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76 the same person dated aprill 9th (which was about the time of the armys return home words crossed out as farr as Marleborough "saith hee our pilots (ie the indians) were "laboured with - to repsent the way to wachusite? "where the body of the enimy quartered very "Difficult before they came to speake before "the Councill, and had ill words given them"that so they might bee affraid, to speake "any thing that should afford incouragement "The poore Indians our pillots as soone as they "arived at Marlborough were much abused "by the Townsmen, in so much that they were "unwilling to goe into any house. Thus much of mr Nowels letters touching the six indians of whome the Generall also gave a good caracter

1675/6 In the months of february march & Aprill The enimy Indians were very br in their attempt & Assaults upon all the frontier English plantations. Burning sevrall villages or parts of them, & murdering many peoples as it high waie so it weekly allmost dayly - messenger, with sad tydings, were brought into Councill, In so much That the seemed to threaten great callamity to ensue upon the English nation, for none of the enterp against the enimy were blessed with & it was groundedly feared & that se & hara