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87 had befel his wife, sister; & the company; & desired order & some help of English men two or three at least to goe & search for them, which beeing (so reasonable a Request was granted); so he went forth & searchd a day, or two, but could not find them at last having procured about 15 or 16 indians & 2 English they made a more strickt search at last found the dead bodyes, not farr from one another cruelly murdered som shot throw, others their brains beat out with Hatchets; to be short his murder was afterward discovrd, and the fower murderers seased tryed & condemned & two of the fower were executed & the other two pardoned by the general court, this murder was very much decryed by all good men & it was some satisfaction that some of them were made examples. I know if murderies? prenteded? a law to warrant a act but the Juries o? Judge were not of their unclear in a matter. I know unclear some among the English that have a very ill unclear of all the Indians &wil not admitt them? so more cruily? as to think any of them are sober or honest. First I shall showe? to the Lord, unclear hee will give you more charity & look out unclear unclear it? spirit of Enemy & anmolty? And it is probable that soem persons will not bee wanting to callumniate our Chatan Indians & unclear that not withstanding all that hate said on their behalfe, yet they are hipocrites and wicked men, & wil be frequintly drunke & comitt other lewdnes, to his I shall answer in few words. I have good ground to beelive unclear of them are sincere but I do not say they are all unclear. And I have? not unclear for my owne country men: that there are no hipocrites or unclear among them; I will & pray, that unclear English & Indians were all Better than I unclear they are, tis not my word