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75 myself, with writing the extract of Mr Nowell letter confirming the carriage & deportment of those six Indians, this Gentleman was the principall minister of the Army, a pyous & prudent pson person: & is minister of Gods word at Boston in N England, his letter was dated march 26th 1676. Wherin after salutations & givn a particular acct of the motions of the Army, from the time they went forth untill that day; saith hee "I Looke at it as a great "Rebuke of God that wee should miss our enimy so "as wee did when wee were at Menumesse. It wee had "herkened to those six indians, whome wee tooke from "deare Iland, wee might have prevented that error "they have behaved themselves like sober, honest "men since their abode with us, which hath made "mee Looke after them more carfully, at their first "coming to Hadley, the man with them they quartred "allowed them porke & pease enough, but not bread "hee perceivng they had some mony, made them buy "their bread, when they had laid out about 4s 6d "one of them, told mee of it. upon which I spake "to the Genll, who ordered the constable to allow them "bread, & I did give them 4d out of my owne purse "som have accused Job, for dis to the "Indians our coming,