[9] Mattapoiset, now Swansey.

[XLVII.]

“Here, tow’rd the winter, where the fountains feed

These rolling rivers, do the Nipnets dwell;

They Massasoit bring the skin and bead,

And rush to war when rings his battle yell;

Valiant are they, yet oft their children bleed,

When the far West sends down her Maquas fell;

Warriors who hungry on their victims steal,

And make of human flesh a dreadful meal.