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86 1676 About the 9th of August: there; hapned a very sad accident, Relating to the poore Ch[ris]tian indians by a horid murder comitted by som english men upon two squas (wives to two of our Indian soulders the one named Andrew Pittime,t he captane of the Indians, & the other his sister, (wife to one Thomas Speene) & one young woman & the children wherof one was a sucking infant & all the children of Thomas Speen, afforsaid, these two squas & their company afforementioned beeing allowed (in this time of their straits for food) by the English Authority went forth to gather Hurtleberries* at a place called Hurtleberry hill about 4 mile from waterton mill within the bounds, of that towne; where the English who were about 11 or 12 in number and were on horse back. first met those indians; their was on Indian man with them called John Stoolemester one that had beene bred with the English. They disarmmed him of a carbine belonging to the county for he was com in from the Army & had not delivrd his arms after they had disarmed this fellow, they threatned to kil him but hee speaking English interceded Strongly for his life. & so they dismissed Him. words crossed out & hee came home but the squas beeing among the bushes not farr of hee lost them there, the English came to them, & sate downe & smoke it where they were & exchanged it for bread & cheese for som Hurtleberry, & then the English left the Squas & children but beeing not gon a mile 4 of the English left their company went back to the Squas & drove them before onto the north End of the hill into a secret place & there murdered them all & stript such as had coats on having comitted the murder those men went, to their habitations The next day after squas wer missing & came not hom ,to their wigwam. capt pitimee beeing then at home came to Major Gookin at Cambridge & aquainted him with his feares that som evil had

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