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finding no place to fettle in within any of the former erefted Colonies, they re. 

 pair'd to a place call'd Long I/land, fever'd from the Continent of Ne^HaVen, about 

 fixty Miles oifthe Sea. 



The Year following the four Colonies, namely the Majfacbufets, Plymouth, (> 

 neBico^nd 2ie*»HaVen, taking into confideration the many Nations that were on all 

 fides of them, as the French, Dutch, Jews, and native Indians % asalfo how the three 

 firft went to lay claim to Lands they never had any right to, and the laft to be con- 

 tinually quarrelling and contending, where they faw any hopes of prevailing, by 

 Commiffioners chofen from the refpeftive Colonies, concluded a firm Confede- 

 ration to aflift each other in all juft and lawful Wars . upon which there came in 

 certain Indian Sachems, as fomham, Miantonemo, Soccanocoh,mdUncos, who not onely 

 fubmitted to the English Government, but alfo, if occafion were, in matters of 

 Controverfie fubmitted to their Arbitration : But the Conteft between JMianto. 

 nemo and Uncos was too hot to be appeas'd, (though the English were not wanting to 

 interpofc) unlefs by the Blood of one of them, as will appear by the Confequence : 

 Uncos was a Prince of For, whofe Life Miantonemo, though a much more potent 

 Prince, fought to take away by treachery, hiring a young Man of the Veauod Na* 

 tion tomurther him, as the following Story renders fufpefted; for one dark 

 Evening this Sachem paffing from one Wigtoam to another, was Shot through tfhe 

 Arm with an Arrow } but recovering the Palace, had the Arrow pull'd out, and 

 his Arm cur'd : the young Man that was fufpeded being examin'd, how he came 

 by that great ftore of IVampompeage which was found about him, and being able to 

 give no good account, it increas'd thefufpicion, and indue'd Uncos to complain to 

 the English at a General Court held at Boftn : Whereupon the young Man was 

 Examin'd in the prefence of Miantonemo, who came thither with his Attendants ; 

 but the young Man tutor'd, as fuppos'd, by Miantonemo, pretended that Uncos had 

 enjoyn'd him to feign that he was hir'd by Miantonemo to kill him : To which Talc 

 ofhis little belief being given, it was concluded upon farther Examination of him 

 in private that he had done the Fad : neverthelefs they let him depart with Mianto- 

 nemo, advifing him to fend him home to Uncos j but he in ftead of returning him cut 

 off his Head, and forthwith gather'd an Army of a thoufand Men to fight with 

 Uncos - who met him with half the Men : the Battel being joyn'd, the Karraganfets, 

 though the far greater multitude, were beaten by the Wawhiggins, through the Va- 

 lour of Uncos their Prince 5 who perfected his Victory by poife/fing himfelf of the 

 Perfon of Miantonemo, whom, having put his Life-guard to flight, he carried away 

 With him in triumph to the Town of Hartford, defiring to have the advice of the 

 United Colonies what to do with his Prifoner : Whereupon the Commiffioners 

 having had fufficient proof of Mtantonemo's treachery cowards this Prince, advis'd 

 Uncos to put him to death, but not to exercife that barbarous kind of cruelty which 

 is ufual amongft them in thefe Cafes. The Sachem, upon this advice, not long after 

 pretended to remove him to a fafcr place, but by the Way caus'd him to be Execu- 

 ted : His Subjects and Kindred were troubled at his Death, but the little Princes 

 his Neighbors, over whom he had tyranniz'd, rather rejoye'd. 



In the Year 1645. the Sons of old Canonakm, their Father being dead, began to 

 fall into hot Contentions with their Neighbors, and being forbidden by the United 

 Colonies, they did not (lick to threaten Wars to the EngHJh alfo. Whereupon the 

 Commiffioners rais'd an Army of Horfe and Foot , and made Major General 

 Edward Gibbons Commander in Chief over them. But the Indians hearing of this 

 Preparation, fent fome of their chief Nobility to the Commiffioners of the United 

 Colonies, who were afTemblcd at <Bojlon, to Treat about Peace > to which the 



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