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standing fellow pleaded in behalf of himself and the rest, that what David underlined said against them was (1) to save his own life when he was bound to the tree: secondly to revenge himself of them because they had seized upon his brother Andrew [[Underlined}} and his son and delivered them to the English, on whereof was put to death and the other sent out of the country, a slave (2): there were several things alleged against the prisoners, the most material were that they were tracked from Lancaster to Marlborough about that time the murder was committed; that one of them had a pair of "a" crossed out bandoliers belonging to one of the persons slain that another had on a bloody shirt but when the poor Indians had answered for themselves and by good evidence cleared matters, all those unclear were figments. For the Indians proved by many witnesses that they were all at Marlborough, the whole Sabbath day at the worship of God in their fort at the very time the murder was committed at Lancaster (1) 10 miles distant; that the bandoliers that one of them had, he came honestly by and that they were delivered at Mount Hope by one of the commissioners unto James Ramny Marshal of Indian soldiers there and delivered to him to bring home for him; the commissioner, Mr. Morse, owned in court that he had delivered a pair of bandoliers to James and he being in court witnessed that he sent them home by the Indian accused that the shirt became bloody by venison newly killed by those Indians, whereof this man

(1) For valuable account of this affair, besides what is contained in a author, See Mr. Willards History of Lancaster, where are the names o the people killed also Harringtons Centenary Sermon.

(2) They are both shot according to the letters to London as we have seen in a previous note.