colonists and native american relations

i came across this account of an attack on one of my ancestors, john marriot, that occurred about ten miles northwest of annapolis, maryland, on 1 september 1681 --- among the children was my 7th-great-grandmother, who was six years old at the time --- i thought it was interesting that the indians didn't just kill them all --- king philip's war was only ended in 1678, and it had resulted in attacks on half the towns in new england and the deaths of over 800 english settlers and 3000 indians, making it the bloodiest of the many encounters between english colonists and the indians after 1607 ---there was a massacre at deerfield, mass., as late as 1704, and of course the indians' fight for their homeland would continue until the late 19th century:

the occasion of my present presumption is to inform your lordship of a robbery committed by the sinnequain—seneca—indians (as is supposed), on the first day of this instant, at the house of john marriott at the head of anne arundel [severn] river, upon the ridge formerly peter porter’s. The enclosed was sent to me and the same day being our election day, I had an opportunity to speak with the said john marriot, which for substance gave me the following narrative, viz.: That nine Indians came to his house, September 1^st, inst. in the morning and pressed hard for entrance to his house, which he resisted, taking his gun in hand and standing upon his guard, willing his wife to take the children and make escape to the nearest plantation, which was hindered by more Indians, till then indescerned [sic], but still appearing more and more, to the quantity of one hundred or thereabouts. They then pressed so sore upon him that into the house they would go; no threat or sign of anger would deter them. Out of which they have carried all that he hath in this world, and killed his hogs, which he says he had thirty in his pen, which troubled his cornfield, some of which they have taken away, others they have killed for pastime and let lye, that of numbers he finds only three or four alive. His cattle he knows not what they have killed for they have all forsaken the plantation. His tobacco, which was hanging in the houses, they have thrown down and spoiled. All of which tendeth to his great loss, and putting the neighboring plantations in great feare, so that there are many of them gathered together for their future safety.