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56 all, he acquainted the court that they were in number about 145 men women & children whereof unclear 33 were men that were all unclear that many of them were naked + several of them unclear with cape?, sundry infants & all unclear supplies of food, for they were fain to leave most they need behind them, except some small matters line note--82 they carried upon their backs: upon this information the court took the matter into more deliberate consider.n & sent back Mr. Cook with order to return all the women & ch.n & old men back to their place & to bring down only the able men which order was put into execution accordingly. And for the pray. Inds. belong.g to Punkapog? which were by order bro't down to unclear from their fort & town by Cap. Brattle & his troops, the court (after they had spoken with (1) William Ahaton? & others of their principal men) received such satisfaction from ym that y were all returned back to their habitations, except 3 or 4 men that were suspected?. But the Wamesit? men about 33 were bro't down to Charles.tw & secured in the town house sev.l days until the court had leisure to examine them & afterward most of them were returned home again, some persons suspected of being gabbled [?] from the rest. Upon the 26 Oct.r new clamors & reports were rais.d & fomented ag.t the Chr.n Inds. of unclear, upon pretence that some of them had fired a house or old barn at Dedham (a poor old house not worth 10 s. that stood alone far distant from the dwelling houses) this house in probability was set on fire crossed out--by a purpose by some that were back friends to those poor Inds. thereby to take an occasion to procure the remov.l (1) A name variously written, & very often beginning with an A. He was son of Ja-asttawan?, sachem of Musketaquid, since Concord. See Book 2nd. unclear [Cont.d on p. 6.]