Hi Darrell, Thanks for the information. I will have to look up these two references when I return to the states in April. Mark Ammerman does give both sides of the reasons for why there was a war between the colonist and the Narragansett tribe. But I do want to read up more than a fictional work even though it is based on probably good research. So thanks for passing the information on. Your information has helped me. Sheri "Darrell A. Martin" <darrellm@sprynet.com> wrote: Hi, Sheri: The standard historical work for "King Philip's War" is Douglas Leach's "Flintlock and Tomahawk". I own a copy, as well as a reprint of Benjamin Church's "Diary of King Philip's War". In the index to neither is there anyone with a surname at all like "Knowlton". This is not surprising, even if a Knowlton did participate. One online site says John KNOWLTON (Stocking #5??) (son of John, grandson of Capt. William) was "drafted into the Narragansett Winter Campaign (Major Samuel Appleton�s Company) on 11/30/1675". The Great Swamp Fight, aptly termed a massacre because of the burning of the wigwams with women and children inside (although it is not as cut and dried as it sounds), occurred December 19, 1675, and Appleton's Company participated. Leach, pgs. 126-135, has a very readable account. Regardless of whether the English actions were justified, it must be understood that this was genuinely a battle, not an unprovoked assault on relatively defenseless civilians like Custer at Sand Creek or Wounded Knee (recalled from hazy memory, sorry). Casualties were extremely high. "Of the company commanders, seven out of fourteen were killed or mortally wounded in the battle ..." (Leach, pg. 132; Church, pg. 32). Hope this is of some value. Darrell Darrell A. Martin darrellm@sprynet.com a native Vermonter currently in exile in Illinois http://www.darrell-martin.net/genealogy/ ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page � Try My Yahoo!

Hello Darrell; What year did Douglas Leach write "Flintlock and Tomahawk". It is interesting to me because I am related to Sarah, Robert Jr., and Robert Sr. Leach. Was it written in the time frame of late 1600's? Very curious about all this.... Thanks, Dana On Jan 17, 2005, at 4:39 PM, Sheri-Family Tree wrote: > Hi Darrell, > > Thanks for the information. I will have to look up these two > references when I return to the states in April. Mark Ammerman does > give both sides of the reasons for why there was a war between the > colonist and the Narragansett tribe. But I do want to read up more > than a fictional work even though it is based on probably good > research. So thanks for passing the information on. Your information > has helped me. > > Sheri > > "Darrell A. Martin" <darrellm@sprynet.com> wrote: > Hi, Sheri: > > The standard historical work for "King Philip's War" is Douglas > Leach's "Flintlock and Tomahawk". I own a copy, as well as a reprint > of Benjamin Church's "Diary of King Philip's War". In the index to > neither is there anyone with a surname at all like "Knowlton". This is > not surprising, even if a Knowlton did participate. > > One online site says John KNOWLTON (Stocking #5??) (son of John, > grandson of Capt. William) was "drafted into the Narragansett Winter > Campaign (Major Samuel Appleton’s Company) on 11/30/1675". The Great > Swamp Fight, aptly termed a massacre because of the burning of the > wigwams with women and children inside (although it is not as cut and > dried as it sounds), occurred December 19, 1675, and Appleton's > Company participated. Leach, pgs. 126-135, has a very readable > account. > > Regardless of whether the English actions were justified, it must be > understood that this was genuinely a battle, not an unprovoked assault > on relatively defenseless civilians like Custer at Sand Creek or > Wounded Knee (recalled from hazy memory, sorry). Casualties were > extremely high. "Of the company commanders, seven out of fourteen were > killed or mortally wounded in the battle ..." (Leach, pg. 132; Church, > pg. 32). > > Hope this is of some value. > > Darrell > > > Darrell A. Martin darrellm@sprynet.com > a native Vermonter currently in exile in Illinois > http://www.darrell-martin.net/genealogy/ > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > All your favorites on one personal page – Try My Yahoo! > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

At 01:55 AM 1/18/2005, dana jensen wrote: >Hello Darrell; >What year did Douglas Leach write "Flintlock and Tomahawk". It is interesting to me because I am related to Sarah, Robert Jr., and Robert Sr. Leach. Was it written in the time frame of late 1600's? Very curious about all this.... >Thanks, >Dana Hi, Dana: "Flintlock and Tomahawk", by Douglas Edward Leach (Asst. Prof. History, Vanderbilt U.), was published by MacMillan, N.Y., in 1958. He dedicates the book to his parents, "Saidee Raybold and Arthur Edward Leach". In the Preface, he says, "My interest in King Philip's War was first aroused during my boyhood in Rhode Island ..." For what it may be worth. Darrell Darrell A. Martin darrellm@sprynet.com a native Vermonter currently in exile in Illinois http://www.darrell-martin.net/genealogy/