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2 p. 31. I would apprise the reader that in my Book of the Indians, iii,10,? I rendered this passage contrary to its meaning by omitting this unclear. p. 4. deficient in the principles of benevolence. There were at least three others who unclear wrote of this war, & whose accounts were printed at the time: of one of those we cannot speake?, which was written "by a Quaker of Rhode Island," according to Dr. I.? Mather (in preface to his B. Hist.?) but both of the others I possess, & shall soon reprint with unclear. I am sorry to be under the necessity of observing that that the authors of these are as much wanting, nay more, in benevolence than? Dr. Mather. They are not so accurate as he, but when used comparatively, they are above value to the historian of A. Eng.? The authors names are unknown to us, but it was on account of the errors they contained that dr. Mather was induced to publish his account. Of the Quakers history the Dr. observes that he "pretends to know the truth of things, but that his Narrative is frought with worse things then? mere mistakes." p. 14. n. 2. unclear appears to have been a stern? chief & warrior. We can add but little to the facts concerning him in the Book of the Indians. It would seem that he had been taken prisoner by the forces under Maj. Talcot, by the author of the "Letters to London": for after saying that they had killed the old Queen Quaiapen & Stone-wall-john, he continues - "Likewise Potucke, the great Indian Counsellour (a man, considering his education, of a wonderful sublety) was brought prisoner into Rhode Island." His residence was near Point Judith in 1661. A complaint signed by him & several others to the govt. Mas.? of the encroachments of other Indians is on file in our State House. p. 24, n. 5. Although are gave many facts which had never been published concerning a Nipmuk chief named Matoonas, in the third edition of the Book of the Indians, yet it was then unknown, that he was the chief who commanded at unclear & Brookfield. One of the authors of the Letters to London says, "This Savage? first appeared an enemy to us, & slew the two first men that were killed within the limits of our colony, ([[unclear sentence.) And in that cruel outragious attempt at