HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION. 



acsepted, and agreed with us to their Execution, and faid fo they were 

 abell to fatiffie their Subjects when they knew an Indian fufered duly, 

 but faid in what was only between their Indians and not in Townefhipes, 

 y*. we had purchafed, they wold not have us profecute, and y*. they had 

 a great Fear to have ani of ther Indians fhuld be caled or forced to be 

 Chriftian Indians. Thay faid y? fuch wer in everi thing more mif- 

 chievous, only DifTemblers, and then the Englifh made them not fub- 

 ject to ther Kings, "and by their lying to rong ther Kings. We knew it 

 to be true, and we promifing them y! however in Government to Indians 

 all fhould be alike, and y! we knew it was our King's will it fhould be so, 

 y? altho we wear weaker than other Colonies, they having fubmitted to 

 our King to protect them, others dared not otherwife to moleft them ; 

 exprefled thay took that to be well, that we had littell Cafe to doute, 

 but that to us under the King thay would have yielded to our Deter- 

 minations in what ani fhould have complained to us againft them. 



" But Philip charged it to be difoneftly in us to put of the Hering to 

 iuft Complaints, therefore we confented to hear them. They faid thay 

 had bine the firft in doing Good to the Englifh, and the Englifh the 

 firft in doing Rong ; faid when the Englifh firft came, the King's Father 

 was as a great Man, and the Englifh as a littell Child ; he conftrained 

 other Indians from ronging the Englifh, and gave them Corn and 

 shewed them how to plant, and was free to do them ani Good, and had 

 let them have a 100 Times more Land than now the King had for his 

 own Peopell. But ther Kings Brother, when he was King, came mifer- 

 ably to dy by being forced to Court, as they iudge poyfoned. And 

 another Greavance was if 20 of there oneft Indians teftified that a 

 Englilhman had dun them Rong, it was as nothing ; and if but one of 

 their worft Indians teftified againft any Indian or ther King, when it 

 pleefed the Englifh it was fufitiant. Another Grievance was, when 

 their King fold Land, the Englifh wold fay, it was more than they 

 agreed to, and a Writing muft be prove againft all them, and fum of 

 their Kings had dun Rong to fell fo much. He left his Peopell none, 

 and fum being given to Drunknes the Englifh made them drunk and 



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