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the committee placed them under the inspectn. & govenment of Mr. John Hoare, (1) the said Inds. having pitched their wigwams in his ground near his house, this man was very loving to them & very diligent & careful to promote their good, & to secure the Eng. from any fear or damage by them. But notwthdg. ye care of ye council & the travel of this commite. for the settling "of" crossed out this affair, yet new troubles arose not long after through the inordinate fears & corruptions of men, which in the Sequel, may be further declared. One thing more I shall here add which was told me by Mr. Thomas Clark preacher at Chelmsd. concerning those Wamesit Inds. he speaking with the teacher of those Inds, named Symon Beckom (2) had this acct. from him, at their (2) return being questioned by Mr. Clark what they did in their absence said Symon " we kept 3 sabbaths in the woods the 1st Sab. Sd. he I read & taught the people out of Psalm 35; the 2d Sab. from Psalm 46. The 3d Sab. out of Ps. 118." which scriptr. being considered were very suitable to encourage & support them in their sad condition, this shows that (1) those poor people have some little knowledge of and affection to the word of god & have some little ability ( "thro" crossed out]] thro grace) to apply such meet portions thereof as are pertinent to their necessities. About the latter end of Decemr., 1675, I had ( among others) sometimes opportunity to accompany Mr. Elliot to visit & comfort the poor Christ. Inds. confined to Deer Isld. who were ( a little before) increased to be abour 500 souls, by additon of the Punkapog Inds. sent thither, upon as little cause as the Natks. were. The enmity, jealousy, & clamours of some people against them, put the magistray upon a kind of necessity to send them all to the island, & altho' it was a great suffering to the Inds. to live there, yet

(1) This gentleman was one of those whom prejudice did not blind. He was of Concord & died 2 April, 1701. His name is "one of" crossed out among the original purchasers of that town. See n. p. 7. (2) Sometime written Betokom. He had been with the enemy & was pardoned. See Belk. 508.