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112 a sufficient warrant to wrong the innocent or rob honest men because thieves of the same nation have robbed them; but I name no persons but leave the matter to god & their own consciences, desiring they may repent & make restitution.

From this time forward our Chr. solds. were constantly employed in all expeditions agt. the eny. while the war lasted, & after ye arrival of the ships from Eng. which was in may, arms were bo't to furnish the rest of the able men & then Cap. Hunting's Co. was made up to ye no. of 80 men, those did many signal services in ye summer 1676. At Neshakum?, & at or near Mendon, at Mount Hope, at Watchusett & several other places (1), they were often made use of as scouts before the army, & at such time when the army lay still & staid at their quarters, in which scoutings they took sevl captives, & slew many of the eny. & brought unclear scalps as I commanded. The particular of their actn's are too many to mention in this script. I contend that the small company of our Inds. friends, have taken and slain of the eny. in the summer 1676, not less than 400, & their fidelity & courage is testified by the certificates of those Capts. that are inserted in the close of this discourse. It may be said in truth that god made use of these poor despised & hated Chr.s to do great service for these chd of Chrst. in N.E. in this day of this trial & I think it was observed by impartial men that after our Inds. went out, the balance turned of ye Eny. side: for after ye attack of Sudbury (at which time our Inds. first went forth)

(1) Dedham, before noticed, was one