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fore? this man being at Charlestown in Mr. Loup's porch at the sign of the 3 cranes, divers persons of quality by being present, particularly Capt. Lawrence Hammond, the Cap. of the town & others; see Belk.? I 79, note. this Sheettock? was heard to say words to this effect; I hear the Marlboro Inds. in Rosson in prison & upon trial for their lives are like to be cleard by the court, for my part, sed? he, I have been lately abroad in the country's service, & [have ventured my life for them, & escaped very narrowly, but if they clear those Inds. they shall hang me up by the neck before I ever serve them again; within a quarter of an hour after these words were spoken, this man was drowned, passing the ferry between Chartre & Boston; the ferry boat being loaded with horses & the wind high the boat sunk & tho' there were several other men in one boat, & several horses, yet all escaped with life but this man only. (1) I might here mention several other persons that were filled with displeasure & animosity agt. the poor unclear Inds. but shall forbeare, lest any be offended. About 10 days before Ohio a party of men about 100, under command of one Cap.Gorham of Plym. Col. & Lieut. Upham of Mas., being sent into the unclear country to destroy the enemies cornfields, that they had deserted, & to hinder their relief thereby in winter; these soldrs being cautioned by their instructions not to spoil any thing belonging to the poor unclear Inds. that lived among us & deserted their planta.ns of Hassanamset & Menichange & Chobonakonkon, 3 villages that lay next (1) No doubt the men would have been drowned, had he not expressed a wish that the Indians should be hanged; otherwise the majority, nay almost the whole then commonwealth would have met a similar fate. A kind speech from this man, who had just escaped as above related, ought hardly to have been noticed.