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It was his intention that the first intelligence of his murderous object should have reached the English through the sharp crack of his musket, and the red glare of their burning dwellings. As it was, he was obliged to commence the war prematurely, and under great disadvantages. A notion prevailed among the In- dians, that the party who should begin hostilities by firing the first gun would be defeated. It was their policy, therefore, to insult and irritate the English, so that they might give ...the first fire. Philip had gathered such large numbers of Indians of different tribes around him, who were panting for scalps and plunder, and who were nourishing their warlike 228 THE FIRST GUN. aspirations by the recital of the deeds of blood of their fathers, that it was difficult to prevent them from rushing upon the Puritans, and murdering them whenever they had opportunity. He finally consented that they might kill the cattle of the English, and rob them of their property. After receiving this permission, they prowled around the people of Swansey, killed their cattle, plundered their houses, and menaced them with insulting lan- guage.
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