The history of the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts, By a committee of the Dorchester antiquarian and historical society ...

152 HISTORY OF DORCHESTER.
the Indians, that six of them jumped into the sea and were
drowned; yet the English captain did not dare to board
her, but stood off again to prepare for another broadside
of the same kind. His success increased. The next time
he drove the fluke of his anchor through the bows of the
pirate, and remained fast to her. In the mean time he
raked her fore-and-aft with his small shot, till every Indian
had hid himself below. The English might now have
boarded her, but the Captain concluded to continue his
successful broadsides, as his anchor had broken its hold,
and his bark was drifting from his antagonist. As soon as
the Indians saw him hauling off, four or five more of then
leaped overboard and were drowned. Seeing this, Gallop
came alongside and boarded them. The Indians, by this
time, if not before, being satisfied that all was lost, one
came out of the hold and surrendered; and being bound,
was put into the hold. Then another came up, and he was
bound likewise; but not daring to put him into the hold
with the other, fearing one might unloose the other, they
threw him bound into the sea. There were still two left in
the hold, and these defended themselves so bravely with
swords, that Gallop resolved to secure them there, and to
sail away with his prize. He therefore made her fast to his
own vessel and proceeded on with her in tow; but in the
night the wind came on to blow, and he was forced to cut
her adrift, and thus he lost her. He soon after arrived at
Saybrook with the Indian captive, and in due time returned
with him to Boston.
" When Captain Gallop got possession of the enemy's
vessel, he found the body of Captain Oldham under an old,seine, yet warm; and though the head was dissevered and
disfigured, he knew him well, and exclaimed,' Ah, brother
Oldham! is it thee? I am resolved to avenge thy death!'
Thus being sure that he had engaged the murderers of his
friend, his naturally strong arm was doubly nerved by the
justice of his cause,"