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28 About this time two of those fifteen indians brought down prisoners with the rest from marlboro viz, Abraham Spene & John Chooman persons that were not accused of any crime but belonged to Natick & were Accidentally at marlborow when the rest were seased. so brought down for company & held in prison some weeks. but are now Released, at the intercession of of some of their friends & sent out of Boston, in the evening & conducted by Decon parke of roxbury to Mr.Eliot house, by order of counsel that soe they might go home to Nahicke. But when some of the disorderly rout in Boston, herd of their Release, about 30. Boys & young follows got together and repaired to the house of one of the captains in Boston. [ whome they apprehended to be no well willer to led praying indians] earnestly soliciting him to head them and go to the prison and break it open & take out the indian prisoners of marlborough & kill them. Least they should be released as two of them were this evening as they understood. But the Captaine was so prudent as to deny their request & to check them for their motion & prsemty dismissed them informing Authority thereof, so there was no further stirr in it Those two indians that were released were honest sober indians, and committed no offense. none were at all accused yet were brought imprisoned, tied by the neck to themself & put to great suffering by many dayes imprisonment in a nasty place.
About this time a person named shatock of wattertowne that was a servant under Captiane Beares when the said Bears was slaine near sqakeage had escaped very narrowly but a few days before & being newly returnd home; This man being at Charles Towne in mr Longs porch, the signe of the 3 cranes divers persons of quality being prsent particularly capt Lawrence Hamond; the captains of the towne & others, this [shattock was heard to say words to this effect: I heare the Marlbrorough Indians, in prison in boston & upon trial [unclear] lives are like to be cleard by the court, for my part I have been lately abroad in the countires service . I have injured my life for them and escaped very narrowly, but if they charge those indians they [unclear] all hang [unclear] [of?] by the necks before i [would?] serve [my?] again, within a quarter of an hour after these words spoken this man was drownd- passing the ferry between charles towne and the ferry boat [geemg?] load on [with?] hroses, and the wind [unclear] the boat sank. Though the [uncelar] were [unclear] the [unclear) men in the boat.[unclear]honesty yet all escaped with life but this mak only, I [might?] have [unclear] [unclear] the things of remarke tha happend to other persons.[Firstly?] with dispeasure animosity against the poor [chican?] indians; but shall for [unclear] least any be offended.About ten days before this a party of men about 100 under command of oen capt-[Gerran?] of plimouth colony and [unclear] [unclear]