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61 About this time there before another, great trouble, and execise to the xtian indians of Nashobae who sojorned in Concord by order. The matter was this, The councill had by sevrall orders impoured empowered a comittee who with consent of the Select men of Concord, setled those indians at that towne, under the Government and tuition of Mr. John Hoare (the number of those Indians were about 58 of all sorts, whereof werre not above twelve able men the rest were women and children) these indians lived very soberly & quietly & industriously & were all unarmed, neither could any of them bee chardged with any unfaithness to the English interest: In pursuance of this setlement word crossed out Mr. Hoare had begun to build a large & convnient worke house, for the indians neare his owne dwelling which stood about the midst of the towne, and very nigh the town watch this house was made, not only to serve those Indians under lock and key by night, but to imploy them & sett them to worke by day whereby they eurned their owne bread, and in an ordinary way (with Gods Blessing would have lived well in a short time, But some of the inhabitants of the towne beeing influenced with a spirit of Animosity and distaste against all indians Disrelished this setlement; & therefore privately sent to a captain of the Army that quartred with his company not farr of at that time & whom they had had experience that hee would not bee backward to put in execution any thing that tended to distress the praying indians, for this was the same man that had formerly ^ without order seased upon divers of the praying indians at Marlborough