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' fpecial care to avoid danger by Ambufhments, or being 

 1 drawn under any difadvantage by the Enemy in your 

 i Marches, Keeping out Scouts and a forlorn before your 

 ' main Body, and by all poffible means endeavouring to 

 ' Surprize fome of the Enemy, that fo you may gain intelli- 

 ' gence. You are to Supprefs all Mutinies and Diforders 

 1 among your Soulcliers, as much as in you lies, and to 

 ' punifh fuch as difobey your Officers, according to the 

 1 rules of War herewith given you. [59] 



' You are according to your opportunity, or any occa- 

 ' fion more than ordinary occurring to hold correfpondence 

 ' with Major Szvaine, 22 and to yield Mutual affiftance when 

 ' and as you are capable of it, and you may have reafon to 

 ' judge it will be of raoft Publick Service; and it will be 

 ' meet you and he mould agree of fome Signal whereby 

 ' your Indians may be known from the Enemy. You aie 

 ' to incourage your Souldiers to be induftrious, vigorous, 

 < and venturous in their Service, to fearch out and deflroy 

 1 the Enemy, acquainting them, It is agreed by the feveral 

 ' Colonies, That they mail have the benefit of the Captives, 

 ' and all lawful Plunder, and the Reward of Eight Pozmds 

 ' per head, for every fighting Indian man flain by them, 

 ' over and above their Stated wages ; the fame being made 

 ' appear to the Commander in Chief, or fuch as mail be 

 ' appointed to take care therein. If your Commiffion Offi- 



22 This appears to have been Jeremiah previous to this war, and was at the 

 Swain, of Reading, who was Deputy head of a regiment in 1691. [Savage's 

 1686 and 1689, and Afnftant the latter Gen. Did. iv : 235 ; Mafs. Col. Rec. 

 year. He was Captain for many years v: 476, 514.] 

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