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That another had one a bloody shirt, But when the poore Indians had answered for them themselves, & by good evidence cleared matters, all those pleas were figments: for the indians would by many witness that they were all at marlborough the whole Sabath Day at the worship of God in their forte & at the very time the murder was comittied at Lancaster 10 miles distant, that the bandolers that one of them had, he came honestly by them & that they were delivered at mount hope by one of the commissioners unto James Rumny Marsh an Indian soldier there & delivrd to him to bring home for him; the comissoner Mr Moss owned in court that he had delivered a p pair of bandoleers to James & he being in court witnessed that he sent them home by the indian accused. That the shirt became bloody by venison newly killed by those indians whereof this man carried a part upon his back, for it was made - evident that that those 11 Indians with others were abroad a hunting the Saturday before towards Lancaster and had killed 3 deare which they divided among them [as their manner is], & returned to their fort in marleborough same Saturday evenig: And others of them had bloody shirts upon the same ocassion, besides the person accused, so that upon the tryall were aquited exept one man who was found guilty of being accesary to the murder, but this man named Joseph Spoonant was tryed by another jury not the same that tried the others Upon what ground the jury went I know not, but that man was sould for a slave & sent out of the country, Also the first avisor of them all called David was condemned to be sould his crime alledged for suspicion of shooting an Irish boy at marlborogh & for accusing the others falsly, but all the rest were discharged; Before the conclusion of the tryall God in his providence so ordered that two prisoners of the enemy were taken at two distinct times who both declared that the murder at Lancaster [for which those men were accused] was comitted by som of philip party, & particularly the conducter of the party [which consisted of about 20 indians] was named John with one eye a notable felow that did very much mischiefe to the english afterward, & this man did live neare Lancaster before the warr began & was wel aquainted with the place, & was a prinple captaine in conducting the Indians that Burnt the towne of Lancaster afterward, & the prisoners before mentioned heard this one eyed John boast of the exployt in slaying the people at Lancaster for which our praying Indians were accused. But before this buisnes was fully examined & Issued, the clamours of the people were very great upon this ocasion & all things against those praying indians accused [as on of the most inteligent of the magistrate said] were represented as very great as things appere in myst or fogg. some men were so violent that they would have had - these indians crossed out put to death by martiall Law, & not tryed by a Jury though they were subjects under the english protection & not in hostility with us, others had receved such impresions in their