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field, & all the time of our being with them in the inn at Brookfield when the enemy attacked us; [those] two [kids]. beha- ved themselves and honest & stout men. Witness my hand, the 20 Aug. 1675

                                                           Thomas Wheeler. II
                                                                                                          (2) He died

This certificate those Inds. had, & I saw it, and took a copy 10 Dec. the of it & I spoke with Cap. Wheeler before his death (2) and he owned next year, it. Besides James Richardson, now Lieut. belongs to the ar- 1676. my & living at Chelmsford & several others that were in [Former.] that action & are yet alive owned the same thing, and moreo- ver both Cap. Wheeler & Lieut. Richardson informed me unknown word 2 Inds. before named, told Cap.Hutchin. before the Inds. [[perfior- ously]] assaulted their company, that they much doubted the fidelity of those Nipmuck Inds. & feared they would be treacherous, & earnestly persuaded Cap. Hutch & the next not to adventure to go to them at the swamp; & gave him some demonstrations of it, for there were 2 Eng. There sentey? day before the mischief, & they then observed that which was a ground of their fears. But the Cap. being a man of spirit & intent upon his quest? would proceed, & so lost not only his own life but others also, for tho he was not killed upon the place, yet he died of his wounds soon after (1); but this (1) shows the prudence & fidelity of the Christian Inds.; yet notwithstanding all this service they were with others of our Chrs. Inds. through the harch dealings of [[ ]] Eng. , in a manner constrained for want of shelter, protection & incouragement, to fall off to the enemy at [[ -

   ]] the story whereof follows in its place,& one of

them, vir.? Lampson was slain in fight by some scouts of our praying Inds. about Watchuset? & the other, Jo- seph, taken prisoner in [[ ]] Co. & sold for a slave (1) namely 19 August From Brookfield he was carried to Mastborrough, where he died. He was ancestor of Gov Hutchinson, the historian, __ Lee Col. N. Hist. Loc. II, 6 for an interesting note on the family.--See also p. 20 of any ed. of he "Letters to London"