea im medi mediately tely again and again they were driven back bach as a they tried to gain an AD entrance oer the log bridge six of at their captains and a large number of soldiers gold ierg were killed th then capt benjamin jamin church the most at fee famous new england indian fleter assailed the rear of the to fort t where it we least at deal protected e acted and although be was shot the three ume he succeeded in leading his men over the walls inside the tile the battle battla raged more fiercely than ever for the indians indiana put up a stubborn defense from aphin their ste wigwams ons made bullet proof by the great grant form of food piled tn in them finally church gave the order to fire der the wigwams rod and as aa the lodge ledges burst into filimek tile the in diana diame were forced out into the open but it we wa a costly victory for ilia th obits for far their loss losa was wal 80 killed and ad wounded nearly 1000 of at the indians indiana vera avem killed or died of old cold and ad limmer hunger floon afterward deew th the power of the no nairn we waa broken KI king philip escaped ei tut but the capture of ranks squaw was WB the beginning of the end ADS |