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were sent back to their wives & children at wameset. But as they passed home being under the Guard of Leiutenant James Richardson, & a field of soldiers, they were to march through a village called wooburne, at which time the trumpet? Band, of that place were exersising, Lesston and Richerson & his Indians with their Gaurd before they grew neare the English souldiers, made Aft & he held out his handunclear as a flag of truce, whereupon the captaine & officers of the band sent to Richardson who showing them his comision from the councel to conduct those Indians safe to their home, where upon the captaine & officers gave very strict charge to all the souldiers not to shoot agane until the Indians were past & cleare, nor yet to give any unclear words?. But notwithstanding this strict? prohibition, when the unclear were passing by a young fellow a soulder named Kroget? discharged his musket & killed on of the Indians stone dead; unclear very neare him. the unclear slayne was a stout young men very neare allyed to the principal? pray my Indian of natuk? & wameset whose grandfather & unkel were pious men his father long since: slayne the unclear wife the unclear the murderer was presently? aprehended & comitted to unclear & not long after tryed for his life, but was aquitted by the jury unclear unclear to unclear of the unclear the jury unclear they wanted unclear and the prisoner pleaded of his gun went of by acident; & unclear witch were unclear unclear in finding evidense" the jury was sent out agane & agane by the judge who was most unlawful? with the juries proceedings, but yet the jury did not [[suceed?] ] to alter his mind & so the fellow was clerede cleared About the beginning of November Inteligenre? came from Mendon by two of the principal christian? Indians (that stayed with James Speen, & Job Kattenanelt) how the enimy had stayed upon & carried away captive the christian? Indians that were at Hassanan unclear who were gathering threshing & putting up Indian barnes (as of manner is) a considerable crop of Indian corne y grew in that place & parts adjacent. these two men & some squas & children being as at a little distance from the rest made unclear