The old man proved to be one of Annawan's councillors. He gave the same answers as the young squaw, his daughter. "Can we get to Annawan by night?" Captain Church queried. "If you start at once and travel stoutly, you might get to him by sunset," replied the old man. "Where were you going when I seized you?" "Annawan had sent me down to look for some of his Indians who were to kill provisions on this Mount Hope Neck." "Those Indians have all been taken by me," Captain Church informed him. "They are with my men and will not be harmed. Now I mean to take Captain Annawan." He asked his little squad if they were willing to pay Annawan a visit. That rather startled them. They made their reply. "We are your soldiers and ready to obey your commands," said the scouts. "But we know Captain Annawan to be a great soldier, too. He was a captain under Massasoit, Phillip's father, and under Phillip also. He is a man of courage and strong mind, and we have heard him say that he will never be taken alive by the white people. We know the men with him. They are warriors and very determined; and we are but a handful. It will be a pity if after all your great deeds you should throw your life away at last." "I do not doubt that this Captain Annawan is a valiant man," Captain Church admitted. "But I have hunted him a long time, and not until this moment have I got exact news of his quarters. So I am loth to let him escape again. If you will cheerfully go with me, by the protection of Providence we shall take him, I think." The scouts agreed to go. "What is your mind, in the matter?" the captain next asked, of Caleb Cook. Caleb Cook was brave: a Plymouth man who had been in the fight when King Phillip was killed. Yes, he had tried a shot at King Phillip, there, but his gun had failed him. "Sir, I am never afraid of going anywhere when you are with me," asserted Caleb Cook. Captain Church made ready. No time was to be lost, for Squannaconk swamp contained three thousand acres, and if he did not start at once he might lose Annawan in the darkness. He sent his horse back. The old Indian said that the swamp was too thick with brush, for a horse. He sent the Indian young man and two other prisoners back, with the horse. They were to tell Lieutenant Howland to move on to the town of Taunton, but to expect him in the morning on the Rehoboth road--where he would surely come out, if he were alive, with Chief Annawan. He kept the old man and the girl. "Now if you will guide me to Captain Annawan, your lives shall be spared," he said to them. The old man bowed low to him. "Since you have given us our lives, we are obliged to serve you," he answered. He was a courtly old man. "Captain Annawan and his people are camped under a great rock in the midst of the swamp, north from here. Come and I will show you."