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the anfwer he return'd by the bearer was, That he thought 

 there was no need of his hazarding himfelf fo much as to 

 come & fpeak with them; not that he was afraid of his 

 Life, but becaufe he had no mind to be concernd any 

 further, by reafon they would not hearken to him about 

 the poor People of Cafco. But immediately came Mr. 

 Maxfield™ to him, faying, That the Council bid him tell 

 the faid Church, That if he would take his Horfe and ride 

 along the middle of the Street there might be no danger, 

 they were then fitting in Council: He bid him go and tell 

 his Mafters, Not to trouble themfelves, whether he came 

 upon his head or feet, he was coming: however thinking 

 the return was fomething rude, call'd him back to drink a 

 Glafs of Wine, and then he would go with him. So com- 

 ing to the Council, They were very thankful to him for his 

 coming; and told him that the occafion of their fending for 

 him was, That there was a Captive come in who gave them 

 an account, That the Indians were come down and had ta- 

 ken poffeffion of the Stone Fort at Pejepfcot j % fo that they 

 wanted his advice & thoughts about the matter; whither 



yen, and widow of William Tilley and Savage admits that the name may be 

 James Woodmanfey ; (3) 29 Mar., 1722, the fame as Maxfield. Me was a mem- 

 Mary, daughter of Henry Shrimpton, berofthe "Scot's Charitable Society," 

 and widow of Robert Gibbs. [Savage's in Bofton, in 1684. [Savage's Gen. 

 Gen. Did. iv : 55 ; Hift. And. d- Hon. Did. iii : 1S3 : Drake's Hift. Bojl. i : 

 Art. 208; Walhburn's Judk. Hift. 455.] 



Mafs. 258-263.] W Pejepfcot fort was fituatcd on the 

 7S James Maxwell was doorkeeper for weftern fide of what are now known as 

 the Governor and Council and Court Pejepfcot Lower Falls, or Brunfwick 

 in 1693, and was probably the man falls, on the Androfcoggin. [William- 

 Church here had in mind. Indeed, fon's Hift. Me. i : 46, 590, 624.] 



