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48 In pursuance whereof the said commitee (in a cold and very sharp season). upon December the 13 went up to those places to put the councils order in execution, which was done accordingly, and matters so wel setled (as they conceived) that those poorse Indians were in hopes to live quietly that said comitte also sent forth some of the indians to fetch backe18 of those wamesit Indians that were left behind being affrayd to returne with the rest but staid about pennagog among whom was that poore widdow who was woonded & her son slaind by the chelmsford men before mentioned, those came to get rest a few daies after the comitte also appointed Inglish men to bee as gaurdians to those the indians by night and day to prevent any inconvenience either to the English of indians. And for the ch[ris]tian indians that were at Concord, the comitte placed them under the inspection & Government of mr John Hoare, the said indians having pitched their wigwams in his ground neare his house. This man was very loving to them & very diligent & carfull to promote their good & to secure the English from any feare or damage by them But not withstanding the care of the counsel & the travil of this comitte, for the setling of this affayre, yet new troubles arose not long after through the inordinate feares & corruptions of men where in the sequal may be further declared, one thing more I shall add which crossed out was told mee by mr Thomas Clarke preacher at Chelmsford, concerning those wamesitt indians. hee speaking with the teacher of those indians named Symon Beckom, had this acct from him; at their return beeing questioned by mr clarke what they did in their absence, said Symon was kept 3 sabaths in the woods the first sabath sd said hee I read & taught the people out of psalm 35: the second sabath from psal 46 - the 3d sabath out of psal 118 which scripter crossed out being considered were very sutable to Encourage & Support them in their sad condition this shows that those porre people have some little knowledge of and affection to the word of God & have some little ability through