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except 2 or 3 that encouraged him, he took as it seems the silence of the rest for consent, and immediately after the assembly were disba.d he went with 3 or 4 files of men, & a 100 or two of the people, men women & child.n at of? heels, & marchd away to Mr. Hoane's house, & there demand.d of him to see the Ind.s under his care, Hoane opened the door & showed them to him & they were all numbered & found there, the cap. unclear to Mr. Hoane that he co.d leave a corp.l & sol.ds to secure them, but Mr. Hoane ans.d? there was no need of that for they were already secured & were committed to him by order of the council & new.d? keep & secure them, but yet the cap. left his corp.l & solds. there, who were abusive enough to the poor Inds., by ill language. Next morning the cap. came ag.n to take the Inds. & send unclear to Boston but Mr. Hoane refused to delivr them unless he showed him an order of hte council but the cap. cl.d show him no other but his unclear to kill & destroy the eng. but Ms. Hoane said these were friends & under order but the cap w.d not be satisfied with his ans.r but commanded his corp.l forthwith to break open the door & take the Inds all away which was done accordingly, & some of the solds. plunder.d the poor creatures of their shirts shoes, dishes? & such other thing as the could lay their hands upon tho' the cap.n commanded ye contrary. They were all bro't to Chas.t.n? with a guard of 20 men, & the cap. wrote a letter to