Excerpt from Defence of the Rhode Island System of Treatment of the Indians, and of Civil and Religious LibertyAfter his expulsion from Plymouth, it appears that this licentious man went in his boat to Block Island in the year 1636, where he did not mend his manners and the Indians, in turn, bade him farewell, with a blow of a hatchet on his head, which finally put an end to his evil doings.It appears that Captain John Gallup, commanding a small vessel of twenty tons, in sailing near Block Island in 1636, met a pinnace containing several Indians, who suspicious ly bore away. He gave chase, and endeavored to run the pinnace down by directing the bow of his vessel against its frail side. Captain Gallup with one man and two boys then began to assail the Indians from guns loaded with duck shot, and from pistols. This caused the Indians to jump overboard into the sea, and then the pinnace was taken posession of by Captain Gallup. On searching the boat, the body of John Oldham was found under an old seine, with his head cleft by a hatchet. He threw the body into the sea, stripped the pinnace of the goods and sails, and left it adrift.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.