[34]Knowledge of Indian attacks on white settlers in the Spanish colonies and in what is now Virginia had led the Pilgrims to expect ill of them.
[35]I.e., the slow-burning wicks of their matchlock muskets.
[36][of a yard]
[37]a large strong needle used for sewing packages in stout cloth
[38]stakes
[39]simmer; boil
[40]Agawam; now, Ipswich, Massachusetts.
[41]harpoon
[42]swooned
[43]brooks