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67. The End of the Pequots (Continued)  |
Nātiō Indōrum crūdēlissima, quae haud procul ā Novō Londīniō habitābat, quondam īnsidiās collocāre ac colōnōs singulōs undique interficere subitō coepit. Quibus rēbus nūntiātīs, ē prōvinciā proximā manus exigua missa est, quae agricolīs auxiliō[1] esset poenāsque ab Indīs repeteret[2]. At mīlitēs longē ā lītore prōgredī nōn audēbant; quī igitur, parvō frūmentī numerō[3] dīreptō[4] tabernāculīsque paucīs incēnsīs, ē fīnibus hostium brevī domum sē recēpērunt. Barbarī vērō, hāc iniūriā graviter permōtī, incendia ac caedēs[5] undique etiam crūdēlius[6] iam miscuērunt.
Tum dēnique ē prōvinciā[7] missa est classis, cuius praefectus iussus erat[8] mīlitēs expōnere[9] in quōdam portū parvō, quī haud longē ā castrīs Indōrum aberat. Ille autem, hostēs ita[10] cōnsilium suum facile cōgnōscere posse[11] arbitrātus, praeter illum portum nāvigāvit, cumque classis ē cōnspectū barbarōrum longē discessisset, tum dēmum nāvēs ad lītus appulit. Deinde in terram ēgressus, sine morā per silvās viā dēviā[12] cum exercitū profectus est, ut ā tergō[13] hostēs adorīrētur. In itinere quāsdam Indōrum nātiōnēs fīnitimās adiit, ē quibus multī armātī operam suam pollicitī sunt. Sīc postrēmō perventum est ad sēdēs hostium, quī, ratī[14] propter timōrem colōnōs praetervectōs esse, iam minus dīligenter castra sua custōdiēbant.
- ↑ auxiliō: cf. ūsuī, p. 77, l. 20, and see the Vocab..
- ↑ poenās . . . repeteret: cf. p. 39, l. 2.
- ↑ numerō: amount.
- ↑ dīreptō: dīripiō, 3, -ripuī, -reptus: cf. rapiō, plunder.
- ↑ incendia . . . caedēs: translate as singulars. With incendium cf. incendiō.
- ↑ crūdēlius: crūdēliter: adv., savagely.
- ↑ prōvinciā: i.e. eādem prōvinciā.
- ↑ iussus erat: i.e. was under orders.
- ↑ expōnere: expōnō, 3, -posuī, -positus: land.
- ↑ ita: i.e. if he followed orders.
- ↑ posse: cf. note, p. 23, l. 9.
- ↑ viā dēviā: cf. viīs dēviīs, p. 43, l. 6.
- ↑ ā tergō: cf. the use of ex in the phrase omnibus ex partibus.
- ↑ ratī: i.e. arbitrātī.