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for their security against the comon enimy. & it was suggested & proposed to the Authority of the country that some English men? about one third part might might crossed out have been ioyned with these chtian Indians, in each fort which the praying indians greatly desired, that theirby their fidelity might have beene better demonstrated & that unclear with the assistance & company of some of those English souldiers they might daily scout or range the wood ? from towne to towne in their several assigned Stations: & herby might have