[8] Cohannet, the Indian name for Taunton, is here applied to the river.
“And bend his battle bow.—Strong is he now,
But has been stronger. Ere dark pestilence
Devoured his warriors—laid his hundreds low,—
That Sachem’s war-whoop roused to his defence
Three thousand bow-men; and he still can show
A mighty force, whene’er the kindling sense
Of common wrong does in the bosom glow,
And prompts to battle with the offending foe.