AMONG THE INDIANS.



war, commonly called King Philip's war, which began
in i675. This was the most vigorous effort as well as
the last combined attempt of the Indians to exter-
minate the white men in New England. The loss of
life was great on both sides; as many as six hundred of
the settlers were slain. Much property was destroyed.
Thirteen towns were laid in ruins; hundreds of dwell-
ings were burned to the ground. Whilst the hostili-
ties between the Indians and white men were in pro-
gress, the position of the praying Indians was very
trying. Their brethren in race regarded them as en-
emies; the white men did not count them as friends.
Indeed, all Indians were not only regarded as foes at
heart, but every Indian's life was in danger at the hands
of the exasperated and panic-stricken whites. The
General Court, unable to withsl and the pressure of public
opinion, ordered that the Indians at Natick should be
transported for safe custody to Deer Island. They
quietly submitted to their fate. Afte-r the death of
Philip the Indians were permitted to return, at their
own expense, to their old homes. Such as did return
keenly felt that the love and charity, which they had
been enjoined to practice, were not displayed towards
them. King Philip's war proved the hopelessness of
any struggle in the field between Indians and white
men, while it gave a blow to the spread of Christianity
among the Indians.  The latter were indisposed to
listen to teachers whose brethren flagrantly violated the
precepts which they inculcated.
  In I797, one hundred and twenty-one years after the
war which ended with Philip's death, the Rev. Stephen
Badger, minister at Natick, was asked to give an ac-
count of the Indians there. He wvas then in his seven-



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