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their fouls, by the preaching of tie go/pel ; 

 and that to this purpofe fome mini/icrsfoculd 

 be ftnt to them, to wftruB them. The go- 

 vernor had fcarce ended, when one of the 

 old eft Sachems got up, and anfwered, that 

 in the name of all the Indians, he thanked 

 their gracions good queen a?id mother for the 

 fne clothes jhe had fent them ; but that in re- 

 gard to the minijlers, they had already tad 

 feme among them, (whom he likewise named) 

 who injlead of preaching the holy gofpel to 

 them, had taught them to drink to excefs, id 

 cheat, and to quarrel among thenfehes. He 

 then entreated the governor to take from 

 them thefe preachers, and a number of 

 Europeans who rcfided amongft them ; for 

 before they were come among them, the 

 Indians had been an honeft, feber, and in- 

 nocent people, but moil of them became 

 rogues now. That they had formerly had 

 the fear of God, but that they hardly be- 

 lieved his exiftence at prefent. That if he 

 (the governor) would do them any favour* 

 he mould fend two or three blackfmiths 

 amongft them, to teach them to forge iron* 

 in which they were unexperienced. The 

 governor could not forbear laughing at this 

 extraordinary fpeech. I think the words 

 of St. Paul not wholly inapplicable on 



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