William Hubbard, A Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New-England (Boston: John Foster, 1677); ed. Samuel G. Drake as The History of the Indian Wars in New England, 2 vols. (Roxbury, 1865)
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- William Hubbard, A Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New-England (Boston: John Foster, 1677); ed. Samuel G. Drake as The History of the Indian Wars in New England, 2 vols. (Roxbury, 1865)
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- 1677; Drake's edition 1865
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- Drake ed. 1:viii, 54-55, 86-87, 163, 169-179, 224-227, 237-238, 249, 254, 260-261; 2:73, 157-158, 164-165, 180-185, 230-233
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- https://archive.org/details/narrativeoftroub00hubb
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The fullest contemporary narrative of the war, by William Hubbard, minister of Ipswich, written for the Massachusetts authorities and licensed on 29 Mar 1677 (Drake's preface, 1:viii). "Boston: Printed by John Foster, in the year 1677." pp. (9), 132, 12, 88, with a map (Evans 231); a London edition came out the same year as The Present State of New-England. Evans: "The Map accompanying this work was the first cut in the United States": "A Map of New-England, Being the first that ever was here cut," which Jameson thought Hubbard drew and John Foster "almost certain[ly]" engraved (Lincoln, pp. v-vi). Hubbard writes as an enemy of the Native side. The original is above; it is cited in Drake's annotated edition, vol. 1 https://archive.org/details/historyofindianw01hubb and vol. 2 https://archive.org/details/historyofindianw02hubb (other scans of the same edition: historyofindianw01hubb_0, historyofindianw02hubb_0). Pages below are Drake's.
Cited for King Philip's War (research/king-philips-war/):
- Philip's submission at Taunton, 10 Apr 1671, giving up "all my English Arms," witnessed by "William Davis, William Hudjon, Thomas Brattle" (1:54-55; orig. pp. 11-12).
- Mendon, 14 July 1675: "some Indians, wishing well to Philips Design, had made an Assault upon some of the Inhabitants, as they were at their Labour in the Field, killing five or six of them ... within a little Time after they forsook the Place, abandoning their Houses to the Fury of the Enemy" (1:86-87). Drake's note: "It is said five or six Persons were killed, in the Attack on Mendon, but we have the Name of only one of them, namely Richard Post" (1:86 n. 141). Matoonas, "who was the first that did any Mischief within the Massachusets Colony, July 14, 1675," handed over by Sagamore John (1:260-261).
- 21 Jan 1675/6, Prentice's troop: "one W. Dodge of Salem ... saved the Life of one Friend, and slew two of his Enemies" (1:163); Drake's note, "Probably William, Son of William Dodge."
- Medfield, 21 Feb 1675/6 (1:169-172), and the note left at the bridge, "the Indians lose nothing but their life. You must lose your fair houses and cattle," which Drake thought "may have been the Work of James-the-Printer" (1:172 n.). Pierce's Fight: Amos, a Christian Indian, "after the Captain was shot in his Leg or Thigh ... would not leave him" (1:175-176). Weymouth, 25 Feb: "seven or eight Houses and Barns" (1:178); Drake's note, "there was not much to be said except in giving the Names of the Owners and their Losses."
- The spring expedition of 1676: "the Foot under the Command of Capt. Sill, Capt. Cutler, Capt. Holbrook; the Horse under the Command of Capt. Brattle, Capt. Prentice, Capt. Henchman, Commanders in Chief ... were sent out April 27, 1676, to range the Woods towards Hassanamesit"; on 6 May the horse "killed and took of the Enemy about sixteen"; quarters at Medfield; the men released "May the tenth" with "an epidemical Cold" (1:224-226). Drake's note: "The Capt. Holbrook was perhaps John of Weymouth." Capt. Sill at Groton, April 1676: "two of them were slain by one single shot made by the Captain's own Hands" (as Bodge quotes it, p. 269); Henchman's letter of June 1676, "I drew out a commanded Party under the Conduct of Capt. Sill" (1:237-238).
- James Printer: "Amongst Sundry that came in, there was one named James the Printer ... (had he not like a false Villain ran away from his Master before his Time was out)" (1:249).
- Drake's note on the Dartmouth killers, that John Num "owned also that he was of that Company that murdered Jacob Mitchell and his Wife, and John Pope, at Dartmouth" (1:254, citing PCR 5:204-205).
- The East: the Sheepscot planters left "a thousand Head of Neat Cattel" (2:73); after Hammond's trading house fell, 13 Aug 1676, "Those of Shipscot taking this Warning escaped away as soon as they could, leaving their Cattel and their Dwellings as a Prey to the Indians" (2:157-158, 164-165); Hathorne's expedition and Wells in the autumn of 1676 (2:180-185); Wells in the spring of 1677, "Lieutenant Swett, that commanded the Garrison at that Time left for securing the Town, sent out eleven of the Soldiers under his Command ... they fell into an Ambush" (2:231-232).
---title: "William Hubbard, A Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New-England (Boston: John Foster, 1677); ed. Samuel G. Drake as The History of the Indian Wars in New England, 2 vols. (Roxbury, 1865)"type: bookdate: "1677; Drake's edition 1865"reference: "Drake ed. 1:viii, 54-55, 86-87, 163, 169-179, 224-227, 237-238, 249, 254, 260-261; 2:73, 157-158, 164-165, 180-185, 230-233"url: "https://archive.org/details/narrativeoftroub00hubb"seen: originalaccess: public---The fullest contemporary narrative of the war, by William Hubbard, minister of Ipswich, written forthe Massachusetts authorities and licensed on 29 Mar 1677 (Drake's preface, 1:viii). "Boston: Printedby John Foster, in the year 1677." pp. (9), 132, 12, 88, with a map (Evans 231); a London edition cameout the same year as *The Present State of New-England*. Evans: "The Map accompanying this work was thefirst cut in the United States": "A Map of New-England, Being the first that ever was here cut," whichJameson thought Hubbard drew and John Foster "almost certain[ly]" engraved (Lincoln, pp. v-vi). Hubbardwrites as an enemy of the Native side. The original is above; it is cited in Drake's annotated edition,vol. 1 https://archive.org/details/historyofindianw01hubb and vol. 2https://archive.org/details/historyofindianw02hubb (other scans of the same edition:historyofindianw01hubb_0, historyofindianw02hubb_0). Pages below are Drake's.Cited for King Philip's War (`research/king-philips-war/`):- Philip's submission at Taunton, 10 Apr 1671, giving up "all my English Arms," witnessed by "WilliamDavis, William Hudjon, Thomas Brattle" (1:54-55; orig. pp. 11-12).- Mendon, 14 July 1675: "some Indians, wishing well to Philips Design, had made an Assault upon some ofthe Inhabitants, as they were at their Labour in the Field, killing five or six of them ... within alittle Time after they forsook the Place, abandoning their Houses to the Fury of the Enemy" (1:86-87).Drake's note: "It is said five or six Persons were killed, in the Attack on Mendon, but we have the Nameof only one of them, namely Richard Post" (1:86 n. 141). Matoonas, "who was the first that did anyMischief within the Massachusets Colony, July 14, 1675," handed over by Sagamore John (1:260-261).- 21 Jan 1675/6, Prentice's troop: "one W. Dodge of Salem ... saved the Life of one Friend, and slew two ofhis Enemies" (1:163); Drake's note, "Probably William, Son of William Dodge."- Medfield, 21 Feb 1675/6 (1:169-172), and the note left at the bridge, "the Indians lose nothing but theirlife. You must lose your fair houses and cattle," which Drake thought "may have been the Work ofJames-the-Printer" (1:172 n.). Pierce's Fight: Amos, a Christian Indian, "after the Captain was shot inhis Leg or Thigh ... would not leave him" (1:175-176). Weymouth, 25 Feb: "seven or eight Houses and Barns"(1:178); Drake's note, "there was not much to be said except in giving the Names of the Owners and theirLosses."- The spring expedition of 1676: "the Foot under the Command of Capt. Sill, Capt. Cutler, Capt. Holbrook;the Horse under the Command of Capt. Brattle, Capt. Prentice, Capt. Henchman, Commanders in Chief ...were sent out April 27, 1676, to range the Woods towards Hassanamesit"; on 6 May the horse "killed andtook of the Enemy about sixteen"; quarters at Medfield; the men released "May the tenth" with "anepidemical Cold" (1:224-226). Drake's note: "The Capt. Holbrook was perhaps John of Weymouth." Capt.Sill at Groton, April 1676: "two of them were slain by one single shot made by the Captain's own Hands"(as Bodge quotes it, p. 269); Henchman's letter of June 1676, "I drew out a commanded Party under theConduct of Capt. Sill" (1:237-238).- James Printer: "Amongst Sundry that came in, there was one named James the Printer ... (had he not like afalse Villain ran away from his Master before his Time was out)" (1:249).- Drake's note on the Dartmouth killers, that John Num "owned also that he was of that Company thatmurdered Jacob Mitchell and his Wife, and John Pope, at Dartmouth" (1:254, citing PCR 5:204-205).- The East: the Sheepscot planters left "a thousand Head of Neat Cattel" (2:73); after Hammond's tradinghouse fell, 13 Aug 1676, "Those of Shipscot taking this Warning escaped away as soon as they could,leaving their Cattel and their Dwellings as a Prey to the Indians" (2:157-158, 164-165); Hathorne'sexpedition and Wells in the autumn of 1676 (2:180-185); Wells in the spring of 1677, "Lieutenant Swett,that commanded the Garrison at that Time left for securing the Town, sent out eleven of the Soldiers underhis Command ... they fell into an Ambush" (2:231-232).