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At this time, the praying indians at marlborough, were increased to about 70 men besides women & children which came to passe by the avise advice of severall chtian Indians that came to them viz, from Hassanamesit, Magunkoog, Manchage, & Chobonokononum, who (when the troubles increased) left their places & came into marlborough under the English wing, & their built a fort upon their own land which stood neare the center of the English ^towne not farre from the Church or meeting house. Here they hoped not only to bee secured but to be helpfull to the English (^& on this pass & frontier) to curb the common enimy, & in all probability it would have produced that effect, But the most holy God, for the chastisment of the English & indians disposed otherwise, as in the sequell wil appeare.

These indians at Marlborough, some of them haveing beene abroad to scout in the woods (according to the English mens order) to discover the enimy, & secure the place, they met with a tracke of indians (which they induced to bee a greater number by the tracke upon discovery wherof, they presently repaired to the cheefe military? officer of the towne named Leiut Ruddocke, & informed him therof who presently joyned some English with them, & sent forth to pursue the tracke, which they did & first sensed five indians and after two more which wer in all 7; strike-through these beeing seased were forthwith sent downe to the magistrates at Cambridge, who examined them & found them to bee Indians, belonging to Narragansit, Long Island & pequod, who had all been at worke about 7 weeks with one Mr Jonathan Tyng of Dunstable, upon merimack river, & hearing of the warre they Reckned with their master, & getting their wages, convayd themselves away without his privity & beeing affrayd marched secretly through their woods, designing to goe to their own countrys, until they were intercepted as before. This act of our Chtian indians of Marlborough was an evedent demonstration of the fidelity to the English interest, the seamen prisoners. after further exam on before the council where they told the sam thing as before, were for a few days committed to prison but after ward released.;
But to returne to our purpose; Notwithstanding the certificate that hereafter folllowes: & if before touched. concerning the courage and fidelity of our Chtian Indians at mount hope, yet I am not ignorant that Some officers & souldiers in the army, who had ^conceved much animosity against all indians, disgusted our Chtian Indian souldiers & reported ultimitally concerning them saying, that they were cowards and skuked