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2nd. carried the Eur. mans shows at his back & went? himself barefoot. Another Eur. soldier had ona pair of leather breeches which being dry made a rustling noise, the 2nd. Capt. was not satisfied until he had persuaded the man to take off his breeches, or else to wet them in the water to prevent their rustling. By this relation which is a truth we may observe how circumspect & careful they are in order to obtain advantage of their enemies. 1675, July 2, But to proceed to our purpose. The governor & council gave their orders to Maj. Daniel Gookin (unto whom a peculiar inspection & government of the praying? Inds. was committed by authority of the gen. court) to raise a company of the praying Indians for unclear to be armed & furnished & sent to the unclear at Mt. Hope. In pursuance whereof the Maj. forthwith sent to all the praying Indians for one third part of their able men who all readily & cheerfully appeared, & being enlisted were about 52 (1). These being armed & furnished were sent to the army under Conduct of Capt. Isaac Johnson, the 6 of July, 1675, who returned back after he had delivered them to Major Savage, commander in Chief of the army at Mt. Hope. How those Inds. behaved themselves I shall say little, not being an eye witness thereof, but both Maj. Savage, Cap. Prentiss, & Cap. unclear, Chief officers in the army, give testimony, that the most of them acquitted themselves courageously & faithfully as many appear by a certificate? (in the close of this treatise) under their hands. (1) Hence the able men among the Preying Indians at this time amounted to about 156.