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had put themselves into a posture of defence, & had made forth for their security against the comon enimy. & it was suggested @ proposed to the Authority of the country that some English men about one third part might crossed out word have been ioyned with those chtian Indians, in each fort. which the praying indians greatly desired, that theirby their fidelity might ^ have beene better demonstrated & that crossed out word with the assistance & company of some of those English souldiers they might daily scout or range the woods from towne to towne In their several assigned Stations: @ herby might have beene as a living wall to gaurd yt English from them @ consequently the greatest part of the jurisdiction: unclear word between lines with the blessing of God might have prevented the desolation @ devestations that afterward ensued. This was not only the sugestions of some English, but the earnest desire of the most prudent of the Chtian Indians who in all their achons declared, that they were greatly Ambitious to give demonstrated Interest of chtian Religion, and to endevor all that in them lay to abate & take of the Animosity & displeasure yt they perused was in kindred in inked out word some english against them; & hence it was that they were alwaiss found ready to comply cherfuly with all comands of the english Authority. But such was the unshaping of our affaires or rather the displeasure of God in the case, that those counsels were rejected @ on the contrary, a spirit of enmity @ hatred conceded? by many against those poore xtian indians as I apphend without cause so farre as I could, ever understand: which was according to the operation of second causes a very great ocasion of many distresing callamities, yt befell both one & other. The great God who outruleth & ordereth all councills & achons for the bringing to passe his owne purpose & decree. was pleasd to darken their councill from sure as had power to put it in practise, And although there was a demonstration neare hand in the Colony on Conecticut of the Benifit of such a course as was before proposed @ desired in keeping a faire corespondancy with their neighbour Indians the mohegins, @ Pequods, unclear which were not onlyim provrd? by the English in all their expeditions, but were a gaurd to yt frontier, wherby those indians upon the Accot? of yr owne interest [ for they had no principels of Chtianity to fixe ym to the English) proved very faithfull & sencisicable to the english -- and was in