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mediately fend away a Poft to the Governour of Canada 

 at Quebcck, to prevent his further fending any of his cruel 

 & bloudy French and Salvages, as he had done lately upon 

 Deerfield, where they had committed fuch horrible and 

 bloudy outrages upon thofe poor People, that never did 

 them any harm, as is intollerable to think of; and that for 

 the future, if any fuch Hoftilities were made upon our 

 Frontier Towns, or any of them, He would come out with 

 a thoufand Salvages, and Whale-boats convenient, and 

 turn his back upon them, and let his Salvages Scalp & 

 Roft the French; or at leaft treat them as their Salvages 

 had treated ours : Alfo gave them an account of part of 

 that action at Pajfameguado, and how that his Souldiers 

 had Kill'd & Scalp'd fome Canada Men [117] there, and 

 would be glad to Serve them fo too, if he would permit 

 them. Which terrifyed them very much, 330 &c. The 

 two French Gentlemen that came Poft made folemn 

 Promifes that they would punctually do the Colonel's 

 MefTage to their Governour. So with the defire of the 

 French People there that the Governour might have this 

 Intelligence, Col. Church difmifs'd them, and fent them 

 away; telling the fame Story to feveral of the Prifoners, 

 and what they muft expect if fome fpeedy courfe was not 

 taken to prevent further outrages upon the Englifh. The 

 number of Prifoners then Prefent (which were confidera- 

 ble) did unanimoufly intreat of Col. Church, that he would 

 take them under the Protection of the Crown of England; 



330 See note 313, ante. 

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