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2 number at the left corner But were forced to packe away, to their owne habitations to there great loss, Because the English were so jeleous and filled with animosty against all Indians without exiption, therby they tasted but a little of the effects of the warre & therforre they wil not so properly fal under our consideration. 2dly Another considerable number of Chtian indians live within the Jurisdiction of New plimouth, Called the cape indians these also [through Gods favor] have injoyed much peace & quiet by therr English neighbours, & severall of them, have served the English in the warre [especilly in the several crossed out words heat of the warr & did aquit themselves courageously, & faithfuly: Indeed at the begining of the warre, the english of that colony were suspitious of them, & slow to improve any of them, in the warre though divers of those Chtian Idians manefested themselves redy and willing to ingage with the English against therre enimies, this is so mmich the morre remaekable that those Indians, proved so faithful to the English interest considering the warre first began in the colony of plimouth. by the rashnes & folly of Philip cheefe sachem of the Indians in those parts, unto whome or to some of his people doubtles these praying Indians, were allyed by affynity. or consanguinty, therefore Good reason it is to Atribute it to their grace & favour of God & the efficacy of Religion upon thire. harts, that they caried it so wel in this warre. The greatest sufferings those underwent was, beeing Impeeded by the warr to come & worke in harvest among the English wherby they had a good helper to get apell. those also do not fall so properly under consideration in this narrative. 3 There were a few other praying indians about 40 psons persons that began to embrace the chtian Religion who lived nearre unto New Norwich. in coneticut colony who were taught by that worthy and revered minister mr Jams Filch pastour at = Norwich, who had taken much paines to declare the Gospel to the indians in those parts, But the cheef sachim Uncas & his edest eldest sonne Oeneke, beeing not incouragers of the chtian Religion [though otherwise they and their people have crossed out word joyned with the English in the warre and proved faitful espcily against their antient and implacable enimies the Narragansits.) I say this Sachem and people beeing generally a averse to entertaine chtian Religion or countenance such as did among his people incline to it, hence it came to pass that those few in