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26 to the English. This man is the eldest son living of the Antient & great Sachem living upon merrimack river called- Passaconaway, who lived to a very great age, for I saw him alive at Pawtucket when hee was about 120 yeares old, this old Sachem who was reputed a powow or wizard was acconted a wiseman & posibly might have had such a kind spirit upon him as was upon Balaam; who in 23 numbers 23 who said surely here is no inchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel, & so this man in effect said concerning the English in New England, that the old sachem thought it his best prudense for him selfe & posterity to make a firme peace with the english in his time & submitted to them his land & people as the records of Massachusetts in NE declare which peace & good correspondancy hee held & mayntand all his life & gave expsse comands to his sonnes especially to this- wannalansit that hee should inviolably keepe & mayntayne Amity & friendship with the English. & newer ingage with any other Indians in a warre against them;This Sachem his sucessor was very carfull all waies to observe & keepe his fathers ingagmts & comands & have often spoken of it to the English declaring his purpose and resolution to continue so" The old Sachem as I noted before was reputed a very wise & knowing man & a powow he would sometime speak his aprhension, to his sonns and people of the growing greatness of the English in his land, & that if at any time the Indians did warr with them it would but bee in order to the destruction of the Indians.

This present sachem follows his fathers stepps in his love & fidelity to the English but moreovr through the grace of christ, about 4 or 5 yeares sinse hee did embrase the chtian Religion, after some time of very serious considereation & hearing Gods word preached, & I have charity & faith to beelive him to bee an honest chtian man beeing one that in his conversation walkes answerable to his knowlidge hee prayes in his family & is carfull of keeping the sabath, loves to hear Gods word  sober in conversation. After he was withdrawn for fear as is before touched, there was a company of English Soulders about 100 sent under capt mosly to pennagog where it was reported there was a body of indians but it was a mistake for there was not above 100 in all of the pennakog & Namkeg Indians whereas wannalanset was cheefe. when the English drew nigh (whereof hee had inteligense by Scouts, they left their fort & withdrew into the