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and also to be as scouts and unclear to the English, for the Indians generally excel in a quicke and strong fight for the unclear of any unclear & then they have a very accurate sagacity in discerning the tracke of man or beast. And also they are subtile and witty? to accomplish their enterprise; especially they keepe a keepe silence in their marches and motions, wheras the English are more prone to talke to on another and make a noise wherby the ^enimy is to unclear them before they com neare, either prepare for them or take their flight as is most for their advantage, And here I shal take liberty as a parenthesis to insert a short and true story of an Indian cheefe captaine under unclear who marching in the warre as scouts with some English souldiers of Connecticut? one of the English souldiers had on a new pair of shoes that made a creaking noise as they traveled. The Indian captaine was not quiet until hee had persuaded the felow with the creaking shoes to, take his mocassins and weare them and the strike-through Indian carred the English mans shoes at his back and went himselfe barefoot, Another English souldier had on a parre of leather britches which beeing dry, made a Rustling noise. The Indian 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 Russling, by this relation unclear wee may observe how how? circumspect and careful they are in order to assume advantages of their enimies. Margins 1675 July 2 But to proceed to our purpose the Governor & council gave forth their orders to Major Daniel Cooke? [unto whom a peculiar ins`pration and unclear of the praying Indians was comitted by Authority of the General court, to raise a company of the praying indians forth with to bee armed and furnished and sent to the Army at mount hope?. In pursuant wherof the Major forthwith sent to all the praying indians for one third part of their ^able men who all readily & cheerfully appered; & beeing listed were about fifty & two; these beeing armed and furnished were sent to the Army under conduct of Capt Isack Johnson the 6th of July 1675: who returned backe after hee, had deliverd them to Major Savage? comander in cheefe of the army at Mounte Hope. How those indians, behaved themselves I should say little beeing not an eyewitness therof but both majors Savage?, Capt Prentise, & Capt Henchman ^that officers in our army testimon under their? that the most of the aquited themselves -- -- courageously & faithfully as may appeare by a certificate (in the close of this unclear ) under unclear hands.