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13 where the two woonded Captanes, Hutchison & wheeler were with yr Remnant of their souldiers, & ys inhabitants, which that night yt next day was beseiged, & assaulted by the enimy & divers attempts made to fire it the particular Relation of yt matter ? declared in the History of the indians & another printed paper put forth by Capt Wheeler beeing a narative of that matter; wherin he mentions nothing of those indians senture, But yet gave them a certificate under his hand in these words. These are to certify that Joseph & Sampson Indians that were our guides in the nipmuck country, Behaved themselves courageosly & faithfully & conducted our distressed company, in the best way from the swampe when wee were woonded & divers slaine), unto ye towne of Brookfield, and all the time of our beeing with us? in the inne at Brookfeld when the enimy obta?ed us those 2 indians behaved themselves as honest & stoat men. witness my hand the 20th of August 1675 Thomas Wheeler This certificate, those indians had & I saw it & tooke a coppy of & I spake with Capt wheler before his deate & hee owned it Besides James Richardson now Leiftenant belonging to ye Army & landing at chelmsford & sevral others yt were in that action & are yet alive owned the same thing, & morever Both Capt wheler & Leiftenant Richardson, Informed me that the two indians Before named; Told Capt Hutchinson: before the indians perfideously assuulted yr company, that they nevr doubted the'fidelity of the nipmuck indians, & feared they would bee treachourous, &