 They fled separately, with Quannapohit returning to Cambridge first on January 24, 1676, reporting to Gookin that the Nipmucs were planning an attack on Lancaster.Although the leaders of the Massachusetts Council had been warned by Quannapohit, they did not take the threat seriously, and did little to prepare Lancaster for attack.They likely did not trust Quannapohit's warning or had larger threats to consider at the time.