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wherby considerable | wherby considerable soms of mony were raised & Revenues purchased & moneys transmitted annualy to encourage, teachers, scoolmasters & divers other ocasions for promoting the Gospelizing & civilizing these poor natives | ||
Sixthly the Generall court had granted those indians lands & Towneships & therby confirmed & setled them therin as the English ; so that besides there own naturall right they have this Legall title & stand possesed of them as the English are. A Seventh & last reason taken from the constant faithfullness of the generality of these indians to the English & their interest in all chainges for above 30 yeares experiense & serviceableness in the warre when they were imployed & trusted where som lost their lives & other their lims [[limbs]]. Now against all these reasons (in an houre of temptation), so doe any prcipatate action reffering to these chtien Indians that hath a tendency to frustrate and [[?]] throw this great & good worke, of Gospelizing & incouraging these indians would (in all probability) reflect greatly, upon the piety & prudence of the Goverment of New England. | |||
This paper containing these Arguemts beeing offered to the comittee of the Generall court for consideration They could not deny, but the matter was waighty & said that they | |||
intended not to prsent onto the genll Court any thing crossing these things. But only for present to satisfy the clamours of the people, to remove these indians from their | |||
plantations, to some other places for the security of English & indians also, the result was that the comittee objected to the court for consideration that the indians of Natick bee | |||
removed to cambridge necke of land; wamesitt indians to Noddles Island. Nashobah Indians to Concord, Hassanamesit Magunkog & = Marlborow Indians to Mendon punkapog | |||
indians to Dorchester necke of land. But all this signified nothing for the English inhabitants of those plases utterly refused to Admit them to live so neare them & therfore the court declined to consent to the comittees proposalls | |||
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wherby considerable soms of mony were raised & Revenues purchased & moneys transmitted annualy to encourage, teachers, scoolmasters & divers other ocasions for promoting the Gospelizing & civilizing these poor natives
Sixthly the Generall court had granted those indians lands & Towneships & therby confirmed & setled them therin as the English ; so that besides there own naturall right they have this Legall title & stand possesed of them as the English are. A Seventh & last reason taken from the constant faithfullness of the generality of these indians to the English & their interest in all chainges for above 30 yeares experiense & serviceableness in the warre when they were imployed & trusted where som lost their lives & other their lims limbs. Now against all these reasons (in an houre of temptation), so doe any prcipatate action reffering to these chtien Indians that hath a tendency to frustrate and ? throw this great & good worke, of Gospelizing & incouraging these indians would (in all probability) reflect greatly, upon the piety & prudence of the Goverment of New England. This paper containing these Arguemts beeing offered to the comittee of the Generall court for consideration They could not deny, but the matter was waighty & said that they
intended not to prsent onto the genll Court any thing crossing these things. But only for present to satisfy the clamours of the people, to remove these indians from their plantations, to some other places for the security of English & indians also, the result was that the comittee objected to the court for consideration that the indians of Natick bee removed to cambridge necke of land; wamesitt indians to Noddles Island. Nashobah Indians to Concord, Hassanamesit Magunkog & = Marlborow Indians to Mendon punkapog indians to Dorchester necke of land. But all this signified nothing for the English inhabitants of those plases utterly refused to Admit them to live so neare them & therfore the court declined to consent to the comittees proposalls