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never fince he came amongft them had fought againft the 

 EngliJJi, but-being related to Hakins^NMo. kept at the Fort 

 with them, he having been there two Years; but his liv- 

 ing was to the weft ward of Bojion. So upon their requelt 

 his life was fpared, &c. Next day the faid Church ordered 

 that all their Corn fhould be deftroy'd, being a great 

 quantity, faving a little for the two old Squaws which he 

 defign'd to leave at the Fort to give an account who he 

 was, and from whence he came: the reft being knock'd 

 on the head, except what afore-mentioned, for an example, 

 ordering them to be all buried. 104 Having enquired where 

 all their beft Bever was? They laid, it was carried away 

 to make a prefent to the Bay of Fondy Indians, who were 

 coming to their Affiftance, Now being ready to draw off 

 from thence, he calfd the two old Squaws to him, and 

 gave each of them a Kittle and fome Biskets, biding them 

 to tell the Indians when they came home, [73] that he 

 was known by the Name of Capt. Church, and liv'd in 

 the Wefterly part of Plymouth Government; and that 



1114 There is a tinge of barbarity in 

 the narrative here, which is abfent from 

 the letter, and which leads us to im- 

 agine that the doughty old warrior, 

 roughly telling his tale fo long after, 

 was fcarcelyjuft to himfelf in fome of 

 the motives which he intimates. The 

 letter thus narrates it [p. 93], faying 

 nothing about " knocking on the head " 

 for - example," which would have been 

 a molt unlikely procedure where the 



aim was to fecure "the like to ours": 

 " We left two old fquaws that were 

 not able to march; gave them victuals 

 enough for one week of their own corn 

 boiled, and a litle of our prouifions, and 

 buried their dead, and left them clothes 

 enough to keep them warme, and left 

 the wigwams for them to lye in, — 

 gave them orders to tell theire friends 

 how kind we were to them. — bidding 

 them doe the like to ours." 



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