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95 1677 about the 19 - day a party of indians put upon a village called Hatfield neare Hadly they burnt some dwelling houses & Barnes that stood without the line, & wonded & kild about 12 psons persons & caried away captive 20 english persons most of them women & children It was conceivd at first that this mischief was done by a party of mawhakes, because it was don the next day after the maquas with the two indian captives before spoke of were caried through the towne of Hadly But if apeared afterward by an english prisoner that escaped from the enimy that this party of indians were about 27 mall whervr 4 were women who were of the old enimy & formerly Neighbours, who had fled to the frenche about Quebec & were latly com from there with company of another ply, of Indians who were gon toward merrimake, for on the very same day another ply of Indians that came from the french fame to Maamkeke neare Chelmsford & their eiither by force or perswasion, caried away with them wannalancet the sachem & all his company, except two men ^ wherof one was the minister & their wives & children & one widow that escaped to the english, those that went away were about fifty wherof there were not about eight men the rest women, children; & wee nevr heard more of them since. It was a matter of scandal & offence word crossed out (to such as are ready to take up any thing to reproach the profession of Religion among the Indians) that this man wannalancet who made a profesion of Religion could thus goe away; when he was reconsiled to the english & wel estemed generaly by them & had no cause given him for it; But for as much as there may bee som reason given for the mans acting, thus at this time and may tend to excuse him word crossed out of which I have certaine knoledge, I shall heare briefly mention them, first this man had but a weake company, not above 8 men & those exept 2 or 3 unarmed, 2d he lived at a dangerous frontier ^ place both for the maquas that were now in smal parties watching opertunitys to slay & captivate those Indians & had likly don mischief a few miles of as before mentioned, on the other side, the eastern indians that were in hostility with the english