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And that our valiant English, till midnight there did stay,
To see whether the rebels would have another fray ;
But they no more returning, they made off towards their home,
And brought away their wounded as far as they could come. - Of all our valiant English, there were but thirty- four,
And of the rebel Indians, there were about forescore.
And sixteen of our English did safely home return,
The rest were kill'd and wounded, for which we all must mourn. - Our worthy Captain Lovewell among them there did die,
They killed Lieut. Robbins, and wounded good young Frye,
Who was our English Chaplain ; he many Indians slew,
And some of them he scalp'd when bullets round him flew. - Young Fullma too I'll mention, because he fought so well,
Endeavouring to save a man, a sacrifice he fell ;
But yet our valiant Englishmen in fight were ne'er dismay'd,
But still they kept their motion, and Wyman's Captain made, - Who shot the old chief Paugus, which did the foe defeat,
Then set his men in order, and brought off the retreat ;
And braving many dangers and hardships in the way,
They safe arriv'd at Dunstable, the thirteenth day of May.
J. Farmer and J. B. Moore, editors, Collections, Historical and Miscellaneous (Concord, 1824), III, 64-66.
120. The Louisburg Expedition (1745)
Curwen was a Salem man, who later took the wrong turn in the Revolution, and became a loyalist refugee in England; see No. 169 below. — Bibliography: on Curwen, see Tyler, Literary History of the Revolution, I,367-368; on the Louisburg expedition, Winsor, Narrative and Critical History, V, 434-452; Channing and Hart, Guide, § 131.
BOSTON, March 23, 1745. The General is embarking, and we shall sail this afternoon. — Commodore Warren is coming to our assistance, which with the blessing of God will be of great advantage. — There will go down in the first embarkation at least twenty-five hundred soldiers.
